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Twitter bans Zero Hedge account after it doxxed a Chinese researcher over coronavirus
Source: Washington Post
Twitter bans Zero Hedge account after it doxxed a Chinese researcher over coronavirus
By Derek Hawkins
2/1/2020, 1:07:53 p.m.
Twitter on Friday permanently suspended the right-leaning finance blog Zero Hedge after it published a conspiracy theory suggesting that a Chinese scientist might be responsible for the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
A Twitter spokesperson did not comment on what specifically prompted the suspension, saying only that Zero Hedge was removed for violating the social media giant’s platform manipulation policy. Twitter defines platform manipulation as “using Twitter to engage in bulk, aggressive, or deceptive activity that misleads others and/or disrupts their experience.”
But Zero Hedge’s founder, who uses the pseudonym Tyler Durden, wrote in a Friday afternoon post that he received a notice from Twitter saying he violated the platform’s rules against abuse and targeted harassment.
“It is news to us that this website has (ever) ‘engaged in the targeted harassment of someone,' ” Durden wrote.
According to Durden, the suspension appeared to be related to a Zero Hedge post from earlier in the week titled “Is This The Man Behind The Global Coronavirus Pandemic?”
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By Derek Hawkins
2/1/2020, 1:07:53 p.m.
Twitter on Friday permanently suspended the right-leaning finance blog Zero Hedge after it published a conspiracy theory suggesting that a Chinese scientist might be responsible for the deadly coronavirus outbreak.
A Twitter spokesperson did not comment on what specifically prompted the suspension, saying only that Zero Hedge was removed for violating the social media giant’s platform manipulation policy. Twitter defines platform manipulation as “using Twitter to engage in bulk, aggressive, or deceptive activity that misleads others and/or disrupts their experience.”
But Zero Hedge’s founder, who uses the pseudonym Tyler Durden, wrote in a Friday afternoon post that he received a notice from Twitter saying he violated the platform’s rules against abuse and targeted harassment.
“It is news to us that this website has (ever) ‘engaged in the targeted harassment of someone,' ” Durden wrote.
According to Durden, the suspension appeared to be related to a Zero Hedge post from earlier in the week titled “Is This The Man Behind The Global Coronavirus Pandemic?”
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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/01/twitter-zero-hedge-coronavirus/