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Jan 18 6 tweets 2 min read
A mere 3 weeks later, I’ve finally managed to get @Twitter to respond to my media company, @GrabienMedia, being suspended for engaging in journalism.

Twitter’s response? “Our position still stands on your Covid Misinformation [sic] tweet.”
I’ve replied:

So your “position” is that journalists reporting the news violates your “Covid misinformation policy”? 

Can you please explain why our account remains suspended while, for example, this kind of account remains up?

As you can see, it would make no sense to prevent the media from reporting on claims politicians make about Covid — whether true or false. Under your standard, CNN, for example, would have been suspended for reporting on Trump saying bleach might be a possible Covid antidote.
I’m not even going to ask if you think this makes sense as everyone in the world knows it would not. 

Regardless, without this kind of clarification, it’s impossible to understand how to navigate your seemingly intentionally ambiguous “rules.” So please do provide one.
Is journalism allowed on Twitter or not?

Can you also please explain why Twitter has failed to respond to any of the three separate appeals I’ve filed related to this suspension?
Without actual responses to any of these questions, it’s impossible for one to escape the conclusion Twitter is intentionally targeting specific accounts for censorship. /fin

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