Posted on 11/27/2018 8:46:33 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Conservative commentator Jesse Kelly, who was banned from Twitter last week, said on Tuesday that he was actually trying to avoid getting kicked off of the social media platform.
"I honestly have no idea," Kelly told Hill.TV's Buck Sexton when asked why he was banned from Twitter.
"The truth is, I understand how sensitive Twitter is. I understand that they are run by leftists, and they're trying to run off people on the right, so knowing that I'm fairly careful with it," Kelly said. "Especially because it was a big tool I used to promote my show, to promote my show, to promote things that I had written. So I wasn't trying to get kicked off, I was trying to be good, and I got kicked off anyway."
Kelly went on to say Twitter was not a platform, but rather a publisher.
"They're clearly a publisher, and they want to be treated under the law like a platform, but a platform is simply an open forum where people, as long as they're not promoting violence, can post whatever they want to post. That's clearly not the case," he said.
It is not clear which one of Kelly's recent tweets led to the ban.
Twitter informed Kelly on Sunday that his account had been permanently suspended due to "multiple or repeat violations of the Twitter rules."
However, Twitter's "range of enforcement options" states that users should be provided with an explanation as to why their accounts have been suspended.
"When we permanently suspend an account, we notify people that they have been suspended for abuse violations, and explain which policy or policies they have violated and which content was in violation," according to Twitter.
I take being banned from Twitter as a badge of honor.
I don’t disagree with any of that. My point is simply that I believe it’s fully within their right to do so like it or not.
remember, twitter needs us, we don’t need them.
send them the message by logging off for good.
he does not control the connection to the internet though..
That cord could be pulled rendering the server unreachable.
FR can fall victim of they same type of censoring..
all they have to do is label FR has hate speech.
Just caught another suspension myself a few days ago. Having an argument with a lib over the border and that it is coming to the point that we will need Marines posted at the border, one in the chamber and weapons free order given.
Got reported by a couple libs and that was it; one week ban.
Try out Gab.ai
They don’t appear to be messing around.
It doesn’t matter what a site or app is called, a publisher or a platform. It matters whether it obeys its OWN rules.
If it claims to be free for all sides and gets utility status basically, like tv or anything, it needs to obey laws greater than itself. If it is like FR and announces up front that it’s a platform for THESE VIEWS, it doesn’t have to include everyone.
“One can only imagine the fall out if he got banned.”
If he were to be banned, he might be inclined to switch to a small Twitter-like platform, and create an instant competitive threat for them.
I would say yes, although if they make that decision based on subjective criteria, they are providing a publishing function, and can be sued by individuals for what is written on twitter.
And in fact, if “banning” is described based on a violation of rules, and the rules were not in fact violated, that could be libel — a person who is not recognized as a public figure could sue saying that Twitter’s banishment for “offensive posts” which were not in fact offensive is libelous and damaging to a person’s reputation.
Why do we even go on Twitter? It’s America’s bathroom wall. GET OFF IT AND STOP SUPPORTING THEM. Same thing with Facebook. I am weaning off. I am sure my life will be better.
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