As Twitchy demonstrated earlier, Christopher Rufo has become a Twitter star for posting whistleblower documents from DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) training sessions from corporations, schools, and government organizations; today he highlighted Google’s anti-racism initiative.
Rufo lost his blue check Tuesday for some reason — Twitter told him that a recent review of his account showed that he was verified incorrectly.
Yesterday, @TwitterSupport disappeared my verification badge. I've inserted my pronouns into my bio in hope of having it restored. Fingers crossed.🤞
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 8, 2021
In the past week, Google has sent me an alert about a "government-backed attack" against my email system and Twitter has unverified my account—just as I began my investigative reporting on critical race theory in Big Tech.
Strange timing, to say the least.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 8, 2021
Receipts: pic.twitter.com/r8ZrF8mqHq
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 8, 2021
So they verified you were who you say you are, and now they’re not sure? What is their case?
— Mollie (@MZHemingway) September 8, 2021
They sent an email saying it was "incorrectly Verified" and it was gone. Ridiculous.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 8, 2021
This is total bullshit, @TwitterSupport https://t.co/88hxBVJTbh
— David Reaboi, Late Republic Nonsense (@davereaboi) September 8, 2021
.@TwitterSupport once again targeting conservatives. https://t.co/lrExB3RIIa
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 8, 2021
The first person I ever saw being punished by Twitter with removal of their blue verification badge was Julian Assange, now this. It's such a bizarrely punitive use of that designation — which is supposed to just authenticate identity — but one apparently loses it by reporting: https://t.co/UXjaoxXIYv
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) September 8, 2021
They'll come for you anytime soon.
— Alexander Nöthlich (@ANothlich) September 8, 2021
Apparently one can think their way into being unauthenticated.
— Hugh Boone (@NevilleStClair) September 8, 2021
I'd say Rufo needs to wear it like a badge of honor. Might disagree w/ some specifics, but he's been on point about the trends in liberal/left spaces about weaponizing racial divisions and gaslighting. The mainstream certainly doesn't like it when gaslighting is called out.
— Rahul Rathnakumar (@realRahulRK) September 8, 2021
It's the "being sent to the principal's office" slap down.
Twitter must recognize they can't keep de-platforming only people on the right without overtly mocking their own claims of political neutrality. Legally, they can do whatever the hell they want.
— Lex Jurgen (@Lex_Jurgen) September 8, 2021
The whole point of blue check marks is to verify identity — to keep fake accounts, scammers, & trolls from impersonating real people who have a decent number of followers.
Seems weird for Twitter to delete someone's blue check mark just bc they don't like their political views. https://t.co/K6Acjvs8x5
— Geoffrey Miller (@primalpoly) September 8, 2021
.@Twitter only does this to one political side. https://t.co/awA5HdXGVw
— Rep. Dan Bishop (@RepDanBishop) September 9, 2021
— Jorge Bonilla (@BonillaJL) September 9, 2021
Probably someone at Twitter involved with a teachers union boss got testy. Hope they fix it, or just eradicate the verified mark altogether since it hasn't meant what they pretend it does for 5+ years now.
— Robert Novak (@gallifreyan) September 8, 2021
Have you been hit with any violations recently?
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) September 8, 2021
Never had a violation.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) September 8, 2021
They’re trying to reduce your credibility
— patricia connor (@patriciapconnor) September 9, 2021
@TwitterSupport Probably does CRT workshops with their employees
— Failninja (@failninjaninja) September 8, 2021
That’s almost guaranteed. Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last year gave $10 million, no strings attached, to Ibram X. Kendi’s Boston University Center for Antiracist Research — and Kendi was a featured speaker at Google’s anti-racism training that Rufo tweeted about today.
I am sure it was an accident
— 52joan🇮🇱🌶📷Proud Jew (@52joan) September 8, 2021
Hey @TwitterSupport I hope this is a “mistake”. Otherwise – you all are fools and your bias is showing…against someone who is only reporting facts..
— Matthew Timbrook (@MattTimbrook) September 8, 2021
Why did Twitter just now decide to review Rufo’s account to see that it was properly verfied?
Related:
Ben Shapiro and Donald Trump make the ‘White Supremacy Pyramid’ in Google’s anti-racism initiative https://t.co/yycDuqKuio
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) September 8, 2021
