Last night, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon explained that Twitter has locked their account, and that will remain in place until the Bee agrees to delete the following tweet:
Dillon has an update with Twitter’s response, and how they expect the Bee to “bend the knee”:
Twitter's statement to the media in response to our suspension: "The account you referenced has been temporarily locked for violating our hateful conduct policy. The account owner is required to delete the violative Tweet before regaining access to their account."
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) March 21, 2022
Twitter wants the tweet deleted, and they want somebody from the Bee to do it:
They could, of course, delete the tweet themselves. But they won't. It's not enough for them to just wipe it out. They want us to bend the knee and admit that we engaged in hateful conduct.
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) March 21, 2022
Satire that hits too close to the mark will obviously not be tolerated.
Speaking the truth is hate speech. Truly Orwellian.
— Nicole Russell (@russell_nm) March 21, 2022
Orwellian and then some.
Was the hateful conduct in question the reference to Levine being a man, which is true, or the reference to Levine being named BB’s Man of the Year, which is satire? Is it truth or mockery of the absurd that @Twitter finds unacceptable in this particular case? https://t.co/iZJ2laZ7jr
— Orwell Blarghskovich III (@IiiOrwell) March 21, 2022
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