Mob That Stalked Tucker Carlson Was Allowed Back On Twitter...
THE MOB THAT DOXXED TUCKER CARLSON IS ALREADY BACK ON
TWITTER
By Amber Athey 10:11 AM 11/14/2018
Smash Racism DC, the group that organized a mob outside
of Fox News host Tucker Carlson’s home last week, broke Twitter policy to
create a new account after they were suspended by the social media platform.
Twitter suspended Smash Racism DC, which was previously
operating under the handle “@SmashRacismDC” after they posted tweets containing
Carlson’s address and video of a mob screaming threats outside of Carlson’s
home. The account was later suspended again for ban evasion.
Carlson, also a Daily Caller co-founder, said his wife
was home alone at the time and thought she was the victim of a home invasion.
The group’s new account is still named “Smash Racism DC”
and has the same profile picture but uses the handle “@DCAgainstRacism.”
The account was created sometime in November and has
about 50 followers. It has retweeted five other Antifa-related accounts but has
no original tweets.
Twitter’s rules state that “Accounts created to replace
or mimic suspended accounts may be permanently suspended. We may also remove
accounts which Twitter is able to reliably attribute to entities known to
violate the Twitter Rules.”
Fox News’s account, which has 18.2 million followers, has
not tweeted in six days to protest Twitter’s handling of Smash Racism DC’s
initial suspension. Fox reportedly complained to Twitter about the account, but
instead of immediately removing the inappropriate content, Twitter insisted Fox
open a support ticket.
Twitter did not initially take action against Smash
Racism DC until The Daily Caller News Foundation reached out for comment on the
threatening and doxxing posts.
Fox News has not clarified what it hopes to gain from the
protest or how long the protest will last.
Twitter did not respond to a request for comment on Smash
Racism DC’s new account.
UPDATE (1:57 PM): The @DCAgainstRacism account has been
suspended since publication of this article.
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