Surely the Lincoln Project crossed a line when they tweeted out a private DM conversation between journalist Amanda Becker and former member Jennifer Horn, right? Surely Twitter would take action against them for so brazenly violating the rules, right?
Wrong:
NEWS
Twitter spox tells me that the Lincoln Project tweet thread containing DM's from @NHJennifer's account (which she says were obtained without consent) do NOT violate Twitter rules
I'm also told by Twitter that the tweets are NOT a violation of their hacked materials policy https://t.co/667wnn4TaM
— Yashar Ali ? (@yashar) February 12, 2021
Well, fancy that.
— Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) February 12, 2021
— Noam Blum (@neontaster) February 12, 2021
It’s not against twitter rules to break into someone else’s account without their consent and publish their private messages…?
— Bethany S. Mandel (@bethanyshondark) February 12, 2021
Apparently not!
Fun new standard!
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 12, 2021
Isn’t it?
Twitter is a clownshow https://t.co/rlMeCyyAY7
— Dr. Kankokage (@kankokage) February 12, 2021
Lmaoooo https://t.co/URGq0oKs2e
— LB (@beyondreasdoubt) February 12, 2021
You have to laugh at this point. Otherwise you’ll start throwing things
Holy. Sh*t.
But Project Veritas was banned for what exactly????????????? https://t.co/osYwIGfMpA
— Alec Sears (@alec_sears) February 12, 2021
Twitter yesterday suspended the Veritas account for the exact same "posting private information." https://t.co/dmXFbKvZl5
— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) February 12, 2021
Some private information is more equal than others?
Twitter’s demonstrated plenty of times that they’re running a biased operation. But this may be one of the most egregious examples yet.
https://twitter.com/nataliejohnsonn/status/1360260317566144520
Twitter rules are just pure Calvinball. https://t.co/vz0PWJrSSB
— Frank J. Fleming (@IMAO_) February 12, 2021
Parting food for thought:
Why have a “hacked materials policy” if posting hacked DMs *isn’t* a violation? You have the victim saying publicly she didn’t consent for them to be shared.
Was that policy really just to kill the Hunter Biden story? https://t.co/SQAvoNKUxr
— Matt Whitlock (@mattdizwhitlock) February 12, 2021
Inquiring minds wanna know.