Twitter automatically removes the verified badge (for re-review) if an account removes certain elements, like a display name or associated phone number. It’s likely that someone was making changes to his account and accidentally triggered the system: https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/twitter-ve...
I really, really doubt someone at Twitter decided that DeVito’s support of Nabisco workers striking was a good reason to manually remove his verified status.
No need to jump to conclusions. Twitter staff isn’t busy pulling strings on famous actors’ blue check marks to get petty revenge about supporting union strikes.
Strange. Twitter is D+43 so I highly doubt it was related to his posts. More likely, his account was comprised or his personal information leaked (e.g. Tmobile leak).
Many years ago during the arab spring, lots of Egyptian protestors were coordinating via Twitter, mostly giving tips on where to run from the Junta who were savagely beating them. Twitter shut down in the entire country and as a response I deleted my account.
Since then, Twitter has taken increasing liberties when it comes to supressing use of their platform, to the unheard of extent of banning a sitting President.
I do think that free speech does have some natural limits. I dont think Twitters approach is healthy.
>to the unheard of extent of banning a sitting President.
Everyone keeps bringing this up like Twitter banned Trump from the White House or something. A sitting president doesn't have any more of a right to a personal Twitter account after breaking the site's terms of service than anyone else. He's not a king, and Twitter isn't his property.
What happened to Trump wasn't anywhere near unheard of - people just believe that even the basic rules of decency for posting on a social media platform shouldn't apply to him. Twitter bent over backwards putting up with him for four years, until he crossed a line not even Twitter was willing to put up with. Most people would have been banned far sooner.
Well, have you heard of another sitting president being banned? If not, then its unheard of.
Specifically the tweets that got him banned were:
"The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!" Trump tweeted Friday at 9:46 a.m.
and
“To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.”
To say that these are advocating violence is more than a stretch, its a lie.
Spot on. It’s also worth noting that Trump’s use of Twitter did, demonstrably, contribute to some unheard of, unthinkably extreme public dangers too. So they were in the impossible position of either respecting the office, or preventing further public harm. On that particular call - and only that call - I think they made the right move.
I really, really doubt someone at Twitter decided that DeVito’s support of Nabisco workers striking was a good reason to manually remove his verified status.
No need to jump to conclusions. Twitter staff isn’t busy pulling strings on famous actors’ blue check marks to get petty revenge about supporting union strikes.