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1. @DonaldJTrumpJr, @michellemalkin, @guypbenson, and other high-profile right-wing wing accounts are claiming that Twitter is blocking their ability to follow @UnplannedMovie -- an account of an anti-abortion movie
Knowingly or not, they are falling for an OBVIOUS SCAM
Knowingly or not, they are falling for an OBVIOUS SCAM
2. The behavior they are describing can be easily achieved through a "soft block."
Block someone who follows you, then quickly unblock them. Boom, they aren't following you anymore.
Can be manual or scripted.
This isn't Twitter censorship. It's manufactured controversy.
Block someone who follows you, then quickly unblock them. Boom, they aren't following you anymore.
Can be manual or scripted.
This isn't Twitter censorship. It's manufactured controversy.
3. Like most claims of right-wing social media censorship, it's just people trying to promote themselves. Diamond and Silk did it and got rewarded with a Congressional hearing.
4. Here is a United States Congressman falling for the same scam
