'I will never be bullied into silence': Libs of Tik Tok Twitter account suspended again shortly after being reinstated from prior suspension
The Libs of Tik Tok Twitter account, which posts videos of leftists spouting radical musings, was slapped with another suspension not long after Twitter reinstated it from a prior suspension.
"Shortly after my Twitter account was restored, I received notice of another suspension, this time for 'targeted harassment.' I've submitted an appeal, but I'm locked out while I wait for a response," Libs of Tik Tok said in a message, according to Not the Bee. "These back-to-back suspensions are not a coincidence. The Left has been targeting and mass reporting my account. Twitter, of course, keeps caving to the mob. But I've done nothing wrong. And I'm not going to give up. I will never be bullied into silence."
A Twitter notice claims that Libs of Tik Tok had run afoul of the social media platform's "rules against abuse and harassment."
BREAKING: Libs of TikTok has been suspended from Twitter again. This time for "abuse and harassment." Here's the notice and a message from @libsoftiktok:pic.twitter.com/yOADXkiAjI— Not the Bee (@Not the Bee) 1650066920
Libs of Tik Tok has amassed more than 600,000 followers on Twitter.
Many people are tired of dealing with Twitter's censorship and believe that the platform should allow people to engage in free speech.
Billionaire business tycoon Elon Musk recently offered to buy the social media giant for $54.20 per share.
"I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy. However, since making my investment I now realize the company will neither thrive nor serve this societal imperative in its current form. Twitter needs to be transformed as a private company. As a result, I am offering to buy 100% of Twitter for $54.20 per share in cash, a 54% premium over the day before I began investing in Twitter and a 38% premium over the day before my investment was publicly announced." Musk noted.
Twitter is not taking Musk's offer, but instead is adopting a "limited duration shareholder rights plan."
Twitter suspends Juanita Broaddrick for violating the platform's rules related to COVID-19
Twitter has suspended Juanita Broaddrick, a woman who has said that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978. Broaddrick, whose account was locked for running afoul of the social media platform's rules related to posts about COVID-19, supplied Fox News with an email from Twitter regarding the move.
Twitter said that Broaddrick's account had been locked for breaching "the policy on spreading misleading and potentially harmful information related to COVID-19."
"When will this vaccine crap be over? Big Pharma has profited enough for the next hundred years. Stop pushing vaccines that don’t work and alter DNA," Broaddrick had tweeted.
"We understand that during times of crisis and instability, it is difficult to know what to do to keep yourself and your loved ones safe. Under this policy, we require the removal of content that may pose a risk to people’s health, including content that goes directly against guidance from authoritative sources of global and local public health information," Twitter said.
Twitter informed Broaddrick that repeated violations could lead to the "permanent suspension" of her account, according to Fox News, though the outlet reported that the statement did not specify whether there had been any prior violations or if this was a first infraction.
Broaddrick's account, which has the handle @atensnut, appears to have been permanently banished from the platform. A message on the webpage for the account says "Account suspended."
Twitter permanently suspended then-President Trump in early 2021, and the same "Account suspended" message appears on the now-defunct @realDonaldTrump account page.
"Getting vaccinated against COVID-19 can lower your risk of getting and spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Vaccines can also help prevent serious illness and death," the Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention states. The CDC also says that "COVID-19 vaccines do not change or interact with your DNA in any way."
Some people who have been vaccinated and boosted have still tested positive for COVID-19.
Author and former New York Times reporter Alex Berenson was booted off Twitter last year for breaching the company's rules: "The account was permanently suspended for repeated violations of our COVID-19 misinformation rules," a Twitter spokesperson told The Hill in a statement regarding Berenson's account.
"It doesn't stop infection. Or transmission. Don't think of it as a vaccine. Think of if - at best - as a therapeutic with a limited window of efficacy and terrible side effect profile that must be dosed IN ADVANCE OF ILLNESS. And we want to mandate it? Insanity," Berenson had tweeted prior to getting kicked off of the platform.
NASCAR suspends Mike Wallace indefinitely over social media post
Longtime NASCAR driver Mike Wallace has been suspended indefinitely for violating conduct guidelines with a social media post.
The racing sanctioning body has not yet disclosed which of Wallace's online messages was flagged as the rule-breaker, but Wallace has warned his followers against making "foolish, uneducated" posts.
What are the details?
NASCAR announced Wallace's suspension on Thursday, stating:
The post on NASCAR's website also noted, "As a condition of the behavioral penalty, Wallace must also perform sensitivity training as directed by NASCAR before his reinstatement."
Fox News reported that "Wallace's Facebook feed is filled with commentary on various topics including slavery and gun violence, but NASCAR did not immediately respond to a request from Fox News to confirm if the offending post has been removed."
The most recent post on Wallace's Facebook feed is from Thursday, and he reportedly posted it ahead of NASCAR's announcement of his suspension.
Wallace wrote:
According to HITC, Wallace is 61 years old and returned to NASCAR's Xfinity Series in July after a five-year break to race for JD Motorsports.
The outlet reported that "Wallace has four wins in 497 career Xfinity starts, alongside five wins in 115 starts in Trucks, and has made 197 starts in the NASCAR Cup Series."