Twitter Has Started Its Messy ‘Purge’ Of Neo-Nazi And ‘Alt-Right’ Accounts

[Timmy]

In an effort to curb racist abuse and violent extremism on its site, Twitter started enforcing new rules Monday.

New rules implemented on Twitter Monday have led to the suspensions of accounts belonging to prominent neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other far-right extremists.

Jayda Fransen, a leader of Britain First, a virulently anti-Muslim extremist group in the United Kingdom, got booted off the social media network Monday. Fransen gained notoriety in the United States late last month when President Donald Trump retweeted her three times.

Other accounts kicked off Twitter include those belonging to Jared Taylor, editor of the white supremacist magazine American Renaissance (which also had its verified account closed); Brad Griffin, aka Hunter Wallace, of League of The South, who helped organize a recent White Lives Matter rally in Tennessee; Jeff Schoep, head of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group; Vanguard America, the white nationalist group to which James Alex Fields Jr., who drove his car through protesters in Charlottesville, belonged; Michael Hill, another leader in League of the South; the Traditionalist Worker Party, a white nationalist group whose co-founder was the recent subject of a sympathetic New York Times profile; Generation Identify, a European white “identitarian” group; the American Nazi Party; the English Defense League, an anti-Muslim group; and the Canadian chapter of the Jewish Defense League, a violent far-right and pro-Israel group.

Twitter announced in mid-November that beginning Dec. 18, it would consider account user behavior “on and off the platform” when deciding whether to close down an account, as part of an effort to “reduce hateful and abusive content.”

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Great news! Hopefully others will follow!

I really hate neo-nazis, but what is the point? Why not let these asswipes spew their vile, hateful bullshit, so everyone knows who they are? Sunshine is the best disinfectant, not suppression. This doesn't even get into the problem of arbitrarily deeming opposing (non-communist) views as "hateful and abusive" and shutting down the open exchange of ideas.

Regardless, Twitter is not government. Twitter should have the right to do stupid things. Twitter should be allowed to pick and choose its users based on anything or nothing at all. I just wish they were less political and more open, trusting that the ideas-exchange market will bear out idiots and bigots.

None of the suspended accounts are Neo-Nazis...

These are the “it’s ok to be white” people who only offend the actual racists(who Twitter will never get rid of).

Yeah sure . And the isis guys are just “it’s ok to be a Muslim extremist” peeps.

 

[Snouter]

I hate semi-humanoids who hate White people. Without White people, the Earth would be tribal savages fighting amongst themselves and neighboring tribes. Basically lower than animals.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

Cons are so protective of their nazi buddies . NAZIS !!!! How do you defend them? Oh that’s right , y’all are just as racist .

Conservatives are protective of free speech, even the shit we don't like. How can you defend people who want to limit the 1st Amendment ?

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

In an effort to curb racist abuse and violent extremism on its site, Twitter started enforcing new rules Monday.

New rules implemented on Twitter Monday have led to the suspensions of accounts belonging to prominent neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other far-right extremists.

Jayda Fransen, a leader of Britain First, a virulently anti-Muslim extremist group in the United Kingdom, got booted off the social media network Monday. Fransen gained notoriety in the United States late last month when President Donald Trump retweeted her three times.

Other accounts kicked off Twitter include those belonging to Jared Taylor, editor of the white supremacist magazine American Renaissance (which also had its verified account closed); Brad Griffin, aka Hunter Wallace, of League of The South, who helped organize a recent White Lives Matter rally in Tennessee; Jeff Schoep, head of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group; Vanguard America, the white nationalist group to which James Alex Fields Jr., who drove his car through protesters in Charlottesville, belonged; Michael Hill, another leader in League of the South; the Traditionalist Worker Party, a white nationalist group whose co-founder was the recent subject of a sympathetic New York Times profile; Generation Identify, a European white “identitarian” group; the American Nazi Party; the English Defense League, an anti-Muslim group; and the Canadian chapter of the Jewish Defense League, a violent far-right and pro-Israel group.

Twitter announced in mid-November that beginning Dec. 18, it would consider account user behavior “on and off the platform” when deciding whether to close down an account, as part of an effort to “reduce hateful and abusive content.”

More: Twitter Has Started Its Messy 'Purge' Of Neo-Nazi And 'Alt-Right' Accounts

Great news! Hopefully others will follow!

Take that 1st Amendment.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

So when are you Libs going to call for the accounts of Antifa and BLM to be suspended on twitter.

 

[ptbw forever]

In an effort to curb racist abuse and violent extremism on its site, Twitter started enforcing new rules Monday.

New rules implemented on Twitter Monday have led to the suspensions of accounts belonging to prominent neo-Nazis, white nationalists and other far-right extremists.

Jayda Fransen, a leader of Britain First, a virulently anti-Muslim extremist group in the United Kingdom, got booted off the social media network Monday. Fransen gained notoriety in the United States late last month when President Donald Trump retweeted her three times.

Other accounts kicked off Twitter include those belonging to Jared Taylor, editor of the white supremacist magazine American Renaissance (which also had its verified account closed); Brad Griffin, aka Hunter Wallace, of League of The South, who helped organize a recent White Lives Matter rally in Tennessee; Jeff Schoep, head of the National Socialist Movement, a neo-Nazi group; Vanguard America, the white nationalist group to which James Alex Fields Jr., who drove his car through protesters in Charlottesville, belonged; Michael Hill, another leader in League of the South; the Traditionalist Worker Party, a white nationalist group whose co-founder was the recent subject of a sympathetic New York Times profile; Generation Identify, a European white “identitarian” group; the American Nazi Party; the English Defense League, an anti-Muslim group; and the Canadian chapter of the Jewish Defense League, a violent far-right and pro-Israel group.

Twitter announced in mid-November that beginning Dec. 18, it would consider account user behavior “on and off the platform” when deciding whether to close down an account, as part of an effort to “reduce hateful and abusive content.”

More: Twitter Has Started Its Messy 'Purge' Of Neo-Nazi And 'Alt-Right' Accounts

Great news! Hopefully others will follow!

I really hate neo-nazis, but what is the point? Why not let these asswipes spew their vile, hateful bullshit, so everyone knows who they are? Sunshine is the best disinfectant, not suppression. This doesn't even get into the problem of arbitrarily deeming opposing (non-communist) views as "hateful and abusive" and shutting down the open exchange of ideas.

Regardless, Twitter is not government. Twitter should have the right to do stupid things. Twitter should be allowed to pick and choose its users based on anything or nothing at all. I just wish they were less political and more open, trusting that the ideas-exchange market will bear out idiots and bigots.

None of the suspended accounts are Neo-Nazis...

These are the “it’s ok to be white” people who only offend the actual racists(who Twitter will never get rid of).

Yeah sure . And the isis guys are just “it’s ok to be a Muslim extremist” peeps.

No, idiot.

“It’s okay to be white” fliers are going up everywhere and they are still being called “racist” and “white supremacist”.

These are the people putting them up.

 

[ptbw forever]

So when are you Libs going to call for the accounts of Antifa and BLM to be suspended on twitter. View attachment 166958 View attachment 166958 View attachment 166960

Twitter is responsible for not suspending them.

 

[ThunderKiss1965]

So when are you Libs going to call for the accounts of Antifa and BLM to be suspended on twitter. View attachment 166958 View attachment 166958 View attachment 166960

Twitter is responsible for not suspending them.

Sure they are its a private company. The OP was applauding Twitter's response to the White Supremacist ? Violent rhetoric is violent rhetoric no matter your political leanings. So I ask again why isn't the left calling for the suspension of accounts from Antifa and BLM ?

 

[ptbw forever]

So when are you Libs going to call for the accounts of Antifa and BLM to be suspended on twitter. View attachment 166958 View attachment 166958 View attachment 166960

Twitter is responsible for not suspending them.

Sure they are its a private company. The OP was applauding Twitter's response to the White Supremacist ? Violent rhetoric is violent rhetoric no matter your political leanings. So I ask again why isn't the left calling for the suspension of accounts from Antifa and BLM ?

Because they are nothing but a hate group
against white people.

Any white person who votes Democrat today is a certified retard.