Slack permanently suspends Libs of TikTok, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon reports



Slack has permanently suspended Libs of TikTok, Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon reported early Saturday morning.

"@SlackHQ has permanently suspended @libsoftiktok," Seth Dillon posted at 1:16 a.m. Saturday morning.

"If your business is defending kids, Slack doesn’t want your money," Babylon Bee's CEO added, appending a screenshot of Slack's notification of the suspension.

\u201c.@SlackHQ has permanently suspended @libsoftiktok. If your business is defending kids, Slack doesn\u2019t want your money.\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1677305802

Dillon's non-satire site, Not The Bee, also confirmed the news.

"How much do you want to bet that the 'violation of the policy' is that Slack's woke staff were just bothered by how popular and successful LOTT has become?" Not The Bee author Daniel Payne wrote of the dust up.

"We are writing to let you know that we have suspended your workspace ... for violations of our Acceptable Use Policy," the screenshot Dillon posted says, in part.

"As highlighted in Slack's Acceptable Use Policy, Slack may exercise its right to suspend or terminate your access," the message also says.

The message Dillon posted goes on to say Slack refunded the "most recent" $75 monthly charge," and that they can provide a "copy of the data stored in your Slack instance" via electronic file transfer on request.

Salesforce's customer success account responded to Dillon, saying the team was "looking into this issue." Salesforce acquired Slack in June 2021.

\u201c@SethDillon Hello Seth! Salesforce/Slack team is looking into this issue.\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1677305802

Reaction on social media was swift.

"Insane," Christina Pushaw tweeted from her personal account. Pushaw served as rapid response director for Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) during his campaign.

\u201c@SethDillon @JeremyRedfernFL @SlackHQ @libsoftiktok Insane.\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1677305802

Political commentator Keith Olbermann suggested Raichik was a "domestic terrorist" who was "terrorizing the innocent."

\u201c@palbria @libsoftiktok It ain't politics, Goob. It's terrorizing the innocent\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1677305802


\u201c@dragonbrother @SethDillon @SlackHQ @libsoftiktok Not being a domestic terrorist\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1677305802

Who is Libs of TikTok?

Chaya Raichik, who formerly posted anonymously as @LibsOfTikTok on Twitter, is a social media commentator, creator and author. She is best known for re-posting extremely controversial content that liberals originally post on the video-based social media platform called TikTok.

The Washington Post's Taylor Lorenz exposed Raichik's identity in April 2022. Lorenz and colleagues have since suggested Raichik is responsible for threats on children's hospitals.

Raichik has been a regular guest of Fox News Channel's "Tucker Carlson Tonight." In those interviews, Raichik discusses how she has been ruthlessly targeted by left-leaning outlets and media figures for her work exposing extremists who target children.

Raichik's most recent endeavor involves publishing a children's book called "No More Secrets: The Candy Cavern."

"I wanted to do the next step, which is to give parents and children a tool that they can use to actually be able to spot predatory behavior," Raichik told the New York Post Saturday about her picture book debut.

Raichik's aim with the book is to teach children "if there is a trusted adult or an authority who's telling you to keep secrets from your parents ... then that is a big red flag."

How is Seth Dillon and the Babylon Bee Involved?

After Lorenz revealed Raichik's identity, Dillon said he made a deal with her "that will turn her heroic, high-risk work into a career." Dillon is the CEO of satire site The Babylon Bee, a popular site among conservative readers. Though Dillon said he had not hired Raichik to work for the Bee, the pair worked out a suitable arrangement, according to The Wrap.

\u201c3/ I think they'll also be surprised by the support she receives. I want them to know that she won't be canceled from her job because this *is* her job now. I've worked out a deal with her that will turn her heroic, high-risk work into a career.\u201d
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon) 1650397445

What is Slack?

Slack, now owned by Salesforce, is a platform used primarily for work-related communication. Slack describes its platform as a "digital-first ecosystem for work." It boasts millions of users across the world, including 77 of the Fortune 100.

Slack did not respond to TheBlaze's request for comment in time for publication.

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Twitter reverses course after censoring conservative commentator Allie Beth Stuckey: 'It appears we made an error'



Twitter reversed course after it slapped down Allie Beth Stuckey, host of BlazeTV's "Relatable," for supposedly violating the company's rules prohibiting "hateful conduct."

"Our support team has reviewed your account and it appears we made an error. We've determined there was no violation and have restored your account to full functionality," Twitter said, according to a screenshot that Stuckey posted. "We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience and appreciate you taking the time to submit your appeals request to us."

\u201cFor those who didn\u2019t know. Got kicked out of Twitter for this. \ud83d\ude2c I appealed it\u201d
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@Allie Beth Stuckey) 1655169904

Twitter had locked the account in response to a tweet in which Stuckey commented about Fox News airing a pro-transgender puff piece about a biological girl living as a boy.

"I’m stunned that Fox News ran a segment celebrating a girl whose parents 'transitioned' her into a boy when she was 5 because she apparently told them she was a boy 'before [she] could talk.' Absolutely maddening & heartbreaking," Stuckey wrote in the tweet.

\u201cI\u2019m stunned that Fox News ran a segment celebrating a girl whose parents \u201ctransitioned\u201d her into a boy when she was 5 because she apparently told them she was a boy \u201cbefore [she] could talk.\u201d Absolutely maddening & heartbreaking. https://t.co/T8k1QQS6uH\u201d
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@Allie Beth Stuckey) 1654876263

During the package, Fox News reporter Bryan Llenas said in a voice over that, "Before Ryland could even speak, he managed to tell his parents that he is a boy."

"What extraordinary courage displayed by Ryland, his sister Brynley, father Jeff, and mom Hillary," Llenas said after the end of the package. "People are afraid of what they do not understand, Dana. This family hopes their story will lead to more understanding, more acceptance, and ultimately more love."

Twitter has a history of taking action against accounts that challenge the dogmas of radical leftist gender ideology.

"Another 'error' but only after a bunch of high profile accounts agitated on your behalf. Funny how many 'errors' twitter makes in the one direction," Rita Panahi tweeted regarding Twitter's reversal.

"Exactly. And I’m thankful for the agitators - @gastonmooney @SethDillon @josh_hammer @SteveDeaceShow @BlazeTV @benshapiro & others," Stuckey responded.

\u201cExactly. And I\u2019m thankful for the agitators - @gastonmooney @SethDillon @josh_hammer @SteveDeaceShow @BlazeTV @benshapiro & others\u201d
— Allie Beth Stuckey (@Allie Beth Stuckey) 1655169904

‘We pushed back hard and won’: NYT forced to retract statement calling satire site Babylon Bee a ‘far-right misinformation site'



The New York Times has retracted allegedly defamatory and misleading statements about popular right-leaning satirical site the Babylon Bee, the site's CEO announced Monday.

Babylon Bee CEO Seth Dillon posted the update in a Twitter thread about a Times story about Facebook's handling of satire in which it referred to the Bee as a "far-right misinformation site" that "sometimes trafficked in misinformation under the guise of satire."

"Big update here," Dillon wrote. "The [New York Times] has responded to our demand letter by removing defamatory statements about us from their article. Here's their email to our counsel notifying us of the correction."

Big update here. The @nytimes has responded to our demand letter by removing defamatory statements about us from th… https://t.co/6zuvPZq2z7

— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) 1623683679.0

In other tweets, Dillon claimed that originally the article singled out the Bee as an example of a site that "misuses the satire label to protect [its] presence on social media sites that would otherwise ban [it] for spreading fake stories."

After the Bee objected to the claim, the Times allegedly removed the sentence articulating that the Bee trafficked in misinformation. But it posted an inaccurate update supposing that the site had feuded with Snopes and Facebook over whether it was misinformation or satire — a claim that Dillon also rejected.

A new correction to the story issued June 10 retracts or reframes all of the questionable claims, acknowledging that the Bee is not a misinformation site nor do Snopes or Facebook maintain that it is. The correction goes as follows:

An earlier version of this article referred imprecisely to the Babylon Bee, a right-leaning satirical website, and a controversy regarding the handling of its content by Facebook and the fact-checking site Snopes. While both Facebook and Snopes previously have classified some Babylon Bee articles as misinformation, rather than satire, they have dropped those claims, and the Babylon Bee denies that it has trafficked in misinformation.

"This is huge," Dillon added. "The NY Times was using misinformation to smear us as being a source of it. That's not merely ironic; it's malicious. We pushed back hard and won. Thanks to everyone who voiced and offered their support. We don't have to take this nonsense lying down. Remember that."

This is huge. The NY Times was using misinformation to smear us as being a source of it. That's not merely ironic;… https://t.co/bwV4ozJh6P

— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) 1623683681.0

Despite being well-known for publishing only — and obviously — satirical articles, multiple left-leaning outlets such as Snopes and USA Today have actually conducted embarrassingly serious fact-checks about claims made in the Bee's articles.

One of the fact-checked articles quipped that the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the death of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Babylon Bee CEO says Christian university disinvited him from speaking in chapel over his stance against BLM, for traditional Christian sexuality



Palm Beach Atlantic University has reportedly disinvited Seth Dillon, university alumnus and CEO of the Babylon Bee — a Christian satire website — from speaking at the Christian school's chapel because of its "sacredness."

The announcement came on the heels of social media outrage against Dillon and his views on Black Lives Matter and traditional Christian sexuality.

The school now reportedly would prefer Dillon to speak instead at the university's library.

What are the details?

Dillon, who spoke to Campus Reform for an interview published on Saturday, revealed that the school recanted its invitation for him to speak at the school's chapel.

He told the outlet that the school insisted upon switching the venue of Dillon's speech after students flooded the school with emails — as well as social media remarks — over his stance against Black Lives Matter and on traditional Christian sexuality.

Dillon, who, according to the outlet, has branded Black Lives Matter a terrorist organization, tweeted about the news, writing, "Cancel culture has come for me. I'm just too dangerous and divisive to be permitted to speak on the campus of my alma mater. Since when do you have to support terrorist organizations that use violence and intimidation to advance their agenda to be welcome on a Christian campus?"

Cancel culture has come for me. I'm just too dangerous and divisive to be permitted to speak on the campus of my al… https://t.co/HfEZ7OW4HE
— Seth Dillon (@Seth Dillon)1601401493.0

On Twitter, one Palm Beach Atlantic University student said that Dillon's thoughts on the Black Lives Matter movement should be "enough to not welcome @SethDillon to our campus. Not to mention that every LGBTQ student has been disrespected and degraded by his content."

The outlet reported, "After the social media uproar began, PBA Director of Alumni Relations Steve Eshelman emailed Dillon, asking to eliminate the previously scheduled five minutes of freestyle speaking at the beginning of the event."

It only got worse from there.

"A few hours later, Dillon posted on Twitter that he was officially disinvited from speaking at the chapel," the outlet reported. "He told Campus Reform that he was scheduled to speak on the morning of September 30, yet was notified on the afternoon of September 29 that he would no longer be speaking in the chapel. Instead, the university asked him to speak in the school's library."

A 'sacred space'

The outlet reported that in an email forwarded to Dillon by PBA faculty member Laura Bishop — the school's executive vice president for advancement — said that the campus chapel was, indeed, a "sacred space."

"We anticipated that an honest conversation like this could become passionate, and that emotions may run high," Bishop said in the communication. "We did not want to compromise the sacredness of a chapel gathering, and, after heated exchanges on social media, it was decided that the Lassiter Rotunda of the Warren Library would be a more suitable venue for Mr. Dillon."

Dillon told Campus Reform that his remarks during the appearance were meant to be "lighthearted," and said that a list of questions "focused on his experience as an alumnus and a Christian media entrepreneur."

He told the outlet in a statement, "The assumption that I would bring a Twitter discussion into chapel and stray from the subject matter I agreed to discuss was pretty uncharitable. It seemed to me that it was an excuse ... what they wanted to do was cancel me without canceling me and appease everyone involved.

"Bishop would not explicitly tell me what I'd said or done that made my presence in the chapel suddenly inappropriate," he added. "I told her that if I'm not welcome in their chapel, then I don't feel welcome on their campus."

School should 'stand against cancel culture'

He said that Bishop and PBA President Debra Schwinn met with him and issued an apology for the move. Dillon added that the school does, indeed, have an interest in seeking opportunities to "eventually have him back in the chapel."

Dillon said he is not sure that he would make a future appearance at the school, adding that he would like the institution to "take a strong, public stand against cancel culture."

Dillon, who recently donated $300,000 in seed funding to launch a brand-new master's program at the university, added that in order for him to continue such donations, the university would have to "boldly and openly engage in the battle against cancel culture and take a clear stand against it."

"[The school would have to] back up people like me to the mob instead of doing exactly what the mob wanted them to do," he added. "[T]hen I wouldn't have any qualms about donating to them in the future."

He added, "Cancel culture is a destructive disease, and Palm Beach Atlantic University is not immune to it. We need more backbone and less coddling in our Christian institutions. And we need it yesterday."

The outlet concluded, "Campus Reform made contact with Palm Beach Atlantic University and is still awaiting comment; this article will be updated accordingly."