Several Twitter users known for questioning U.S. government COVID-19 messaging have found themselves locked out of their accounts or suspended, even as the company reckons with a takeover by billionaire Elon Musk in the name of “free speech.”
The notices from Twitter, often posted by allies of the silenced users, cite violation of its policy against sharing “misleading and potentially harmful information” about COVID-19.
I was quite interested that twitter censored @TheEliKlein's account for 7 days for a medical tweet. In this piece, I fact check the 5 claims of the censored tweet, and allow Klein to address the points.
— Vinay Prasad, MD MPH 🎙️📷 (@VPrasadMDMPH) May 2, 2022
I think you will enjoy this analysis 👇👇https://t.co/EYfylu1GZX
I dont think Elon or Twitter will be restoring previous accounts. Anyone got their previous Twitter account restored from the CONSERVATIVE PURGE?!#FreeSpeech #FreedomOfSpeech pic.twitter.com/SLcpKv8HAp
— 5DME81 (@5dme81) May 5, 2022
The day after my husband testified against the Surgeon General about censorship of his Twitter account he was permanently suspended for ‘misleading & harmful information.’
— Jennifer Sey (@JenniferSey) April 30, 2022
Today my friend Emma Woodhouse was permanently suspended with no reason given. @elonmusk 😵😵💫 pic.twitter.com/yC0ZaoFeOM
Ironically, the day after Daniel Kotzin testified in our case against the Surgeon General about censorship of his Twitter account, he has been permanently suspended from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/E4wloSkYK2
— Jenin Younes (@Leftylockdowns1) April 30, 2022