Twitter SUSPENDS progressive feminist author Naomi Wolf after slew of tweets opposing Covid-19 vaccinations
RT-USA News
Wolf – who had nearly 150,000 followers – was suspended from Twitter on Friday evening following her repeated commentary against Covid-19 vaccinations.
Though it’s not clear exactly which post led to Wolf’s suspension, the author had a history of making anti-vaccine comments and had published several on the day of her ban.
Um I think Naomi Wolf’s account was finally suspended … apparently right when I was in the middle of hate-reading one of the threads? pic.twitter.com/0T8GiffAhU
— joanna schroeder (@iproposethis) June 5, 2021
Opponents of Wolf’s rhetoric, including liberal journalist Thor Benson, had lobbied Twitter for her suspension shortly beforehand, complaining that the author was still allowed to tweet despite her anti-vaxx comments being seemingly against the social network’s rules.
Why exactly does @Twitter allow Naomi Wolf to spread vaccine disinformation on here every day when they say that’s a violation of their rules?
— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) June 5, 2021
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Just saw anti-vax conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf suspended.
One of the most damaging accounts spreading disinformation on twitter. I was surprised she wasn’t taken down after this one. pic.twitter.com/9tU4EXeeFP
— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 5, 2021
Waking to the news that Naomi Wolf’s account has finally been suspended feels like Christmas morning.
— Daniel Summers, MD 🏳️🌈 (@WFKARS) June 5, 2021
Some, however, condemned the ban, calling it censorship and pointing out that others who’d spread conspiracy theories on the platform had not faced the same sanction.
“I dislike her but I dislike censorship more,” said one Twitter user, while journalist Glenn Greenwald argued, “I think a lot of people who constantly disseminate false claims and unhinged and dangerous conspiracy theories – such as MNSBC and CNN hosts – should nonetheless be allowed to remain on Silicon Valley monopolistic social media platforms.”
There’s a virtual industry of operatives funded by the Atlantic Council — which in turn is funded by Gulf State despots and US intel agencies & NATO governments — whose purpose is to demand the internet be purged of anyone dissenting from their orthodoxies.
A leading soldier: https://t.co/WpTlrFGBih
— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 5, 2021
Last year, during the pandemic, Twitter expanded its rules to prohibit “false or misleading narratives about Covid-19 vaccinations,” including claims that they’re used to “cause harm to or control populations,” false information about “adverse impacts or effects of receiving vaccinations,” and claims that “vaccinations are unnecessary.”
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Wolf, who describes herself as “a lifelong progressive,” became a pariah among her supporters after taking the staunch anti-vaccine stance and speaking out against strict lockdown measures – which she’s compared to “fascism” – and has even been accused of holding views that align with those of the far right
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