{"id":36763,"date":"2018-08-18T06:36:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-18T11:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36763"},"modified":"2018-08-18T06:36:17","modified_gmt":"2018-08-18T11:36:17","slug":"twitter-shut-down-my-account-for-abusing-john-mccain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36763","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Shut Down My Account For \u201cAbusing\u201d John McCain"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"entry-title eltd-post-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/2018\/08\/17\/twitter-has-shut-down-my-account-for-abusing-john-mccain\/\">Twitter Shut Down My Account For \u201cAbusing\u201d John McCain<\/a><\/h3>\n<div class=\"eltd-blog-single-share\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-holder eltd-dropdown\">\n<div class=\"eltd-social-share-dropdown\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<article id=\"post-5108\" class=\"post-5108 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-article tag-caitlin-johnstone tag-censorship tag-internet-censorship tag-social-media tag-twitter\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-content\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image-area\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image size-newsroom_elated_post_feature_image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-18-at-5.48.52-AM.png?189db0&amp;189db0\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 859px) 100vw, 859px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-18-at-5.48.52-AM.png 859w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-18-at-5.48.52-AM-300x182.png 300w, https:\/\/caitlinjohnstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-18-at-5.48.52-AM-768x466.png 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"859\" height=\"521\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text\">\n<div class=\"eltd-post-text-inner clearfix\">\n<p id=\"ee46\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--figure\"><strong class=\"markup--strong markup--p-strong\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">UPDATE:<\/em><\/strong><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">\u00a0It looks like the suspension\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/caitoz\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">was lifted<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">\u00a0just after I hit publish on this. A lot of my fans and even a few haters made a big noise in objection to Twitter\u2019s actions, and it worked! As we\u00a0<\/em><a class=\"markup--anchor markup--p-anchor\" href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/they-work-to-manufacture-consent-because-they-need-it-so-dont-give-it-to-them-1698ea0298fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@caityjohnstone\/they-work-to-manufacture-consent-because-they-need-it-so-dont-give-it-to-them-1698ea0298fe\"><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">discussed recently<\/em><\/a><em class=\"markup--em markup--p-em\">, the plutocratic manipulators work so hard to manufacture our consent because they need that consent, and they can\u2019t act if we don\u2019t give it to them. I\u2019ve left the article as-is below for posterity, and so people can see my experience with #Resistance Twitter\u2019s attempt to silence dissident speech. Never stop fighting.<\/em><\/p>\n<p id=\"5046\" class=\"graf graf--p graf-after--p\">~<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve received an email from Twitter which reads as follows:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hello Caitlin Johnstone,<\/p>\n<p>Your account, caitoz has been suspended for violating the\u00a0<a class=\"m_-5058386115014655882blue\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.twitter.com%2Farticles%2F18311&amp;t=1&amp;cn=MTEwOTE2MTQwOnN1c3BlbnNpb25fZW1haWxfdjI%3D&amp;sig=42964fb9c8bd7de257625c85304295ab0b974659&amp;iid=70dee53a484648eda1b4cc402ec44d90&amp;uid=19899980&amp;nid=296+1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/redirect?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsupport.twitter.com%252Farticles%252F18311%26t%3D1%26cn%3DMTEwOTE2MTQwOnN1c3BlbnNpb25fZW1haWxfdjI%253D%26sig%3D42964fb9c8bd7de257625c85304295ab0b974659%26iid%3D70dee53a484648eda1b4cc402ec44d90%26uid%3D19899980%26nid%3D296%2B1&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534620358655000&amp;usg=AFQjCNF48hCkFv9S8f_D3yYkZcJyaoypnA\">Twitter Rules<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Specifically, for:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Violating our rules against abusive behavior.<\/strong><br \/>\nYou may not engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. We consider abusive behavior an attempt to harass, intimidate, or silence someone else\u2019s voice.<\/p>\n<p>Note that if you attempt to evade a permanent suspension by creating new accounts, we will suspend your new accounts. If you wish to appeal this suspension, please contact our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/redirect?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport.twitter.com%2Fforms%2Fgeneral&amp;t=1&amp;cn=MTEwOTE2MTQwOnN1c3BlbnNpb25fZW1haWxfdjI%3D&amp;sig=1dc7f88ce115efe8cfef3fc75034997edccb711a&amp;iid=70dee53a484648eda1b4cc402ec44d90&amp;uid=19899980&amp;nid=296+12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/twitter.com\/i\/redirect?url%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fsupport.twitter.com%252Fforms%252Fgeneral%26t%3D1%26cn%3DMTEwOTE2MTQwOnN1c3BlbnNpb25fZW1haWxfdjI%253D%26sig%3D1dc7f88ce115efe8cfef3fc75034997edccb711a%26iid%3D70dee53a484648eda1b4cc402ec44d90%26uid%3D19899980%26nid%3D296%2B12&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1534620358655000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH7DDSwZT8z54m8O7Z8CLoSmeO8hw\">support team<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>They\u2019re calling it a \u201csuspension\u201d, but nobody can view my page and I can\u2019t perform any activities on it, and it appears to be permanent unless I succeed in going through the anonymous and unaccountable appeals process. Now when people try to access my account, they get a screen that looks something like this depending on what device they\u2019re using:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent-syd2-1.xx.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/39467116_1838835869485555_3669404738106949632_n.jpg?_nc_cat=0&amp;oh=b5376abf3ab54d9aa9cd70c4fbac4dd9&amp;oe=5BEED0FA\" width=\"960\" height=\"920\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I haven\u2019t abused anybody, and I\u2019ve been observing extreme caution with my language for the last few days ever since I made a political tweet about John McCain which drew the wrath of #Resistance Twitter. The offending tweet reads as follows:<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter Shut Down My Account For \u201cAbusing\u201d John McCain UPDATE:\u00a0It looks like the suspension\u00a0was lifted\u00a0just after I hit publish on this. A lot of my fans and even a few haters made a big noise in objection to Twitter\u2019s actions, and it worked! As we\u00a0discussed recently, the plutocratic manipulators work so hard to manufacture our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[17039,120,3046,819],"class_list":["post-36763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-liberty","tag-caitlin-johnstone","tag-censorship","tag-john-mccain","tag-twitter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=36763"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36764,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36763\/revisions\/36764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=36763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=36763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=36763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}