As Twitchy reported Friday night, former congressional press secretary Rochelle Ritchie called out Twitter for not taking action against the man now suspected of sending mail bombs to a number of high-profile Democrats after he threatened her online.
Hey @Twitter remember when I reported the guy who was making threats towards me after my appearance on @FoxNews and you guys sent back a bs response about how you didn’t find it that serious. Well guess what it’s the guy who has been sending #bombs to high profile politicians!!!! pic.twitter.com/xBY8FMbqnq
— R O C H E L L E (@RochelleRitchie) October 26, 2018
Ritchie had reported the Oct. 11 tweet in which Cesar Sayoc wrote, “We Unconquered Seminole Tribe will answer your threats. We have nice silent Air boat ride for u here on our land Everglades Swamp. We will see you 4 sure. Hug your loved ones real close every time you leave you [sic] home.” Twitter “found no violation of the Twitter Rules against abusive behavior.”
It didn’t take long for Twitter for post an apology:
An update. We made a mistake when Rochelle Ritchie first alerted us to the threat made against her. The Tweet clearly violated our rules and should have been removed. We are deeply sorry for that error.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 27, 2018
We are investigating what happened and will continue to work to improve how we handle concerns raised by anyone on Twitter.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 27, 2018
We want Twitter to be a place where people feel safe, and we know we have lot of work to do.
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 27, 2018
Mr. Sayoc certainly felt safe here. He never faced any consequences for posting repeated gruesome death threats. Perhaps you should make the violent racists feel less safe.
— Chris Espinosa (@cdespinosa) October 27, 2018
So basically you're saying that you don't really have rules or you don't follow them? Good to know. ?
— KK Garrett ? ??✌? (@SpazzyKK) October 27, 2018
You are deeply sorry for the error? You want it to be a safe place? Really? I have been thrown in Twitter Jail for simply uttering cuss words. You are quick to silence POC. I reported a direct death threat to you a couple of months ago. No resolution! That tweet remains up.
— Lynn The 19th Angry Democrat (@lynnv378) October 27, 2018
You have rejected thousands of legitimate reports in the time it took you to write this pointless tweet
— Ned Pyle (@NerdPyle) October 27, 2018
That's the problem. You know you have a lot of work to do. You have the resources to do it. You are not doing it. At a minimum, you are aiding and abetting these people in terrorizing Americans on your platform and more likely, worse.
— La Tat (@ictrei3) October 27, 2018
Try harder.
— Nick Steffel (@nicksteffel) October 27, 2018
Understatement of 2018.
And 2017.
And 2016.
… and just keep that backsliding going.— scinerdrobb (@scinerdrobb) October 27, 2018
It is not safe. It is failing to be safe on a colossal level. It is in fact the definition of "unsafe" for so many people on daily basis. Your company, from the very top, fails to actually deep down understand that an a mind-boggling scale. Stop talking. Fix it.
— nedian (@nedianema) October 27, 2018
Not good enough @jack. It takes weeks for @TwitterSafety to respond to reports of fraudulent accounts. You are, or at least should be, responsible for the poisonous content your platform distributes.
— Nino Di Cara (@ninodicara) October 27, 2018
Pretty much every other tweet in response is asking CEO Jack Dorsey to ban Donald Trump from the platform, but we can think of a better place to start.
Maybe a good time for @Twitter to rethink "Jews are termites" tweeter Louis Farrakhan, too. https://t.co/a7vQCeHmWw
— Caleb Howl (@CalebHowe) October 27, 2018
What about Farrakhan calling Jewish people termites on your platform for millions to see? That tweet is still up…
— Randy ? Bot-Bear (@_MNmisfit) October 27, 2018
Going by recent logic, isn’t Louis Farrakhan’s violent rhetoric to blame for the shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue?
a threat is a threat. It's not rocket science.
— Brooke (@Brooke13193272) October 27, 2018
Related:
‘WOW!’ Looks like Twitter SERIOUSLY dropped the ball on the mail bomb suspect [screenshots] https://t.co/xQlTILstK0
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 27, 2018
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