Thread by @BadCOVID19Takes

Context: He's been trying to get banned for a while to promote his book sales. He understands this grift better than almost anyone. It's why he tried to create the impression that every one of his pamphlets was "censored," while selling hundreds of thousands of them.

In March 2020, he had 7700 followers. His platform became 50 times larger, 50 times more lucrative, thanks to popular lies and careless errors he never corrected. Here's a thread of some of them.

https://twitter.com/BadCOVID19Takes/status/1257469437940301824

To be clear: he isn't just careless. He intentionally misrepresents in order to cultivate his audience. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Correction: The first tweet was not his last tweet, but it's one a few of you sent me before I realized he was suspended. It might be the tweet that got him suspended, however.

Silver lining: Maybe this also causes Twitter to ban a "vaccines cause autism" antivax account for ban evasion.

https://twitter.com/GenRescue/status/1431807072644091909

Alex is back to his @BadLegalTakes that a Twitter ban constitutes defamation. And he's simultaneously asking whether Twitter can really ban him entirely (half confessing to ban evasion).

Answers: No, Yes.

If he sues Twitter, it will be because: (1) he hopes the publicity gooses book sales, and maybe (2) he's as delusional about defamation law as he is Covid.

h/t for these last two tweets, @AriCohn, who had a memorable & relevant exchange with Alex.

https://twitter.com/BadLegalTakes/status/1411077945922187264

A Twitter ban isn't defamation because the site doesn't even say why they suspend anyone. We don't actually know it was for the first tweet in this thread. Maybe he was suspended because he had is followers bomb abuse, here. (Like I said: he's been *trying* to get banned lately.)

Alex Berenson's ban evasion resulted in the suspension of the loathsome Generation Rescue handle. Is this a record?

https://twitter.com/BadVaccineTakes/status/1432167262740492289