Thread by @goddeketal

#1 After being banned from Twitter for 18 months for the heinous crime of writing & citing scientific studies and asking questions, I was finally granted mercy by @elonmusk, who reinstated my account 3 months ago.

This is what happened before and after my unjust suspension.🧵👇🏼

#2 Until 2020, I was a humble scientist. Despite being critical of the official COVID narrative, I only published research on the immune-boosting effects of vitamin D (bit.ly/3nC9jdX) and never really used social media. I always viewed it as a toxic environment.

#3 In late 2020, I found out that @c_drosten's paper on the COVID protocol got peer review approval within hours. This piqued my interest, so I looked into it and wrote a Twitter thread about what I found. Before I knew it, my thread went viral! drsimon.substack.com/p/how-scientif…

#4 Overnight, I gained thousands of followers and an unexpected public platform. While I never sought this attention I accepted it anyway. However, my factual statements made me many enemies, particularly among Dutch virologists, fact-checkers, and stalkers (i.e. @KlaasvanDijk5).

#5 Within two months, I lost my job at Wageningen University because of many incoming complaints. I was shocked to be cancelled for doing what a scientist needs to do: exposing scientific fraud, especially when it comes to other scientists bypassing peer review processes.

#6 I continued to tweet critically, factually, and objectively about the COVID pandemic, which only led to more questions. However, in May 2021, Twitter suspended me almost weekly for citing peer-reviewed studies on masks and vitamin D, and covering a Texas Senate hearing.

#7 In June 2021, I was permanently banned for asking a simple question. It's a fact that the Gates Foundation invested a substantial amount into BioNTech (endpts.com/biontech-partn…). Why was it prohibited to ask questions back then, @twitter?

#8 I began filing weekly appeals against Twitter's decision, but they were all rejected without any reasons provided. In the meantime, I became active on Telegram and was invited by @Fynnderella1 to join a group of people whose accounts had also been permanently put to #TWITMO.

#9 These people were @tracybeanz, @TexasLindsay_, @VigilantFox, @TheChiefNerd, @KanekoaTheGreat, @UngaTheGreat, @RMConservative, @ZelenkoZev, @AprilMossTV, @kylenabecker, @RealMacReport, @robinmonotti, @NickHudsonCT, @MdBreathe, @ElectionWiz, @drcole12 and many others. #FF

#10 While my TG (t.me/goddek) continued to grow, my messages remained within my bubble. Meanwhile, I started a new job at the Norwegian Research Institute @SINTEF, where I was able to work without any issues, which had occurred while I was active on Twitter.

#11 This would change in late 2022, when @elonmusk announced the reinstatement of accounts that had not caused harm, including mine. Overnight, we were freed from the virtual cage to actively contribute to the COVID scandal investigation.

#12 My virtual resurrection by @elonmusk led to a rapid increase in followers and therefore in reach. This, in turn, drew the attention of those who had already reported me to my previous employer. Why should it be any different this time, I asked myself.

#13 It happened as it had to happen, I lost my job @SINTEF, officially due to 'external communication' and (again) many complaints, but they keep on coming up with new made-up reasons. I still do not have the exact reasons in writing, which is why I have taken legal action.

#14 I have come to the realization that Twitter is a powder keg. As a critical scientist who questions official narratives like gender, climate, vaccination, etc., it is impossible to be active on social media and have a normal job.

#15 For that reason, and to avoid self-censorship in the future, I started my own business with @sunfluencer and also write scientific articles on vitamin D and the impact of fear on excess mortality for @brownstoneinst. sunfluencer.com/3-critical-ben…

#16 For a free society, freedom of speech is essential. So, my question to the future Martian emperor @elonmusk: "Will you accept freedom of speech and scientific debates on gender politics, climate change etc. in the future, or will we need to fear being cancelled again?"

#17 Because it is unacceptable that in a society, those who have the courage to question things are the ones punished for their honesty and bravery and must live in constant fear for their very existence.

#18 I will therefore provide strategies on my Twitter feed in the coming days on how to prepare for what is yet to come. This will include topics such as permaculture, living off-grid, self-sufficiency, being responsible for your health, and protecting yourself and your family.

#19 Thank you for taking the time to read my personal story. Please don't forget to follow and support those who have been silenced and are at risk of being silenced again. We need your support, warriors! Cheers, Simon (@goddeketal) #FreeAsABird