Twitter suspended an organization that was anti-critically raced, but it reinstated the account when MRC Free Speech America requested an explanation.
A Twitter spokesperson told MRC Free Speech America that the account was “permanently suspended for violating the Twitter Rules on ban evasion.” Twitter typically bans users who, after being banned from one account, create a new account so that they can continue to use the platform. But Tony Kinnett, co-founder and executive director of Chalkboard Review told MRC Free Speech America the banned account was “the first and only one [they’ve] ever had.” Twitter reversed its decision less than 10 minutes after the platform responded to a request for comment.
Prior to the reinstatement, Kinnett said, “There is no tweet that they have cited. There is no account activity that they have suggested of any shape or sort that has caused us, that would cause us to be banned,” he said. “Their statement saying that we avoided, that avoiding being banned is what got us banned makes no sense whatsoever. Again, we’ve seen no evidence of it.” It appears Twitter later agreed with Kinnett’s assessment. A purported screenshot tweeted by Chalkboard Review after reinstatement of the account shows Twitter’s response to the organization’s appeal. “After further review, we have unsuspended your account as it does not appear to be in violation of Twitter’s rules,” Twitter stated in response. [Emphasis added].
Although unwilling to lay blame without evidence, Kinnett said he would not be surprised if Twitter was responding to the National Education Association’s open call for Big Tech companies to censor groups that oppose critical race theory in schools. “[T]He NEA has fallen in love with critical racism theory. They’ve said it very openly and that they demand groups like Twitter etcetera, other social media platforms to remove us. They’ve demanded that anyone that is basically pushing what they consider anti-CRT propaganda to be removed from their platform.” He later added that he would be unsurprised if “Twitter would try scraping a small to medium-sized platform off of Twitter to say that they’re doing something.”
screenshotChalkboard Review’s account was restored after it revealed that an unverified user claimed to have been there. Emilie McKiernanChalkboard Review was reported to Twitter by McKiernan. McKiernan, a self-identified NEA “Leader for Just Schools,” has since made her account private
Twitter didn’t respond to our request for comment on the reversed decision.
Chalkboard Review has joined the Free Speech Alliance. Nearly 100 organizations are part of the Free Speech Alliance, which opposes suppression of conservative voices via social media.
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