Steve Herman#Twitter is asking me to remove three tweets to have my permanent suspension lifted.
I have filed an appeal and have not removed the tweets.
Rob HadleyI 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
Bruce Mirken@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.
I think they're going to learn one way or another.