Twitter Suspends Gavin McInnes

Unbelievable, yet believable.

Twitter has suspended CRTV’s Gavin McInnes, and honestly, I had a feeling this was coming. Not Twitter suspending him specifically, but right-wing individuals in general.

According to the report from BuzzFeed, Twitter suspended “several accounts associated with the Proud Boys, a right-wing group present at last year’s Unite The Right rally in Charlottesville, ahead of a similar rally in Washington, DC this weekend.” Twitter says McInnes violated the platform’s policy on “violent extremist groups.”

“We can confirm that these accounts have been suspended from Twitter and Periscope for violating our policy prohibiting violent extremist groups,” a company spokesperson said in a statement to BuzzFeed News.

The specific accounts suspended? @ProudBoysOhio, @ProudBoysCA @Proud_Boys_IL, @ProudBoysVT, @ProudBoysNH @ProudBoysOR, and @ProudBoysNeb. Others included @ProudBoys1776, @proudboysgirls @proudboysunite, and @ProudboysCanada, @proudboysFOAK, @FOAKUSA and of course, @Gavin_McInnes.

I sure do miss @Gavin_McInnes. Hey @Twitter can you fix that?

— Chad Prather (@WatchChad) August 11, 2018

Twitter banned Gavin McInnes and the Official proud boys account pic.twitter.com/YRJLsR1ieJ

— Joe Biggs (@Rambobiggs) August 11, 2018

BREAKING: In another wave of political censorship, Twitter has banned political organization @ProudBoysUSA & its founder @Gavin_McInnes from the platform.

Twitter also recently banned our organization @NewRightUS & other founder @TheAlX.

This is clear political discrimination! pic.twitter.com/VbBoexcPit

— Mike Tokes (@MikeTokes) August 10, 2018

McInnes’ response was classic Gavin.

In response, McInnes said, “All this stuff is part of the conservative purge, getting the right off social media, to try to stop Trump from getting reelected. He’s already won; the ship has sailed. I think it will have zero effect on my reach or on the Proud Boys. We’ll always come back. ” He also mused about suing Twitter.

I’m just gonna leave this here.

Will the gatekeepers stop at @RealAlexJones? @Gavin_McInnes says you're next.

Watch more: https://t.co/9K36piq7gu pic.twitter.com/BPn1aeQbjM

— CRTV (@CRTV) August 10, 2018