The Daily Wire claims that Twitter canceled a deal to premiere What Is a Woman and threatened to “throttle” the documentary over two instances of “misgendering”
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@martinsfp.bsky.social
@martinsfp.bsky.social
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It would be funny if Elon Musk's Twitter has “gone woke” in an attempt to avoid “going broke”
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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@JeremyDBoreing @realDailyWire This was a mistake by many people at Twitter. It is definitely allowed. Whether or not you agree with using someone's preferred pronouns, not doing so is at most rude and certainly breaks no laws. I should note that I do personally use someone's pre…
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@jeremydboreing
Jeremy Boreing
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Twitter canceled a deal with @realdailywire to premiere What is a Woman? for free on the platform because of two instances of “misgendering.” I'm not kidding. Here's what happened:🧵1/16 https://twitter.com/...
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@jeremydboreing
Jeremy Boreing
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12/16 We brought all our shows to Twitter Tuesday because we believed Twitter was committed to free speech, especially on this issue. After all, the @TheBabylonBee was silenced on Twitter over this very issue, and that in part prompted @elonmusk to purchase the platform.
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@jeremydboreing
Jeremy Boreing
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6/16 After reviewing the film, though, Twitter let us know that not only could we no longer purchase the package they offered, they would no longer provide us any support and would actually limit the reach of the film and label it as “hateful conduct” because of “misgendering.”
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@shandrick
Shane
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All I'm seeing from this is people desperately want to be bigots, but they're all to cheap to pay to watch a movie https://twitter.com/...
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@elonmusk
Elon Musk
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@stevenmarkryan The Streisand Effect on this will set an all-time record!
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@thecyrusjanssen
Cyrus Janssen
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We often hear that America is the land of “free speech” but there is ALWAYS exceptions to this rule. In America you risk being deplatformed if you say something “offensive” like..."there are only two sexes" Just ask @Riley_Gaines_ this movie should be shown to open up dialogue ht…
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@scottadamssays
Scott Adams
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I don't know anyone who “misgenders” out of hate. I know lots people who believe they have a right to use ordinary language to describe what they observe. The “hate” part is imaginary. It assumes guilt that is not in evidence. Twitter works best when not engaged in... https://twi…
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@rmac18
Ryan Mac
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when you finally land back in the US after spending a few days meeting with government officials in China to handle an issue of “free speech” [image]
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@mattwalshblog
Matt Walsh
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“What Is A Woman” was trending #4 a moment ago and has now disappeared from the trending list completely. The old regime blacklisted the trend and removed it every time it came up. Is that still happening?
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@austinj
Austin Johnsen
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Wonder what stage of @mmasnick's moderation learning curve this is https://twitter.com/...
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@oliverdarcy
Oliver Darcy
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Daily Wire boss accusing Elon Musk of censorship in this thread, prompting conservative backlash against the billionaire who has not really encountered much criticism from the right during his time as Twitter boss. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened.…
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@jeremydboreing
Jeremy Boreing
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8/16 We reminded Twitter they removed “misgendering” from their policy, that the term “misgendering” itself is misleading, and that enforcing such a policy places them on the side of the most radical elements in society - the side most opposed to their commitment to free speech.
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@jeremydboreing
Jeremy Boreing
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2/16 One year ago today, we released What is a Woman?. To celebrate the occasion and expand the movie's already enormous impact, we decided to give it away for free for 24 hours on Twitter.
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@bennyjohnson
Benny Johnson
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I hope this is a glitch. Seems like bad policy hangover from Twitter 1.0. Obviously @realDailyWire should be able to publish a documentary on this platform. And for the record ‘What Is A Woman’ is one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. Changed the game. https://twitter.com…
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@chooocole
Chloe Cole
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So disappointing... This is terrible news for free speech on this platform. The “What Is A Woman?” Documentary was a major inspiration to me to start speaking out on my detransition experience. How many other kids are out there waiting for that spark?! @elonmusk... https://twitte…
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@liz_wheeler
Liz Wheeler
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Whoaaaaaa not good, hope @elonmusk rectifies this immediately https://twitter.com/...
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@chrissiemayr
Chrissie Mayr
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Alas, the shadow of old Twitter still looms @elonmusk has some splaining to do https://twitter.com/...
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@euphoritori
Victoria
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rare twitter W https://twitter.com/...
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@nope_its_lily
Lily
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Facts don't care about your feelings https://twitter.com/...
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@sethdillon
Seth Dillon
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In the interview we just released, Musk reaffirmed his commitment to free speech, saying there will be no compromise, even if it means lost revenue. He also said that Tucker Carlson's main concern was the possibility of censorship. Elon assured Tucker that lawful speech would not…
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@benshapiro
Ben Shapiro
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This behavior by Twitter corporate directly opposes @elonmusk's commitment to free speech, and I sincerely hope he does something about it https://twitter.com/...
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@ratbitebaby
Avi
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increasingly rare Twitter W https://twitter.com/...
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@mattwalshblog
Matt Walsh
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Read this thread. We are streaming “What Is A Woman” free for all on Twitter tonight. Despite signing an agreement with us, Twitter now says they will label the film hate speech and suppress it. This is a gross betrayal of the free speech promises they have made to their users. h…
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@emmavigeland
Emma Vigeland
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The right conflates “free speech” with corporate promotion/platforming of their films or their posts or their videos. Ben is silent on Musk's current collaboration with the Indian and Turkish governments to suppress speech. He only cares when a Daily Wire production can't cash in…
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@darth
@darth
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no one is falling for this publicity stunt right https://twitter.com/...
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@jeremydboreing
Jeremy Boreing
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3/16 With Twitter's recent commitments to free speech, we thought it would be the perfect place to distribute the film and drive the conversation forward on one of the most important topics of our day.
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@jeremydboreing
Jeremy Boreing
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15/16 I hope @elonmusk will reconsider this awful policy. If we can't debate these issues on Twitter, where can we debate them? If conservatives aren't welcome on Twitter, where are they welcome? It's unlikely another centibillionaire will come along to offer an alternative.