It looks like the suspension of the very funny @BetosBlog parody account is actually a permanent ban with Twitter accusing the account of violating the company’s rule governing the impersonation of others:
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INBOX: From the woman who runs the account
THEY PERMANENTLY BANNED @BetosBlog !!! pic.twitter.com/KGlVueULxB
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 23, 2019
So, did Twitter just happen to stumble across this new account on its own or did someone with some pull ask the company to ban the account? We should note that Beto’s rambling travel logs have become the source of mockery from the MSM:
One journo says they think it wasn't a random algorithm, that request was to Twitter directly from high profile individual
Another journo has told me Beto's team is VERY thin skinned
Man if this request came from Beto to have his parody killed….
And Twitter did as asked!
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 23, 2019
Twitter has so many other problems but this? This they’re right on top of:
Neo-Nazis and threats of violence against women, among other things, get passed over by the Twitter authorities, but a parody of the searching road journal of a currently unemployed politician does not: pic.twitter.com/h3tb93YoKw
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) January 23, 2019
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Maybe Team Beto is afraid because he’s become a joke? A furry joke that is:
Beto O'Rourke is a furry: https://t.co/gjXUi2gnNm
— Nick Baumann (@NickBaumann) January 23, 2019
Countdown until the new parody account launches:
Countdown to @FurryBetosBlog and Beto issuing a cease and desist
— Comfortably Smug (@ComfortablySmug) January 23, 2019
And again we must ask, “Where’s the consistency?” For some inexplicable reason, parody accounts of the president seem to flourish:
@Jack applies the same rules unilaterally. pic.twitter.com/YWcG1Kxmlr
— David Swanson (@TheDaveSwanson) January 23, 2019
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Twitter suspends parody account @BetosBlog but death threats from blue checks, Reza Aslan's 'punchable face' joke are totally cool https://t.co/amGIlB7mCN
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) January 23, 2019
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