The more likely concern should be for protesters.
Also...
So now we're censoring free speech? Here's CNN's excuse:Twitter has suspended an account that helped a widely publicized encounter between Catholic high school school students and a Native American man go viral.
CNN Business reported on Monday that Twitter took the step after receiving questions from the news network about the account.
The account, @2020fight, posted a minute-long video of the interaction on Friday night with the caption, "this MAGA loser gleefully bothering a Native American protester at the Indigenous Peoples March."
The Hill
If Twitter shuts down all accounts that have a fake identity, there won't be any Twitter left.@2020fight claims to belong to a California schoolteacher. However its profile photo is of a blogger based in Brazil, according to CNN, which noted that Twitter's guidelines explicitly prohibit "fake and misleading accounts."
"Deliberate attempts to manipulate the public conversation on Twitter by using misleading account information is a violation of the Twitter Rules," a Twitter spokesperson told The Hill.
What a bunch of hooey. Homophobic bigots? Are the boys homosexuals? Racists? Pretty sure the racist and homosexual slurs, if voiced, were coming from the boys.Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) on Sunday voiced support for the students, saying after fuller video emerged that the media had misrepresented the incident.
"In the face of racist and homosexual slurs, the young boys refused to reciprocate or disrespect anyone," Massie said on Twitter. "Even when taunted by homophobic bigots, which was obviously bewildering to them, they insulted no one."
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
UPDATE:
Nathan Phillips' story.
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