Support NeoGAF

[moltonasty]

WOWWW

All the toxic shit that gets posted constantly and she gets banned for this? Reminds me of the arrest warrant for DeAndre Harris..get victimized yet you're the one in the wrong.

Fuck this country.

 

[the_firewithin]

Cool cool Nazis and nuclear war threats are A ok though

 

[spindashing]

Ridiculous. Neo Nazis are fucking okay but god forbid a woman speaks out about a very important issue.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Continue sinking deeper and deeper Twitter.

How the fuck is trump not banned though? I don't understand twitter rules.

Because Twitter is utter trash and doesn't even follow it's own guideline and rules.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

Literally unbelievable.

 

[Pattycakes]

Twitter bout to back track so hard

 

[Eidan]

Twitter is really showing its true colors.

 

[Skellig Gra]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Qtj1tIU.jpg[/IMG]

Her Instagram post

Added to the OP thanks

 

[R10Neymarfan]

White supremacy = ok under muh free speech
But telling of someone powerful in entertainment industry of sexual assault= oh no no no that's to far.

You can spouted dangerous shit on Twitter but posting a gif from Olympics gets you banned immediately

Nice priorities Twitter. Catering to these media conglomerates

 

[LeadenStride]

I thought that if it was newsworthy, everything is a-okay? At least that was their policy with Trump's tweets a couple of weeks ago. This is bullshit.

 

[jayu26]

What the fuck? Actual hate speech is not a problem. Actual sexist/misogynistic tweets are not a problem. A women gets raped and tries to tell the truth, hold right there missy, don't be talk'en smack about powerful white dudes.

 

[Grenchel]

is this an instance where enough shitbags dinged her account that she got automatically banned?

Because otherwise...

 

[Kud Dukan]

...I've never heard of that. How many tweets is too many?

Someone should test it out.

I don't post much on Twitter, so I cannot vouch for this personally, but some of the people I have followed have run into that in the past, so it's NOT unheard of. I don't know the rules surrounding it though.

 

[Gattsu25]

Added to the OP thanks

Much appreciated

 

[UnemployedVillain]

MSNBC reported this morning that it was an automatic suspension based on too many tweets in rapid succession. Could be corporate bullshit though.

Yeah, because auto banning someone makes more sense than simply showing them a message saying they have to wait before tweeting again, like every forum or discussion board out there. This is definitely bullshit

 

[night814]

That's a real shit move

 

[Flux]

What the fuck? Actual hate speech is not a problem. Actual sexist/misogynistic tweets are not a problem. A women gets raped and tries to tell the truth, hold right there missy, don't be talk'en smack about powerful white dudes.

That's right. Twitter pretends to be the holder of free speech, but they only selectively ban what they personally do not want to see.

 

[Skellig Gra]

is this an instance where enough shitbags dinged her account that she got automatically banned?

Because otherwise...

I'm sure there are plenty of people dinging Trump's shit posting.

 

[kikiribu]

And yet they seem to allow racism and troll accounts perfectly fine.

Yeah, fuck Twitter. Glad I never registered.

 

[Renekton]

We see it time and time again. On Facebook too. You can be as racist as you want but as soon as a woman speaks out about mistreatment and sexism...

I wonder if this is because those guys are internet-savvy enough to abuse reporting/flagging tools in big numbers.

 

[MisterShine]

What were the "tweets that violate twitter rules?"

After Trump I wasn't sure they HAD rules but..

 

[Chobel]

[IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Qtj1tIU.jpg[/IMG]

Her Instagram post

What were the "tweets that violate our rules"?

 

[gutter_trash]

Silicon Valley is infected with Alt-Righters.

meanwhile, Trump is free to run wild on Twitter and start WW3

 

[CookTrain]

A ban for the rate of tweets has to be BS because they say to delete your transgressing tweets. You can't delete a rate of posting.

 

[TS-08]

What were the "tweets that violate our rules"?

Yeah it seems like they would have to identify them specifically to the account holder, if they're going to ask you to delete them as part of restoring the account.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Yeah it seems like they would have to identify them specifically to the account holder, if they're going to ask you to delete them as part of restoring the account.

Plus if its an offensive tweet can't they just delete it themselves?

 

[maxxpower]

Man fuck this, something has to be done right?

 

[captive]

and yet someone with a verified account by the name of Owen Benjamin wished slavery would come back just so Shaun King would be forced to be a slave. He even did @shaunking

i see at least two twitter TOS violations.

 

[Trago]

THAT's offensive, but our president's account is untouched??

Bruh.

 

[HazySaiyan]

What a fucking disgrace Twitter is

 

[Scuffed]

WB has power and a big movie in Justice League coming out with Ben. That is the only reason I can think of that she was silenced. Maybe before it would be a silly conspiracy but after the protection of Weinstein for so long I'm seeing things very differently about that town.

 

[Toth]

Can you see if someone is banned from twitter? If not I wonder if Trump has been banned numerous times lol

 

[Man-is-Obsolete]

I rarely used twitter so I know this was easier for me than most, but I just deactivated my account.

 

[Finale Fireworker]

What can we do?

Not a rhetorical question.

 

[Flying Toaster]

They will blame it on the bots.

Stupid as hell, and yet Trump and his tweets and countless other tweets that are more dangerous and offensive stay unbanned.

 

[benicillin]

If the Breitbart stuff didn't tip you off, Twitter is probably full of racist, sexist, white supremacist sympathizers.

 

[Skellig Gra]

What can we do?

Not a rhetorical question.

Delete twitter and spread the word.

 

[Coolness]

Just deactivated my Twitter account. Never again.

 

[TeamLeftMatch]

So according to Twitter:

Bots that harass and spread bullshit: OK
Accounts that make death/rape threats: OK
ISIS accounts: OK
Trump telling Lies: OK
Women speaking out: BAN THAT SHIT

I'm so glad that Twitter are solving the real problems with their website.

 

[StarCreator]

If Twitter weren't my only point of regular contact with several friends I would be gone too. This is disgusting and indefensible.

 

[Gattsu25]

What were the "tweets that violate our rules"?

She was whistleblowing sexual abuses by wealthy people.

 

[SirMossyBloke]

MSNBC reported this morning that it was an automatic suspension based on too many tweets in rapid succession. Could be corporate bullshit though.

Bill Shatner would have been banned many years ago if that was true. He usually goes on a Twitter spree while he watches TV shows.

 

[LiK]

Man fuck this, something has to be done right?

We'll see if they do it again after the suspension is lifted. My guess is a bunch of Alt-Right assholes reported her tweets and it was flagged.

 

[RionaaM]

Threats of rape? Meh.
Threats of murder? Meh.
Literally threatening WW3? Meh.
Expose sexual abuse? WHOA. Stop that!

Yup. Twitter doesn't give a fuck, and when it does, it's for a bad cause. Fuck them.

I still find it funny (well, not really) that Gamergate was banned from 4chan of all places, and allowed to fester on Twitter.

 

[Saint Gregory]

Everyone in my office is now wondering what I shouted "WTF!" about.

I think at this point the hood is off of Twitter, YT/Google, FB... the whole lot. They're not allies of progressive values, just the opposite in fact. And this has nothing to do with these companies being run by young, out of touch billionaires. They're not the first group of brash minds to invade the tech industry but they seem to be mostly a group of alt-right shitheels.

 

[Prototype Viktor]

LoL bullshit, bots do it all the time

They thought she was a bot because she had a blue check mark

 

[Slayven]

If it's WB trying to smooth shit out for Justice League, they are sadly mistaken

 

[Madness]

THAT's offensive, but our president's account is untouched??

Bruh.

Well you just answered why the account is untouched. He is the President of the United States. One tweet about a company causes stocks to go down causing millions in losses. One tweet about NFL tax breaks causes Goodell to issue a memo for players to stand etc. You think twitter is going to ban him and invite what would happen next? Rose McGowan is expendable. The Preaident isn't.

I honestly even said to my friends yesterday. Weinstein everyone has found to scapegoat for Hollywood but no way was Ben Affleck and all the others going to tolerate being blamed for anything and bam, Rose is suddenly silenced. No way will WB allow Justice League and their future Batman plans be overshadowed with Ben Affleck groping Hilarie Burton or being complicit with Weinstein. It is a shitty world we live in.

 

[Bam Chowder]

This pisses me off so much. Fuck twitter, I don't even use the account I made a while ago but will definitely deactivate.

 

[TS-08]

Plus if its an offensive tweet can't they just delete it themselves?

Yeah that seems strange. Why put enforcement of the rules in the hands of the alleged offender? It's not like I can't go and view her timeline right now. If the tweets are still there, that's a strange policy for removing content that violates rules. If the tweets are somehow hidden but waiting deletion from McGowan, then what's the point? Why not just delete?