Twitter has suspended author David Neiwert who has been reported on the “far-right”:
Twitter still can't bring itself to ban actual Nazis half the time, but apparently, they're suspending @DavidNeiwert, one of the best reporters covering the far-right out there. What the actual hell @Jack?
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) June 11, 2019
But he wasn’t suspended over anything he wrote. He was suspended over his book’s cover:
Just spoke to @DavidNeiwert. Twitter has suspended him over the use of his book cover for Alt-America. Which has been his cover image for ages but now they've decided is against their media policy. Insanity.
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) June 11, 2019
Here’s a link to the book, titled “Alt-America: The Rise of the Radical Right in the Age of Trump”:
If you'd like to see the offending image that got @DavidNeiwert's account suspended, here's the book on Amazon. https://t.co/aDty1zViD8
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) June 11, 2019
So Twitter suspended him over the little KKK men? WTF:
How the eff does this violate Twitter’s policy?
This is what David wrote in his appeal to Twitter. pic.twitter.com/Bqt1y1efPA
— Melissa Ryan (@MelissaRyan) June 11, 2019
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