Twitter permanently banned James O’Keefe Thursday. The Project Veritas founder spent the preceding days posting videos taken of a CNN employee without that employee’s knowledge, in keeping with his organization’s practice of coverted recorded content, but in violation of Twitter’s policies.
O’Keefe, who had over 900,000 followers at the time of his suspension, told TheWrap that he plans to sue the social media platform.
“The account you referenced (@JamesOKeefeIII) was permanently suspended for violating the Twitter Rules on platform manipulation and spam,” a Twitter spokesperson confirmed. “As outlined in our policy on platform manipulation and spam, ‘You can’t mislead others on Twitter by operating fake accounts,’ and ‘you can’t artificially amplify or disrupt conversations through the use of multiple accounts.'”
The rep declined to elaborate on the claim that O’Keefe was running multiple fake accounts, including how many he was running or how they were used.
O’Keefe, who had over 900,000 followers at the time of his suspension, told TheWrap that he plans to sue the social media platform.
“The account you referenced (@JamesOKeefeIII) was permanently suspended for violating the Twitter Rules on platform manipulation and spam,” a Twitter spokesperson confirmed. “As outlined in our policy on platform manipulation and spam, ‘You can’t mislead others on Twitter by operating fake accounts,’ and ‘you can’t artificially amplify or disrupt conversations through the use of multiple accounts.'”
The rep declined to elaborate on the claim that O’Keefe was running multiple fake accounts, including how many he was running or how they were used.
- 4/15/2021
- by Lindsey Ellefson
- The Wrap
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