As Twitchy reported, Sen. Ted Cruz and his wife Heidi were harassed outside a D.C. restaurant Monday night by a mob comprising “Smash Racism DC, Resist This, DC IWW, members of DC Democratic Socialists of America, anarchists, women, sexual assault survivors, and members of the LGBTQ community.”
Smash Racism DC later tweeted a message to Cruz and “the rest of the racist, sexist, transphobic, and homophobic right-wing scum: You are not safe. We will find you.” (Somebody with half a brain at that outfit saw fit to delete that last tweet with the explicit threats in it.)
Here’s a good question:
Hey @jack and @TwitterSupport, why are you allowing an account to promote video of targeted harassment of Ted Cruz and his Wife?
That literally fits the definition of what gets banned on your platform, but you're allowing it.
That accounts needs to be banned.
— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) September 25, 2018
Twitchy favorite Stephen Miller noted something Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey might want to look into: not only did Twitter allow the account to promote the video of targeted harassment against Ted Cruz and his wife … someone made it into a “Twitter Moment.”
Jack Dorsey: harassing people even while not on our platform can lead to a ban.
Also @jack: Here’s my platform featuring targeted harassment and account in the moments section pic.twitter.com/1Q5oe81WE5
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 25, 2018
It was the featured story under “what’s happening”. It features the account that also later threatened Cruz with tweets. @jack
— Stephen Miller (@redsteeze) September 25, 2018
So Twitter, which sees its No. 1 priority as “election integrity,” decided to take real-life targeted harassment against a U.S. senator and his wife and give it a featured space on the platform, where targeted harassment via tweet can result in a time-out or ban.
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They're going to the ends of the earth to get this right tho ??https://t.co/8KmQRpcfVx
— ZedEleven??? (@TheZed11) September 25, 2018
Look at that: “For the last three months, we have been developing a new policy to address dehumanizing language on Twitter. Language that makes someone less than human can have repercussions off the service, including normalizing serious violence.” Doesn’t “right-wing scum” fall under dehumanizing language that could encourage real-life violence?
He’s going say 3 weeks from now this was driven by their bots and they’re continually working to improved their system.
— Jack Handey (@SheerLevity) September 26, 2018
They can't help it if their algorithms favor Antifa
Jeez— WhigsnTwigs (@WhigsnTwigs) September 26, 2018
this is why media is hesitant to name a shooter in an incident: it gives them attention and may inspire future attacks.
why glorify the harassment of a US Senator, @jack?
— Some random thoughts (@someideasnstuff) September 25, 2018
Have you read the stuff on that site? It’s absolutely mind control of these gullible kids. It’s a terrorist site. No other way to describe it! I went through a lot on it today. Just a matter of time before someone gets unhinged and something bad happens!
— ⭕️Sheila Luker #GITMO✈️?⚖️ (@ssl57) September 25, 2018
But at least @Jack managed to shut down @RealJamesWoods for a meme
— Ryan Saavedra ?? (@RealSaavedra) September 26, 2018
Yeah @jack ass. We know you're biased. But have some decency. I don't know why we're on here. It's only a matter of time before they ban all conservatives or anyone who disagrees with him politically.
— Anthony Panini (@Average_Joe621) September 26, 2018
Alex Jones making theories about gay frogs, bannable offense
Threatening and harassing a US Senator, fine
spot the problem, @jack.
— Some random thoughts (@someideasnstuff) September 25, 2018
Related:
'You are not safe. We will FIND YOU.' Antifa group taking credit for attacking Cruz writes chilling, DANGEROUS thread https://t.co/5wKBYjfp19
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 25, 2018
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