Twitter Explains Why It Temporarily Suspended Rose McGowan
‘Source’ Says Steve Bannon Believes There’s A 30% Chance Trump Will Finish Out His Term
October 12, 2017Actress Kate Beckinsale Claims Harvey Weinstein Hit On Her When She Was Just 17
October 12, 2017Earlier today, we informed you that Twitter “temporarily locked” Rose McGowan’s account. She made the announcement on Instagram.
Twitter wasn’t eager to elaborate. A spokesman initially said, “We don’t comment on individual accounts for privacy and security reasons.”
I should note, these were a few of McGowan’s recent tweets:
Ben Affleck fuck off
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 10, 2017
Bob Weinstein is a POS. They allllll knew. pic.twitter.com/zWJZf52ywq
— rose mcgowan (@rosemcgowan) October 11, 2017
People have been angry at Twitter all day. Some say it’s punishing McGowan for speaking out against sexual harassment. It’s SO BAD that Twitter responded on Twitter.
Yep.
We have been in touch with Ms. McGowan's team. We want to explain that her account was temporarily locked because one of her Tweets included a private phone number, which violates our Terms of Service. 1/3
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 12, 2017
The Tweet was removed and her account has been unlocked. We will be clearer about these policies and decisions in the future. 2/3
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 12, 2017
Twitter is proud to empower and support the voices on our platform, especially those that speak truth to power. We stand with the brave women and men who use Twitter to share their stories, and will work hard every day to improve our processes to protect those voices. 3/3
— Twitter Safety (@TwitterSafety) October 12, 2017
No one’s buying it.
Pathetic. Please do better @Jack @biz and whole @twitter team.
— C.C. Chapman (@cc_chapman) October 12, 2017
do better, this is beyond ridiculous.
— Jeremy Wein (@thismyshow) October 12, 2017
horseshit
— provolonesiya (@Phylan) October 12, 2017
I do not believe you, @twitter. Excuses.
— David Gorski (@gorskon) October 12, 2017
But the antisemitic abuse I reported doesn’t violate your terms? No? Hello? Anyone? Do you even care anymore?
— James Moran (@jamesmoran) October 12, 2017
It took you more than 30 days to remove my personal details. You refused to suspend or close the account threatening me. You're a joke.
— Tim Ireland (@bloggerheads) October 12, 2017
I've reported exactly this violation before, and nothing happened. What was different this time?
— Cate Domino (@CateDomino) October 12, 2017
Fair play. What about death threats and so on?
— Hard Rain (@lowerformofwit) October 12, 2017
Twitter has a mess on its hands.
