As Twitchy reported, activists associated with the Occupy and Anonymous movements have been pressuring authorities in Steubenville, Ohio, to expand their investigation of an alleged rape which took place in August. Two 16-year-old boys face a trial in February, but protesters assert that more might have been involved and a cover-up is underway to protect popular athletes in the community.
Today, a Twitter account associated with Anonymous was suspended. @KYAnonymous, who has been a driving force behind the Occupy Steubenville movement and appeared on “Anderson Cooper 360” complete with Guy Fawkes mask, and began tweeting today from a backup account.
https://twitter.com/KyAnonymous1/status/289108548506513408
OH srsly FFS, @KYAnonymous is suspended in mid DM?
— Eve Vawter (@EveVawter) January 9, 2013
Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, Twitter?!!! "@petitcodiacgirl: @JustBatCat @KYAnonymous has been suspended!!!"
— Skippy (@SKIPdaZIP) January 9, 2013
: @twitter @support @KYanonymous timeline is public, he does not threaten, and is wrongfully suspended.
— débb (@olfashdeb) January 9, 2013
Dear @twitter and @support, the timeline of @KYAnonymous is public,he sure doesn't threat, and im wrongfully suspended. Pls unsuspend!!
— ANONDUTCH1 (@ANONDUTCH_HQ) January 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/amu_SEM_ent/status/289127544131829762
We’re well aware of the tendency of conservative tweeters to land in “Twitter Gulag,” a happening so common as to have inspired the nascent Twitter Gulag Defense Network. Was KYAnonymous suspended for an alleged threat sent via direct message? Another Twitter user, @Ihazcandy, says yes. KYAnonymous says he was framed.
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Whoa @KYAnonymous just got suspended. Wonder if it was because of the alleged threat to @ihazcandy.
— Nathan St. Pierre (@NateDSaint) January 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289101765901701120
https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289101981988032512
https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289106302481870849
https://twitter.com/Ihazcandy/status/289119218761363457
https://twitter.com/CaffSec/status/289160905495834624
https://twitter.com/KyAnonymous1/status/289145825995653120
https://twitter.com/Anon_Dox_323/statuses/289177254993477633
Filmmaker Lee Stranahan, narrator of “Occupy Unmasked,” cautions against Anonymous and its methods.
It's not hard to believe that @KYAnonymous would threaten someone. Anyone else see their arson tweet directly, live?
— ??? ????????? ⏳ (@stranahan) January 9, 2013
After @KYAnonymous threatens someone with arson and killing their kids, I wonder if they get another Anderson Cooper guest shot
— ??? ????????? ⏳ (@stranahan) January 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/bowfornoking/status/289095266517282816
And that's their point — they don't want a fair trial. They want a result they decided, facts be damned. @bowfornoking
— ??? ????????? ⏳ (@stranahan) January 9, 2013
https://twitter.com/bowfornoking/status/289096409364439040
During that Anderson Cooper appearance, KYAnonymous said that though Anonymous was not the judge or jury, ” it’s fair to say that we are the executioner.”
@Twitter: @KYAnonymous has been wrongfully suspended. His timeline is public, his heart and intent is obvious and just. @occupysteubenville
— The Crimson Curse (@theCrimsonCurse) January 10, 2013
For now, the justice system in Steubenville is responsible for determining who’s guilty in the rape case. Twitter, meanwhile, will have to use whatever evidence it has to determine if the “heart and intent” of the “executioner” behind the mask is in conflict with its terms of service, if not the law itself.
Related:
#OccupySteubenville rape protest casts Anonymous in new role, but what’s behind the masks?
David Shuster gives shout-out to Occupy’s ‘inspiring’ rape protest
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