If the NY Post ‘[threatens] a second Holocaust,’ will Jack Dorsey and Twitter give them back their account?; UPDATED
http://twitchy.com/sarahd-313035/2020/10/29/if-the-ny-post-threatens-a-second-holocaust-will-jack-dorsey-and-twitter-give-them-back-their-account/
As Twitchy told you, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad went on quite an interesting rant this morning following the deadly attack in a church in Nice, France.
This tweet in particular is getting a lot of attention.
12. Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.
— Dr Mahathir Mohamad (@chedetofficial) October 29, 2020
That seems problematic, no?
But evidently it’s not. At least not to the gatekeepers on such matters.
John Noonan ~ It’s not a great tweet. But could be worse, he could’ve shared that NY Post story.
The New York Post is still locked out of their Twitter account, ostensibly for violating the TOS.
And here’s Dr. Mohamad justifying the potential massacre of millions of innocent people to his 1.3 million followers and he doesn’t get so much as a finger wag from Twitter.
David Burge ~ No biggie, just some basement dwelling internet crank with <checks notes> 1.3 million followers.
You know, guys, we’re starting to wonder if Twitter’s explanation for silencing the NY Post was just a bunch of BS.
Really - ya think???!!!
Sonny Bunch ~ Jack Dorsey: “Thank Christ this asshole wasn’t tweeting while I was testifying, not censoring this’d be a tough one to explain.”
Yep. Ted Cruz already had this lyin' asshole on the ropes as it was.
Joel Fischer ~ Hey @jack, is this ok?
Yeah, Jack ... issuing a mooslim fatwa extolling the "virtues" of the mass murder of millions of French citizens doesn't appear to violate your Twitter terms of service, huh?
Dave Clark ~ I'm not sure of the rules any more, but maybe this breaks Twitter's TOS?
Sara J. Laughlin ~ Umm, hi @jack ... I know you and your team are very busy protecting Joe Biden’s campaign, but could someone please review these tweets?
Telling people it is OK to murder millions of French people must violate a few policies ...? Thanks.
Out Of An Abundence Of Brodigan ~ According to @Jack, this is just sabre rattling.
Rod Dreher ~ Former Malaysia PM can call for mass murder on Twitter, and he's fine by @jack. But the New York Post is still locked out of its Twitter account for reporting on Hunter Biden's laptop.
Ben Shapiro ~ Probably the @nypost is the problem.
Well, apparently so, Ben.
The Dank Knight ~ Just another reminder that the NYPost is still locked out of their account for tweeting a story about Biden.
Clearly the NY Post is the worse offender here. At least in Jack Dorsey and Twitter’s eyes.
The Partyman ~ Since I know that Twitter stops bad tweets, I know that this tweet has the @jack seal of approval.
We don’t know how else to interpret the fact that Dr. Mohamad’s tweet is still up.
Razor ~ Hey @jack pretend this is a newspaper with a story damning to Biden.
Well, Jack could do that ... but, he don't want to.
Sean Davis ~ If the New York Post wants to get its Twitter account back, it apparently needs to threaten a second Holocaust. At Twitter, foreign calls for genocide are kosher, while American journalism is verboten.
Hear that, NY Post? Give calling for mass murder a try and see if that gets you back into Twitter’s good graces.
Josh Jordan ~ The former Prime Minister of Malaysia is putting Twitter to the test on what they'll leave up vs what they'll take down.
This should be an easy one to pull down ... right?
Seth Dillon ~ Let’s see what Twitter does with this one.
Eellen Carmichael ~ If Twitter doesn’t take this down, its rules mean absolutely nothing.
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Update:
To their credit, Twitter eventually took swift, decisive action regarding the tweet about Muslims being justified in murdering thousands of French people:
Ryan ~
"Swift, decisive action," eh? It took 'em 3 hours to put a warning label on it but still allow it to be accessible?! The New York Post got its account suspended for simply reporting verified news. WTF?!
Caleb Howe ~ The tweet from the former Malaysian PM saying that has been marked with a warning by Twitter.
Caleb Howe ~ Here's what you see if you click on tweet. It was widely criticized on Twitter, and Twitter likewise swiftly criticized for not having a warning on it right away. There are very few news stories (US) on this, though the New York Post (currently suspended from Twitter) did one.
Oh. OK, well … at least they got around to taking down the tweet after it had been up for several hours and everyone had seen it:
Sonny Bunch ~ annnnnnnd it's gone
Wow, Jack ... you and your Twitter peeps truly are hypocritical, lying assholes. Have you renewed your membership in the Chinese Communist Party, yet?
Great work, Twitter! As usual.
Caleb Howe ~ This tweet from Mahathir Mohamad in the same thread, which says "Muslims have a right to punish the French," is not labeled with a warning at this time.
Oh how convenient, Jack ... you didn't manage to get them all. My o' my, I wonder how THAT managed to slip through the cracks, eh?!
Eh, just give them a few more hours to consider possibly maybe deciding that that tweet also violates their TOS. They’re awfully busy these days.
Meanwhile, we guess this means they still don’t feel the need to restore the NY Post’s account access. Everybody wins!
The essential American soul is hard, isolate, stoic, and a killer. It has never yet melted. ~ D.H. Lawrence
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