2/16 One year ago today, we released What is a Woman?. To celebrate the occasion and expand the movie’s already enormous impact, we decided to give it away for free for 24 hours on Twitter.
3/16 With Twitter’s recent commitments to free speech, we thought it would be the perfect place to distribute the film and drive the conversation forward on one of the most important topics of our day.
4/16 Twitter responded with enthusiasm and offered us the opportunity to buy a package to host the movie on a dedicated event page and to promote the event to every Twitter user over the first 10 hours.
5/16 We accepted and signed an agreement. After we signed, Twitter asked to see the film to better understand what parts may “trigger” users, so they could better prepare their response. They said they were still all hands on deck for launch, so we sent them a screener.
6/16 After reviewing the film, though, Twitter let us know that not only could we no longer purchase the package they offered, they would no longer provide us any support and would actually limit the reach of the film and label it as “hateful conduct” because of “misgendering.”
7/16 Specifically: In the film, a father refers to his 14-year-old daughter as “her,” and a store owner uses the “wrong” pronoun in a confrontation with a trans person.
8/16 We reminded Twitter they removed “misgendering” from their policy, that the term “misgendering” itself is misleading, and that enforcing such a policy places them on the side of the most radical elements in society - the side most opposed to their commitment to free speech.
9/16 Twitter clarified they only removed “misgendering” from their policy because they didn’t need to be that specific, but that they still consider “misgendering” abuse and harassment.
They gave us the opportunity to edit the film to comply.
We declined.
10/16 When we asked how much they would limit the visibility if we posted the film anyway, Twitter replied that our own followers would not be able to see it in their feeds. This, they said, is part of their “speech not reach” policy.
11/16 Of course, saying “you have the right to speak, but we'll make sure no one hears you” is a bit like saying “you have the right to cast a vote, but we'll make sure it isn't counted.” That's not a right at all!
12/16 We brought all our shows to Twitter Tuesday because we believed Twitter was committed to free speech, especially on this issue.
After all, the @TheBabylonBee was silenced on Twitter over this very issue, and that in part prompted @elonmusk to purchase the platform.
13/16 The other tech platforms have already decided where they stand in the trans debate and demonetize and deprioritize all those who disagree.
Now, Twitter has joined the ranks of the other tech superpowers in ensuring one side of the debate is suppressed.
14/16 @elonmusk is not beholden to conservatives. He has the right to run his business as he sees fit. But if Twitter is going to throttle one side of one of the most important debates facing society, it cannot claim to champion free speech.
15/16 I hope @elonmusk will reconsider this awful policy.
If we can't debate these issues on Twitter, where can we debate them?
If conservatives aren't welcome on Twitter, where are they welcome?
It’s unlikely another centibillionaire will come along to offer an alternative.
16/16 We plan to post the movie anyway tonight at 8:00 pm eastern. Will Twitter make good on their threat to throttle it and label it "hateful conduct," or will Twitter live up to its great promise?
We'll all find out together.
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2/14 Last month, @MattWalshBlog was demonetized. On Friday, @RealCandaceO and @michaeljknowles were suspended for 7 days after receiving their 2nd strike, and @jordanbpeterson was given his 1st strike – 3 in 90 days and your account is terminated.
3/14 In the last 90 days, our accounts have received 104 violations for “Hateful and Derogatory” content, earning them “limited monetization.” Again, nearly every one of these violations comes from our coverage of the trans debate.
What you may not know is that the attack went well beyond Twitter.
The hackers have managed to gain access to, well, everything, including twenty years of Matt's emails.
What scandalous information will the hackers find in Matt's email? I do not know. I'm sure I said things in my twenties that I wouldn't feel great having aired publicly.
What will @realDailyWire's response be to things 20-year-old Matt may have said?
How obvious is it that @josh_hammer keeps encouraging attacks on @benshapiro because of a personal vendetta and not because he's worried @RealCandaceO is an antisemite (which she isn't)?
Well, does this sound like a guy overly concerned with stopping antisemitic language?
This is from @josh_hammer's WhatsApp thread where he's been coordinating with his friends to attack @benshapiro based on the smear that Ben isn't sufficiently anti-antisemitism.
Side note: Most of his friends aren't into it.
Let me just assure you, @josh_hammer, @realDailyWire would certainly fire anyone who said anything remotely as antisemitic as "Jeremy Boreing has Ben on a leash and is throwing Mammon-worshipping shekels down his throat."
Journalism is dead. Twenty years ago, every major publication would have had boots on the ground chasing the facts in the Paul Pelosi story - questioning the narrative, interviewing everyone even tangentially connected, demanding transparency and the release of calls and footage.
Questioning the powerful was the media’s raison d'être. Sure, they were biased to the left, but they had some self-respect and took their role in society seriously more often than not.
And they didn’t believe that role was to be agents of social change…
The people were less prone to paranoia back then because the press was MORE paranoid. Much more. They questioned everything.
The people assumed the press was on the job, sniffing out the lies and finding the truth, so conspiracy theories just weren’t plausible and rarely stuck.
George Floyd's family is apparently suing @kanyewest for $250M over his reaction to @RealCandaceO's documentary, #GreatestLieEverSold . Here's what the film actually has to say about Fentanyl and Floyd's death:
As to whether Derek Chauvin's knee was on George Floyd's neck, here's what the film reveals from the trial:
Meanwhile, @Blklivesmatter has raised over $80M off the tragedy, spending it on things not remotely relevant to the idea that black lives matter.
Of course, the Left is doing their best to keep that fact hidden.
The @nytimes left Johnny the Walrus off their bestseller list completely, even though it outsold literally every single book on all of their print lists.
Johnny the Walrus was listed as the #2 overall bestseller by @USATODAY, despite the fact it outsold the book listed as #1 by almost 3k copies.
USA Today and NYT use their own "secret methodology" to curate their bestseller lists.