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from the no-wonder-I've-not-seen-a-Vogon-on-Twitter dept.
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Social media giant Twitter has banned a Belgian Elite Dangerous player for tweeting a poem in reply to a tweet from the official game's account. Tim Wellens, the now-suspended Twitter user, has yet to regain access to his account at the time of writing, despite multiple appeals.
[...] In Elite Dangerous, the Thargoids are an alien race that is at odds with humanity. Twitter caught onto the threatening language that Wellens used — despite directing it at a fictional group — and suspended his account. According to Eurogamer, in an email to Wellens, Twitter support explained that they took action because he violated their "rules against posting violent threats."
He has since appealed the decision, pointing out that he "never ever threatened a real person or organization on Twitter."
"Thargoid or foe, I'm coming to kill you, was directed to the thargoids and enemies in the game," he told Eurogamer.
His appeal was met with a computer-generated email, and Wellens followed up by re-appealing his case. As of Oct. 8, his account remains out of his hands.
Good ole Artificial "Intelligence"...
Source: https://techraptor.net/content/twitter-suspends-elite-dangerous-player-for-posting-poetry
(Score: 3, Touché) by legont on Saturday October 20 2018, @01:30PM (2 children)
Only terrorists and pedophiles are not on twitter and facebook.
"Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding" - John Kenneth Galbraith.
(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Saturday October 20 2018, @02:56PM (1 child)
Damn, then I must be either a terrorist or a pedophile. How do I find out which I am? ;-)
The Tao of math: The numbers you can count are not the real numbers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 20 2018, @06:36PM
There is a simple answer without the need for false dichotomies. OP never said it was mutually exclusive so the safest bet is to consider yourself both.