Non-progressive Twitter accounts like Mr. Meketur and JustLaurenB are going silent.
But are they just on vacation?
But are they just on vacation?
A smaller conservative Twitter user went public with evidence showing how and why his account got locked:
When my favorite Twitter accounts go quiet, I get worried. In part, because these people like Lauren Southern and Milo Yiannopoulis and Tommy put their names and faces out there, go to places where they could be physically harmed, and are always in danger of being recognized by the violent, pro-censorship thugs they expose.
Anecdotally, I've noticed that even with 400+ subscribers, I still can't get the word out about people disappearing from social media, even under suspicious circumstances. It's as if the person who disappeared has to personally announce they're gone before their fans notice or take any such report seriously.
Out of sight. Out of mind.
Imagine being a pretty big name, starting off with an egg account (or no account at all), no subscribers, and trying to get anyone's attention to raise the alarm. It could be nearly impossible.
But now I have evidence of which groups and topics Twitter's screeners deem sacred when it comes to reporting facts which don't appear to violate Twitter's Terms of Service.
Locking accounts is the new shadowbanning of wrong-think, it seems. Even on Twitter.
Locking isn't to be confused with blocking, which has been a way to ignore people who say things you don't like. It creates a safe space, free from offensive thought. Block bots pre-empt the need to block someone. The bot allows you to block someone before you meet them.
If blocking is the very definition of bigotry (intolerance for ideas you don't agree with), then block bots are the very definition of prejudice.
It's fully automatic bigotry. But going full auto isn't enough for some.
Locking an account is a sneaky way for Twitter to prevents people from saying anything to anyone, including "Hey, I'm locked out."
So obviously, your fans don't know. And there's no way for them to find out unless you circumvent the ban. (Which IS a violation of Twitter's TOS.)
This is far more severe than (what's been called) a shadow-ban, in which followers can't see what you're saying unless they have you listed or directly visit your profile.
Instead, they see that you've been away for awhile. If they bother to check. Which, of course, they won't.
I'm the only person who I've seen who says, "huh?" Maybe because I'm such a big fan of the Radiohead song, Creep. Lyrics: "I want you to notice when I'm not around."
And because I personally know what it feels like to be under threat of incarceration for saying the wrong thing to the wrong person. Fewer people have freedom of speech than you might expect.
Accounts which have recently gone quiet:
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on Facebook, YouTube and Twitter
https://twitter.com/Qntkka provided a screenshot: https://twitter.com/QTekketa/
Says he was locked out. Last post was yesterday.
When Milo Yiannopoulis didn't show up at an event where he was expected, it was big news.
When Lauren Southern reported she'd been detained, it was big news.
When Lauren Southern went offline for more than 30 hours while reporting from a police state in Europe about being watched by the police after being detained several times, almost nobody noticed. Or if they did, they didn't say anything about it in public.
I'm a little more sensitive to lockouts because my "Fair Use" Facebook account locked me out last week, after reporting on recent events in Dresden, Germany. Reason: Proof of Identity required. They apparently don't believe "Fair Use" is my given name, for some odd reason. I'm actually being asked to show them my government papers to prove it. Which I obviously won't be doing.
Because pseudonymity allows me to report things I otherwise wouldn't talk about, for fear of being unemployable at best, or physically attacked for stating the wrong facts or opinions.
Silenced since June 8
A screenshot here:
Kaye M.'s tweet: "Please report this guy"
and tweeted:
I have an inbox full of, "We're sorry, this person isn't breaking Twitter rules." And feel resigned some days.
Thus Kaye M admits to being a serial reporter, even though Twitter never found fault
I'm not sure whether dogpile flagging (i.e. "report this guy") is illegal, or just distasteful, but it is unnecessary. You can always block someone from talking to you. But you can't stop someone from telling the truth about you.
Responses to Kaye M's tweet:
Rick: "ugh done and done"
Archive of Amber Lough's tweet:
Jenn Marie Thorne's tweet:
( Archive of these tweets in their original context: http://archive.is/S2UDs )
So what did QNTKKA say that was so offensive?
"@TheMercedesXXX , #YesAllWomen was started by an Islamic organization fronted by @gildedspine , and it was NOT a response to Elliot Rodger."
So he wasn't even talking to Kaye M.! He was replying to Mercedes Carrera about Kaye M., a person who...
1) Claims to to be the creator of #YesAllWomen, http://archive.is/ijY2g
2) Claims to be Muslim, http://archive.is/ijY2g
3) Claims to have created @MuslimSquad http://archive.is/NcnYb
4) Which claims to own muslimsquad.com http://archive.is/4ka1g
So apparently, repeating what someone else publicly says about themselves when talking to someone else is enough to get your account locked by Twitter.
The Isla Vista killings by Elliot Rodger occurred on May 23, 2014.
The #YesAllWomen hashtag has been in use since 2012, as Mary Koch reports (yes, THAT Mary Koch, behind the CDC's warped rape statistics which inexplicably fails to define the very commonly reported occurrence of female perpetrated sexual assault against men as rape, even when vaginal penetration occurs)
"Although the #YesAllWomen campaign started weeks ago, it's still going in full force with more and more women and men joining by sharing their stories." - says Koch's blog post.
From this archived Google Search, you can see the date stamp of February 14, 2012
Meaning #YesAllWomen isn't and couldn't have been created as a reaction to an event which wouldn't occur for another two years.
An indisputable, documented fact which Twitter apparently found too offensive to permit.
And thereafter locked the account, finding THIS tweet to be in violation, even though no previous tweets were found to violate Twitter's terms, as Kaye M. publicly admits.
i.e. Kaye M. knows these reports are frivolous.
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