The actress, who has emerged as a Hollywood voice in the Harvey Weinstein sexual-assault scandal, revealed that Twitter had locked her account on Wednesday night.
Rose McGowan had a hold placed on her Twitter account Wednesday night, an act that quickly sparked outrage among the many users who have been following her posts ever since news first broke of the allegations against Harvey Weinstein.
The actress, who has emerged as a Hollywood voice after finding herself thrust into the center of the developing story of sexual misconduct, harassment and assault allegations against the movie mogul, took to her Instagram and Facebook accounts to relay the news of her temporary suspension, writing cryptically that "TWITTER HAS SUSPENDED ME. THERE ARE POWERFUL FORCES AT WORK. BE MY VOICE. #ROSEARMY."
She added a screenshot (below) from a message from Twitter telling her that she had violated their terms of service and that she would be locked out for 12 hours once she deleted certain tweets. She posted the message late Wednesday night.
As of 7:20 a.m. PT on Thursday, Twitter had unlocked McGowan's account, telling THR the temporary lock was due to the actress tweeting out a private number, which falls under the private information violation under Twitter Rules. McGowan deleted the post to regain access.
Are social media platforms common carriers, or not?
(Score: 4, Insightful) by Virindi on Saturday October 14 2017, @01:59PM (2 children)
Thank you! If we are going to do character assassinations, it would be nice if they were based on what the person in question actually did. I am plenty happy to hear evidence of McGowan's hypocrisy, if it were based on her own actions. But blaming her for things "people like her" do and say is completely unfair.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday October 15 2017, @03:38AM (1 child)
Funny how it won't work that way when the marching orders get handed down to the local feminist covens and suddenly "people like programmer dorks at Twitter who can't get laid and are pro-rape" are accountable for the actions of others.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday October 16 2017, @01:20AM
Did that happen? No? Let's talk about it when--and if--it happens.