bonnieblueDec 17, 2022
Steve Herman
#Twitter is asking me to remove three tweets to have my permanent suspension lifted.
Dec 17, 2022 at 1:35pmWeb
Show threadSteve HermanDec 17, 2022
I have filed an appeal and have not removed the tweets.
Show threadSteve HermanDec 17, 2022
#TwitterBan
Show threadBBBruceDec 17, 2022
@w7voa
How now Kowtow ?
Show threadStavvyDec 17, 2022
@w7voa
They've given themselves 30 days to reinstate journo's accounts, I think.
Show threadxs4me2Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa
I guess you should take this to your friendly congressman…
Show threadComrade WeezDec 17, 2022
@xs4me2 to accomplish what? The US govt has no power to compel Twitter to act in any particular way. @w7voa
Show threadxs4me2Dec 17, 2022

@weezmgk @w7voa

Read more news.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/dec/16/twitter-elon-musk-suspension-journalists-sets-dangerous-precedent-un-warns

Twitter’s suspension of journalists sets ‘dangerous precedent’, UN warns

Pressure grows on Elon Musk as EU says social media platform could face sanctions over suspensions

The Guardian
Show threadComrade WeezDec 17, 2022
@xs4me2 I read plenty of news, thanks. The US govt has no power to compel the chief twat do anything at all. @w7voa
Show threadWndlBDec 17, 2022
@w7voa Proceed with care. That is a black hole; the only way out is to confess a violation of the T&C.
Show threadAstroAttorney 🔭🪐⭐️🌌🌜☀️Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa Integrity for 500, Alex.
Show threadLou GarciaDec 17, 2022
@w7voa shit platform
Show threadMiles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Dec 17, 2022

@w7voa You and your colleagues should deactivate your Twitter accounts.

Why should the public trust reporting tailored to the whims of a flakey, fash-friendly sociopath?

Your readers deserve better.

Democracy needs more from you right now.

Show threaderrgDec 17, 2022

@w7voa

Is it that you want back on, or are you just seeing what they do?

Show threadRob HadleyDec 17, 2022

@w7voa

I think any journalist who operates in an environment where they concede that they could be banned at any moment is succumbing to a form of voluntary censorship. I experienced this in South Africa, as others did I am sure and remember the idea of 'banning'.

Having experienced this I assure you it's not the mark of a 'free speech' environment.

You can read about it here. https://www.britannica.com/topic/banning-South-African-law

Banning | History, Laws & Impact | Britannica

Banning, in South Africa, an administrative action by which publications, organizations, or assemblies could be outlawed and suppressed and individual persons could be placed under severe restrictions of their freedom of travel, association, and speech. Banning was an important tool in the South

Encyclopedia Britannica
Show threadBruce MirkenDec 17, 2022
@RobHadley @w7voa Agreed. I will be really disappointed if the journalists now unbanned after the #JournalismPurge now go back on the #BirdSite like everything is fine.
Show threadRob HadleyDec 17, 2022

@BruceMirken @w7voa

I think they're going to learn one way or another.

Show threadOregon Wine WomanDec 17, 2022
@w7voa
I don't understand why canceling the appeal would restore your account any sooner. ???
Show threadAliceDec 17, 2022
@w7voa Wasn’t all the support team fired? Seems like Elmo is the “team.”
Show threadWink6Dec 18, 2022
@w7voa they never address appeals.
Show threadSteve HermanDec 17, 2022
“Please note that while we review your appeal, you won’t be able to access your Twitter account. We’ll take a look and will respond as soon as possible,” is now the notice on my #Twitter account.
Show threadSnittyDec 17, 2022
@w7voa So am I understanding correctly that the current status of your Twitter account is that it's visible to others (it looks reinstated to someone looking for you on Twitter) but you can't use it unless you delete the three tweets?
Show threadComrade WeezDec 17, 2022
@clofsnitville @w7voa correct
Show threadDonna Dechen BirdwellDec 17, 2022
@w7voa Paranoia is rampant over there right now! I've archived my #Twitter data and will close the door on 1/1.
Show threadTripleUpThriceDec 17, 2022
@donnadechen @w7voa That notice has been on my Twitter account for two years. Everyone now knows what I learned two years ago —Twitter can suspend or ban your account for no reason or the wrong reason.
Show threadKim Spence-Jones #FBPEDec 17, 2022
@donnadechen Me too. I think there’s a definite possibility that Twitter will fail completely, so downloading an archive of anything you care about seems a good precaution, even if you don’t leave the site.
Show threadPass the DutchieDec 17, 2022
@w7voa
Fight the good fight 👊
Show threadWndlBDec 17, 2022
@w7voa Your great-grandchildren *might* get the verdict.
Show threadRabid Rabbit 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦Dec 17, 2022

@w7voa

If I were you I'd be taking advantage of this spotlight to lead the charge of journalists off that platform. Musk can't be trusted. He will ban you again, he will read your DMs. Even if he unbanned me, no way would I ever go back.

Show threadIF FritzscheDec 17, 2022
@w7voa Unbelievable! Everyone should leave the birdsite as it is the most consequential and therefore effective response to all this!
Show threadMarkDec 17, 2022
@w7voa maybe if you brought in goats or gems as an offering you could find redemption.
Show threadLorraine SommerfeldDec 17, 2022
@w7voa Bari Weiss will get to your ticket soon, your call is important to us.
Show threadHamilton 350Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa @LorraineSommerfeld 😂
Show threadComfortably NumbDec 17, 2022
@w7voa appeal was a joke in the best Twitter days, now it's completely useless. No human ever reads it.
Show threadAliceDec 17, 2022
@ygalanter @w7voa including Elmo.
Show threadCarl JuneauDec 17, 2022
@w7voa -- Frankly, as one who ISN'T in journalism, my gut reaction would be to let Musk rot in his own swill and use other social platforms instead.
Show threadCoach Pāṇini ®Dec 17, 2022
@Juneau @w7voa 💯
Show threadCarl JuneauDec 17, 2022
@w7voa -- If journalists are "OK, we're back in, so we're cool, right?", Elon is just going to pull yet another foolish stunt on the pretext that he owns the company and can do whatever he wants to. Time to leave. Now.
Show threadDavid FowlerDec 17, 2022
@w7voa just leave. Twitter is a rigged game run by a disgusting authoritarian Trump supporter.
Playing a rigged game is foolish.
Show threadOzzy2Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa has ElonJet done anything illegal?
put person(s) in possible danger that otherwise would not be?
Show threadOlavDec 19, 2022
@ozzy @w7voa if you know the tail number you can look up the current location of most aircraft, usually US military aircraft unless they're up to something. I use this site to keep tabs on CAL-fire planes during fire season.
www.flightaware.com
Show threadOzzy2Dec 19, 2022
@olavf @w7voa thanks Olav
Show threadDaveDec 17, 2022

@w7voa delete the tweets to get your account unbanned.

Then, use it to promote actual freedom of speech platforms (like Mastodon), free from narcissistic sociopath billionaires' feelings.

And then leave.

Show threadStephen FierbaughDec 17, 2022
@w7voa What is your reasoning for wanting to stay on the platform after how you have been treated?
Show threadstonedonkey 🕹️🎮👾Dec 17, 2022

@sfierbaugh @w7voa this is what I don't get.

The optics of going back on Twitter after this calls everyone's credibility into question.

Now is the time to leave not after it happens a second or third time.

It's sickening the media can't see how bad this looks from the outside.

Show threadDrAsymmetricPhD (she/her)Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa Good for you. Hold your ground. You did nothing wrong.
Show threadAcronym RequiredDec 17, 2022
@w7voa from a press freedom, democracy view I don’t get this, it’s his game. Does the appeal secure more followers for you?
Show threadClay Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa 😂🤣😂😂
Show threadNanaKimDec 17, 2022
@w7voa Unbelievable.
Show threadRik  🇵🇸 Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa Please don't. Idea is: Censor yourself and get your audience back #blackmail
Show threadHeikezBDec 17, 2022
@rik
@w7voa
💯
Show threadBob DavidsonDec 17, 2022
@w7voa don’t do it!
Show threadRahul MatthanDec 17, 2022

@w7voa

How is a suspension permanent if it can be lifted?

Show threadVenitaDec 17, 2022
@rahul @w7voa 😂😂
Show threadPIUSDec 17, 2022
@w7voa don’t. Stand your ground
Show threadDan ShickDec 17, 2022
@w7voa DO NOT DO IT
Show thread🇺🇦🇺🇦 Walter White 🇺🇸🇨🇦Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa Free speech huh?
Show threadazninsectDec 17, 2022

@w7voa real weird how they want to ban people based on public information 🤷‍♂️

good ol birb site

Show threadKarynDocDec 17, 2022

@w7voa

Will you do it? Be censored like that for sharing information?

Show threadTram 日本   🐈Dec 17, 2022
@w7voa Very little reason to do that, go back, or trust that platform
Show thread🇺🇦🌻@rogue_corq🌻🇺🇦Dec 17, 2022

@tramtrist @w7voa truth. Elon's just going to find another excuse to suspend his perceived adversaries at some later date.

He's already shown his colors for being mercurial and toxic.