#WomenBoycottTwitter protest erupts over Rose McGowan's suspension

CNN ^ | October 13, 2017 | Marian Liu

[EdnaMode]

Woman all over the world have joined a call to boycott Twitter over the platform's treatment of actress Rose McGowan.

It started as a reaction to McGowan's temporary suspension from Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) earlier this week and quickly escalated to the number one global trend on the social media platform on Friday as #WomenBoycottTwitter.

The actress, known for the television series "Charmed" and the movie "Scream," is on a growing list of woman that have accused Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein of rape, abuse and other forms of misconduct and has been tweeting about the scandal.

On Thursday, a spokeswoman for the disgraced movie mogul said, "Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein."

McGowan instagrammed the notification she received from the company, adding: "TWITTER HAS SUSPENDED ME. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK. BE MY VOICE."

[EdnaMode]

Many leftist celebrities and liberals are taking the day off of twitter today in order to show support to Rose McGowan.

[moehoward]

Isn’t that suspension due to lift today?

Watch your potty mouth Rosy.

[Vaquero]

Here’s an idea. Everyone boycott social media altogether. It would be the smart thing to do.

[EdnaMode]

Yeah she was back yesterday. They’re protesting that she was suspended for several hours.

[chemical_boy]

Would Twitter be sued if people made slanderous statements about alleged criminal activity.

[rockrr]

The left eating the left. Need more popcorn!

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Of course when Rose was originally assaulted and there was nobody else on the bandwagon they were silent.

[Lurkinanloomin]

She used to be hot, now she is not.

[smokingfrog]

The classic film stars and punk women I most admired had short hair. I liked very much being an individual. I liked looking neither female nor male, but hovering somewhere in between. The two periods of time when I had long hair were the hardest in my life, the times I was most lost from myself- my teen years when I suffered from a raging eating disorder and later when I suffered from a mental disorder called Hollywood. The Hollywood disorder lasted a much longer time, but both had to do with being absent from self. Both times were very external, driven by society's number one propaganda machine — Hollywood.

[EdnaMode]

Yeah exactly.

[Raebie]

Logging into Twitter and posting to the hash tag to get it to trend is not boycotting Twitter.

[publius911]

What's up with the common practice now, when writing or posting of using "woman" and "women" interchangeably, ignoring subject/verb agreement?

Is proper English now the new "normal" for illiteracy?

[nickcarraway]

Wasn’t she suspended because she tweeted s private phone number?

[Maverick68]

Not that they ever actually had it, but Hollywood has given up its pretend moral-high ground on matters of misogyny and sexual assault.

[NonValueAdded]

I'm surprised that the feminazi crowd hasn't taken exception to the word Boycott.

[Datom]

Anybody know Sinead O’Connor’s cell phone number?