Twitter suspended Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft and radio host Wayne Allyn Root over the weekend, while the social media company told Fox News that Hoft’s account had repeatedly violated its ‘civil integrity policy’.
Twitter permanently suspended Hoft, while Root told Fox News that it appears the suspension is also permanent.
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“I’m shocked,” Root told Fox News. “It turns out to be a permanent ban. Although I do not know. Twitter never warned me. … And never sent any communication saying I was suspended or banned. I simply tried to tweet yesterday afternoon and could not But unlike a previous suspension … My followers suddenly said 0. “
Twitter suspended Gateway Pundit founder Jim Hoft and radio host Wayne Allyn Root in February 2021. Screenshots
Fox News’ Twitter query about Root’s account was not returned at the time of publication.
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Twitter’s civil integrity policy states, “You may not use Twitter’s services to manipulate or interfere with elections or other civil processes.”
Root told Fox News that he reached out to Twitter to ask why he was suspended. He was previously suspended temporarily, in part because he says locks do not work.
“It gave me a 7-day suspension for ‘misleading medical advice,'” Root told Fox News.
Root told Fox News that conservatives “are the last group in America to be silenced, banned, purged and openly discriminated against.” Root is the author of the book “Trump Rules” and has written blog posts with titles such as “Could Trump Have Our First 100 Million-Vote President?”
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“We made Jack Dorsey one of the richest men on earth. He got an army of worker bees to spend thousands of hours free to make him rich. And what’s my reward? No more freedom of speech. In America. “My opinions are forbidden. My opinions are forbidden,” said Root.
Fox News reached out to Gateway Pundit for comment, but they did not immediately respond.