Twitter confirms it quietly “limit[ed] the visibility” of promotional tweets via its ad platform about HBO documentary Q: Into the Storm in 2021
Twitter told the director of “Q: Into the Storm” it had “made the decision not to allow promotion of this documentary” when he tried to advertise the film. Tweets: @joshuaerlich , @dellcam , @wexler , @dellcam , and @justinhendrix See also Mediagazer Tweets: Joshua Erlich / @joshuaerlich : if HBO paid for promoted tweets when twitter was actively (but secretly) suppressing this content, you get into real questions about deceptive business practices (obviously the “free speech” issue stuff is nonsense but these practices could be illegal for other reasons) https://twitter.com/... @dellcam : @wexler in multiple emails, i was told the film was wittingly categorized as content falling under a policy—which twitter sent me multiple links to—that restricts the visibility of accounts promoting it across search, replies, timelines, & recommendations. https://twitter.com/... Nu Wexler / @wexler : @dellcam The “censorship” allegation is that the director wasn't allowed to promote tweets with QAnon content? @dellcam : Scoop: Twitter decided last year to ‘limit the visibility’ of an HBO series critical of QAnon (and Twitter's handling of QAnon). Claims the decision is about preventing ‘offline harm’ The filmmaker didn't find out until a year after the series debuted https://gizmodo.com/... Justin Hendrix / @justinhendrix : .@CullenHoback's documentary, Q: Into the Storm, is an important work that helps the viewer understand QAnon, the internet, extremism and January 6. Highly recommend. https://twitter.com/... See also Mediagazer