According to Ars Technica
A number of "alt-right," pro-Trump, and self-described conservative social media personalities awoke this morning to find that they had a lot fewer followers on Twitter than they had the night before. The apparent cause was the latest culling by Twitter of accounts that in some way violated the company's terms of service, a Twitter spokesperson told Ars, including "behaviors that indicate automated activity or violations of our policies around having multiple accounts, or abuse." The sweep has some on the right accusing Twitter of politically motivated censorship.
"Twitter's tools are apolitical, and we enforce our rules without political bias," a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement emailed to Ars. The accounts were targeted as part of "our ongoing work in safety," the spokesperson said. "We also take action on any accounts we find that violate our terms of service, including asking account owners to confirm a phone number so we can confirm a human is behind it. That's why some people may be experiencing suspensions or locks. This is part of our ongoing, comprehensive efforts to make Twitter safer and healthier for everyone."
And at Vanity Fair:
Renewed fears of censorship have once again led some users to talk about leaving to join Gab, the so-called free-speech social network that cropped up in 2016 as an alternative to Twitter. And Gab couldn't be more pleased. Utsav Sanduja, the company's chief operating officer, told me on Wednesday that the company had seen "a surge of donations, Gab memberships, [and] user sign-ups" since Tuesday night.
(Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:27PM (17 children)
Damn ammosexuals! Why do they follow someone with a faggy French name like "LaPierre"? It's all part of the fake news cycle, they are after my vital bodily fluids!
(Score: 2) by Bot on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:31PM (5 children)
examples of non faggy French names? my AI wants to know.
Account abandoned.
(Score: 2) by tekk on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:38PM (1 child)
Napoleon Bonaparte (modpoints to the first person who explains why this isn't a French name.)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:57PM
He was from Corsica which doesn't see itself as really being "France" and even wants independence.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:41PM (2 children)
"Pepé Le Pew"?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @10:50PM (1 child)
You win. To be truly faggy it would have to be Peepee in Poo.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23 2018, @06:36PM
Never heard that one and I live out californee way. I guess it's only known to practitioners.
(Score: 3, Funny) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:32PM (1 child)
"precious" bodily fluids
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Thursday February 22 2018, @10:33PM
Feed me that belt, soldier!
🌻🌻 [google.com]
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Thursday February 22 2018, @08:40PM (8 children)
I must admit, this made me curious. I can only guess. People who have sex with ammunition? Or something else?
People today are educated enough to repeat what they are taught but not to question what they are taught.
(Score: 0, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @09:15PM (7 children)
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @09:23PM
https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=ammosexual [urbandictionary.com]
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ammosexual [wiktionary.org]
https://www.facebook.com/Ammosexuals-Anonymous-261370500734312/ [facebook.com]
(Score: -1, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @11:42PM (5 children)
AR-15
Sawed off shotgun!
Heckler & Koch G36
You turned on yet?
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday February 22 2018, @11:58PM (2 children)
Not really! Once you get to talking about cut-rifled bores and hand-lapped bolts, and sustained rate-of-fire, I might start feeling something.
(Score: 2) by captain normal on Friday February 23 2018, @03:52AM (1 child)
How about: Mac 10, Ma Duce, M107 Barrett???
Does that get a rise out you?
When life isn't going right, go left.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23 2018, @04:24AM
Mac10, like an Uzi, to short, circumcised, 9mm NATO round, too weak. Do we have to do this in public?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23 2018, @12:02AM (1 child)
50 round drum [google.com]
-- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 23 2018, @04:25AM
It is not the capacity, it is the reliability, and the caliber, and whether you can fit it into your bed.