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mahatmakanejeeves

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Sat Apr 22, 2023, 05:25 AM Apr 2023

Missouri trans 'snitch form' down after people spammed it with the 'Bee Movie' script

Last edited Sat Apr 22, 2023, 06:28 AM - Edit history (2)

Hat tip, this post at Joe.My.God.

Wintercat
5 hours ago
Become Ungovernable.

A Missouri government tip site for submitting complaints and concerns about gender-affirming care is down after people flooded it with fanfiction, rambling anecdotes and the “Bee Movie” script.

https://techcrunch.com/2023/04/21/missouri-trans-snitch-form-down-after-people-spammed-it-with-the-bee-movie-script/

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Missouri trans ‘snitch form’ down after people spammed it with the ‘Bee Movie’ script

Morgan Sung @morgan_sung / 7:56 PM EDT • April 21, 2023

A Missouri government tip site for submitting complaints and concerns about gender-affirming care is down after people flooded it with fanfiction, rambling anecdotes and the “Bee Movie” script.

The Missouri Attorney General’s office launched an online form for “Transgender Center Concerns” in late March, inviting those who’ve witnessed “troubling practices” at clinics that provide gender-affirming care to submit tips. The site didn’t ask users to name patients or healthcare providers, but encouraged users to complete the form “in as much detail as possible.”



Before the form was taken down, people spammed it with raunchy fanfiction and rambling anecdotes. Image Credits: Missouri Attorney General (screenshot)

But after days of TikTok and Twitter users spamming the site with gibberish, the tip line has been removed from the Missouri government site entirely. Instead of the online form, the link to the tip line now says that the page no longer exists.

Madeline Sieren, press secretary for Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey, blamed “far left activists” for breaking the site. She said the tip line is down temporarily.

“Rather than standing on their supposed science to back up their facts, they’re resorting to trying to hack our system to silence victims of the exact network we’re attempting to expose,” Sieren told TechCrunch in an email. “In order to ensure the integrity of a government website, the page is temporarily down while we investigate these matters.”

Sieren did not clarify what the “hack” entailed.

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it is baffling to me that lawmakers continue to set up snitch forms, given the history of relentless shitposting as a form of protest. this is the third one in three years!

techcrunch.com
Missouri trans 'snitch form' down after people spammed it with the 'Bee Movie' script
Concerned citizens armed with fanfiction and the "Bee Movie" script took down a government-run website in Missouri.



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Missouri trans 'snitch form' down after people spammed it with the 'Bee Movie' script (Original Post) mahatmakanejeeves Apr 2023 OP
Fukkin "far left activists," ruining everything Jesus stands for. This is why the country's goin' 3Hotdogs Apr 2023 #1
One day maybe, the state of MO will regain its sanity. At least God I hope so. SWBTATTReg Apr 2023 #2
Darn those pesky far left activists and their interest in protecting personal bodily privacy! Timeflyer Apr 2023 #3

3Hotdogs

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1. Fukkin "far left activists," ruining everything Jesus stands for. This is why the country's goin'
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 06:17 AM
Apr 2023

down the shitter.



















Agnes, do you really need the sarcasm thingy?

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