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Twitter, the left-wing social media network that in recent days has been accused of censoring credible media reports and U.S. government officials, is facing backlash for looking the other way after a maniacal Muslim wrote Muslims have the right “to kill.”
In a tweet posted Thursday morning, former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad responded to recent terror attacks in France by writing that “Muslims have a right to be angry and to kill millions of French people for the massacres of the past.”
Shortly after Mohamad posted the hateful tweet, Twitter added nothing more than a meager warning label to the tweet.
“This Tweet violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence. However, Twitter has determined that it may be in the public’s interest for the Tweet to remain accessible,” the warning read.
Look:
Absolutely pathetic double standards from Twitter
The former Prime Minister of Malaysia, with 1.3 million followers, says “Muslims have the right to be angry and to kill millions of French people” yet they say it is “in the public interest for it to remain accessible” 😩 pic.twitter.com/ZwhKMk8QsQ
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) October 29, 2020
The double standard provoked widespread outrage against Twitter, which is already under fire for its habitual censorship of conservative voices.
Earlier this month it censored the New York Post’s reporting after the 218-year-old outlet published a bombshell report containing since-verified allegations about Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son, Hunter.
Then on Wednesday, it censored U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Mark Morgan.
Yet on Thursday, it initially chose not to censor a Muslim man who’d justified the murder of “millions” of people.
Look at the backlash below:
This man has well over 1 million followers. @twitter does this violate any of your rules at all? https://t.co/aArtaAVUvh
— Thomas Chatterton Williams 🌍 🎧 (@thomaschattwill) October 29, 2020
Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s comment justifying angry Muslims’ right to kill the French is undiluted hate speech…
One wonders what happened to community standards of Facebook and Twitter? Is it being inconsistently applied depending on the person and what is being said? Convenience?
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) October 29, 2020
So Twitter has decided that it’s in public interest that people know that Muslims have a right to kill millions of people pic.twitter.com/qKPlYYiLBb
— Rahul Roushan (@rahulroushan) October 29, 2020
Dude starts thread with “respect others” ends it with declaration that Muslims are “right” to “kill millions of French people” … Alrighty then. @jack ? Hello?
— Dan Andros (@DanAndros) October 29, 2020
So @Twitter determines @chedetofficial Mahathir Mohamad’s hate tweet calling for mass murder in #France “violates Twitter rules” but it is in “public’s interest to remain accessible.”
It is pointless to cavil. #Lefties like @jack will see no evil, hear no evil, block no evil. pic.twitter.com/ZwxThAaOWI— Kanchan Gupta (@KanchanGupta) October 29, 2020
Twitter logic today: Former PM of Malaysia incites Muslims to “kill millions of French: = OK
Businessman @simondolan takes government to court over COVID lockdown = he gets banned
Welcome to 202 folks! Free speech is only free speech when it’s the “right kind” of free speech https://t.co/zYbdeX5CkK
— Martin Daubney (@MartinDaubney) October 29, 2020
Take note of the latter tweet. Simon Dolan, a British businessman and entrepreneur, was suspended from Twitter on Thursday for reportedly arguing against lockdown policies.
While a bipartisan coalition of doctors and scientists have complained about lockdown policies, the media have framed such concerns as “conservative.”
So naturally, when Dolan touted this “conservative” position on Twitter, he faced consequences for it no different than the ones faced by CBP Commission Mark Morgan, who was suspended on Wednesday for pointing out that the Trump administration’s construction of a border wall has prevented illegal alien criminals from entering the U.S.
Twitter and @Jack Dorsay may ultimately pay a big price for this blatant interference in the U.S. election. $TWTR
Looks like he could do with some rehab. 😂
U.S. Border chief’s Twitter account reportedly suspended while CEO Dorsey testifies on censorship https://t.co/hMSpdxV4hI
— Kev (@KevD00D) October 29, 2020
As for Mohamad’s hateful tweet, it remained up for hours. Not until the French government involved itself in the matter did Twitter finally relent.
In a tweet posted at 9:51 am EST, French Secretary of State for the Digital Sector Cédric O revealed that he’d asked Twitter to suspend Mohamad’s account and warned that “Twitter can not be complicit in a call to crime,” according to a translation.
Look at the original tweet below:
Je viens de m’entretenir avec le Directeur Général de @TwitterFrance. J’ai exigé que le compte de @chedetofficial soit immédiatement suspendu. @Twitter ne saurait se rendre complice d’un appel au crime.
— Cédric O (@cedric_o) October 29, 2020
Over an hour later, Twitter reportedly finally bent the knee:
France asked Twitter to suspend the acct of Malaysia’s former PM, who tweeted following the Nice attack that he thinks Muslims have a right to kill the French. Twitter 1st said it “violated the Twitter Rules about glorifying violence” so it was hidden but post & acct remained… https://t.co/K9JO03K5Ua
— Shannon Vavra (@shanvav) October 29, 2020
Now, the post from Malaysia’s former PM on killing French people looks like it has been fully removed following Cédric O’s tweet. Before and after: pic.twitter.com/66PpiD8a8v
— Shannon Vavra (@shanvav) October 29, 2020
Better late than never? While that may be so, the far-left social media network’s hesitance at removing a tweet that justified the murder of millions of people will likely not help Twitter regain any of the trust its jettisoned this year and continues to jettison by the minute.
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