Twitter Verifies Charlottesville Rally Boss Jason Kessler, Who Called Slain Protester's Death...

[DonViejo]

Source: The Daily Beast



Twitter Verifies Charlottesville Rally Boss Jason Kessler, Who Called Slain Protester’s Death ‘Payback Time’

The blue check mark came less than a month after the company’s latest promise to weed out the promotion of hate and violence.

Ben Collins
BEN COLLINS
11.08.17 5:36 PM ET

On Tuesday, Twitter gave its preferred status, a verified check mark, to Jason Kessler, the creator of the white supremacist Charlottesville rally in August that left one dead.

Kessler’s new verified status comes just 26 days after CEO Jack Dorsey again recommitted to eliminating “hate symbols, violent groups, and tweets that glorifies violence” from its platform.

Dorsey’s latest announcement detailing new harassment policies, and saying Twitter would “take a more aggressive stance in our rules and how we enforce them,” came one day after actress Rose McGowan tweeted she had been raped by Harvey Weinstein.

Twitter claimed McGowan’s account was then suspended because one of her tweets contained a phone number, but users protested the company for what many claimed was arbitrary enforcement of its harassment policy.

Read more: https://www.thedailybeast.com/twitter-verifies-charlottesville-rally-boss-jason-kessler-who-called-slain-protesters-death-payback-time

[JDC]

1. And Twitter is still shit.

[SergeStorms]

4. Yeah, but...

that's how our Preznit insists on communicating with his "constituents". I guess it's the preferred communication platform for racist, sexist dullards.

A lot of great people use Twitter as well, but I'll never understand it. "Social" networking has taken on an entirely new meaning. I don't really see anything "social" about it, but I'm an old guy, a relic of the past.

[maxrandb]

8. Most stupid ass Retrumplican supporters probably

Couldn't operate a fucking smart phone.

Donnie Short Fingers uses twitler so that the "librul" media will display his useless brainfarts to millions who would never otherwise see them

[whathehell]

2. Outrageous

Could it have "slipped under the rugs" so to speak?..The subsequent publicity should certainly bring it to their attention.

[pennylane100]

3. Well at least we have a forum to hassle him, and generally make his life miserable.

If someone who does not use twit shit could post his private information, and not care if they got banned, that would be great.

[Yonnie3]

5. Kessler charged with harassment following Twitter post

http://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/kessler-charged-with-harassment-following-twitter-post/article_495b9e2e-b374-11e7-9b00-63871f64275b.html

Kessler charged with harassment following Twitter post

The Daily Progress staff reports Oct 17, 2017

The organizer of the Aug. 12 Unite the Right rally has been charged with publishing the address of a local community organizer with the intent to cause harassment.

Jason Kessler on Tuesday was served by city police with the misdemeanor warrant and released on an unsecured bond, police said. The warrant was obtained from a magistrate by Emily Gorcenski, a local social activist, who said on Twitter that she had sought the warrant.

Does Twitter know about this? Do they care?

[BlueIdaho]

6. Kill Twitter.

Let it sink.

[UpInArms]

7. Twitter is evil

This Saudi prince now owns more of Twitter than Jack Dorsey does

A Saudi prince has increased his holdings in Twitter, making him the company’s second largest shareholder.
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdulaziz Alsaud, who in 2011 invested $300 million in the social network, now owns 34.9 million shares of Twitter’s common stock, according to a new regulatory filing (pdf).
At nearly 5.2%, his stake in the company is now larger than that of Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder and newly re-minted CEO, whose 21.86 million shares give him 3.2% of the company, according to FactSet. (The prince previously had a stake of roughly 3%.)
Twitter co-founder Ev Williams remains the company’s largest shareholder, with 46.56 million shares for a 6.9% stake.