Gavin McInnes, who is currently a host for Conservative Review, was suspended by Twitter on Friday:
Proud Boys patriarch Gavin Mcinnes has also been given the boot by Twitter.#POYB pic.twitter.com/Evld3RyTql
— Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) August 10, 2018
The verified account for The Proud Boys was suspended, too:
The official Proud Boys Twitter account, the one with the blue checkmark, has been suspended #POYB pic.twitter.com/tQE0hIJg48
— Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) August 10, 2018
As well as the accounts of various Proud Boys regional affiliates:
The regional Proud Boys account that was most on my case has also been suspended. @proudboysca once got the main PB account to retweet this tweet. (The group in question is their notion of “antifa,” fyi) pic.twitter.com/XccHZeKDys
— Mike Bivins (@itsmikebivins) August 10, 2018
More from BuzzFeed:
Twitter suspended several accounts associated with the Proud Boys, a right-wing group present at last year’s Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, ahead of a similar rally in Washington, DC this weekend.
The company suspended the group’s main account @ProudBoysUSA, as well as that of its founder Gavin McInnes, for violating its policy on “violent extremist groups.” The company also took down several regional accounts associated with the organization.
“We can confirm that these accounts have been suspended from Twitter and Periscope for violating our policy prohibiting violent extremist groups,” a company spokesperson said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.
Just yesterday, McInnes warned it was coming:
Will the gatekeepers stop at @RealAlexJones? @Gavin_McInnes says you're next.
Watch more: https://t.co/9K36piq7gu https://t.co/BPn1aeQbjM
— BlazeTV (@BlazeTV) August 10, 2018
There has been a effort from the left to alert social media platforms to content they find objectionable:
Vox is now pushing for the censorship of @StefanMolyneux, @Lauren_Southern, @SCrowder, @MarkDice, @Gavin_McInnes, @PrisonPlanet, @RealCandaceO, and others on YouTube. pic.twitter.com/JT6nYKkCH7
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) August 8, 2018
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