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Twitter bans misgendering and deadnaming

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TheChampagneGalop · 24/11/2018 16:51

www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2018/11/social-media-divided-on-twitter-s-ban-of-misgendering-and-deadnaming.html

What a great way to protect sex offenders who want to hide their past, and to get rid of feminists.

Right after Wordpress suddenly added that to their rules as well:
4thwavenow.com/2018/11/17/wordpress-dumps-gendertrender-gallus-mag-responds/

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arranfan · 24/11/2018 19:12

Twitter and Wordpress are implementing censorship that is indistinguishable from totalitarianism and is profoundly disturbing in many ways.

I'm waiting for the following organisations to make a stand:

Index on Censorship - www.indexoncensorship.org

Pen International - pen-international.org

Full Fact - fullfact.org

BBC Reality Check - www.bbc.co.uk/news/topics/cp7r8vgl2rgt/reality-check

C4 FactCheck - www.channel4.com/news/factcheck

I'm including the fact checking organisations because I don't understand how much longer they'll be free to state facts and statistics if individual tweeters are being banned for quoting UK law or official statistics.

VickyEadie · 24/11/2018 19:10

There are actually people on that Twitter thread arguing that Brooks at al are WOMEN. It's a fucking nightmare.

FloralBunting · 24/11/2018 18:42

He will, yes. And all the dafties will crow long and illiterate.

It seems likely the flotsam and jetsom will end up coming here, so be aware - the censorship on other parts of the 'net will increase the pressure on MNHQ. I think more crunch moments for FWR are on their way, and it will be interesting to see if MNHQ have the salt to hold the line.

Serfisafleur · 24/11/2018 18:34

There needs to be a "Spartacus" movement on Twitter where thousands of people Tweet "Humans can't change sex" etc.

Spartacus caught the attention of MNHQ and helped shape their policy.

Serfisafleur · 24/11/2018 18:32

Glinner will be banned.

Fizzingwithdisbelief · 24/11/2018 18:29

Glinner not playing: twitter.com/Glinner/status/1066351319693357065

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TheChampagneGalop · 24/11/2018 18:26

like rewriting history
It is, and Twitter shouldn't aid people in rewriting their past.

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DragonFire99 · 24/11/2018 18:13

That’s bonkers. They’re trying to tell us what to think?? It’s a fact that e.g. Caitlin Jenner was born Bruce. It’s not a lie. Not being allowed to say that is like rewriting history.

Serfisafleur · 24/11/2018 18:10

I keep holding onto the hope that Twitter will eventually go the way of MySpace and other SM sites. They all fade in the end. Twitter is really struggling to monetize it's business model and it's share price is on another decline.

Can't fight them. Just ditch them.

AspieAndProud · 24/11/2018 17:57

If we can’t deadnane there should be some kind of verification like the blue tick for celebrities so we can declare our biological sex.

Prestonsflowers · 24/11/2018 17:55

I’ve been agreeing with glinner and have tweeted that several notable people are definitely not women.
I haven’t been banned yet. So I’ll just carry on

happydappy2 · 24/11/2018 17:52

I think twitter might have overstepped the mark here, they are clearly forcing people to lie. To state fiction over fact. Ian Huntley committed his crimes as a man and that is in no way hate speech. This bollocks of dead naming is absurd.

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TheChampagneGalop · 24/11/2018 17:31

As have already been brought up on this board, Meghan E Murphy (of feministcurrent.com) has been permanently suspended from twitter. Reason: She tweeted that men aren't women.

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