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Danny DeVito was unverified on Twitter after supporting union strike

51 points by Saint_Genet 5y ago

dntrkv 5y ago
Are they suggesting Twitter stripped him of his verified status because he supported the union strike? That makes zero sense. Why would Twitter care?
- yhoneycomb 5y ago
  It’s not Twitter. It’s the US gov pulling the strings
- codq 5y ago
  Why would they unverify him?
- zactato 5y ago
  Maybe Nabisco/Kraft is a big advertiser on Twitter. Seems more likely it's some random coincidence.
- csilverman 5y ago
  And it seems like a weirdly petty thing to do, too. If Twitter had a problem with what he said, they’d warn/ban him, not take his badge away. I’m inclined to believe this was a mistake on someone’s part.
rangerdan 5y ago
What?! Unverified?! This is an outrage ... we must alert the internet immediately!
lbj 5y ago
Many years ago during the arab spring, lots of Egyptian protestors were coordinating via Twitter, mostly giving tips on where to run from the Junta who were savagely beating them. Twitter shut down in the entire country and as a response I deleted my account. Since then, Twitter has taken increasing liberties when it comes to supressing use of their platform, to the unheard of extent of banning a sitting President. I do think that free speech does have some natural limits. I dont think Twitters approach is healthy.
- krapp 5y ago
  >to the unheard of extent of banning a sitting President. Everyone keeps bringing this up like Twitter banned Trump from the White House or something. A sitting president doesn't have any more of a right to a personal Twitter account after breaking the site's terms of service than anyone else. He's not a king, and Twitter isn't his property. What happened to Trump wasn't anywhere near unheard of - people just believe that even the basic rules of decency for posting on a social media platform shouldn't apply to him. Twitter bent over backwards putting up with him for four years, until he crossed a line not even Twitter was willing to put up with. Most people would have been banned far sooner.
  - MrWiffles 5y ago
    Spot on. It’s also worth noting that Trump’s use of Twitter did, demonstrably, contribute to some unheard of, unthinkably extreme public dangers too. So they were in the impossible position of either respecting the office, or preventing further public harm. On that particular call - and only that call - I think they made the right move.
  - lbj 5y ago
    Well, have you heard of another sitting president being banned? If not, then its unheard of. Specifically the tweets that got him banned were: "The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!" Trump tweeted Friday at 9:46 a.m. and “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” To say that these are advocating violence is more than a stretch, its a lie.
OrvalWintermute 5y ago
This strikes me as strange. Why would Twitter unverify a fairly famous comedian for the mere act of supporting a union? Either there is more to the story, Twitter is asinine, or someone is pulling the strings. There must be more to it than just this.
- OrvalWintermute 5y ago
  Here is good backstory to the strike, the Big Why. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/nabisco-workers-strike-portland-colorado-virginia https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/nabisco-workers-strike-portla...
ffggvv 5y ago
lol twitter is like one of the furthest left companies in the history of the world. highly doubt they did anything
- simfree 5y ago
  Twitter as a company leans liberal, not left. Don't confuse what part of the username says with what Twitter the company does. Twitter is all too happy to rip away open APIs, block and rate limit bots and anything else that will increase revenue and prevent competition.
  - redis_mlc 5y ago
    > Twitter as a company leans liberal, not left. That's simply false, and you knew that before posting. All of the US social media companies are leftist. Liberal means tolerating discussion, which isn't possible with Republicans being systematically deplatformed. You can blame all of the current Biden crises on a lack of critical MSM reporting.
PragmaticPulp 5y ago
Twitter automatically removes the verified badge (for re-review) if an account removes certain elements, like a display name or associated phone number. It’s likely that someone was making changes to his account and accidentally triggered the system: https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/twitter-verified-accounts https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/twitter-ve... I really, really doubt someone at Twitter decided that DeVito’s support of Nabisco workers striking was a good reason to manually remove his verified status. No need to jump to conclusions. Twitter staff isn’t busy pulling strings on famous actors’ blue check marks to get petty revenge about supporting union strikes.
- codyswann 5y ago
  This is such a bad-faith article.
xqcgrek2 5y ago
Strange. Twitter is D+43 so I highly doubt it was related to his posts. More likely, his account was comprised or his personal information leaked (e.g. Tmobile leak).
heavymark 5y ago
Check mark is already back. Obviously it was a mistake or his account changed in a way to make it temporarily go away.

51 points by Saint_Genet 5y ago

Are they suggesting Twitter stripped him of his verified status because he supported the union strike? That makes zero sense. Why would Twitter care?

yhoneycomb 5y ago
It’s not Twitter. It’s the US gov pulling the strings
codq 5y ago
Why would they unverify him?
zactato 5y ago
Maybe Nabisco/Kraft is a big advertiser on Twitter. Seems more likely it's some random coincidence.
csilverman 5y ago
And it seems like a weirdly petty thing to do, too. If Twitter had a problem with what he said, they’d warn/ban him, not take his badge away. I’m inclined to believe this was a mistake on someone’s part.

rangerdan 5y ago

What?! Unverified?! This is an outrage ... we must alert the internet immediately!

lbj 5y ago

Many years ago during the arab spring, lots of Egyptian protestors were coordinating via Twitter, mostly giving tips on where to run from the Junta who were savagely beating them. Twitter shut down in the entire country and as a response I deleted my account. Since then, Twitter has taken increasing liberties when it comes to supressing use of their platform, to the unheard of extent of banning a sitting President. I do think that free speech does have some natural limits. I dont think Twitters approach is healthy.

krapp 5y ago
>to the unheard of extent of banning a sitting President. Everyone keeps bringing this up like Twitter banned Trump from the White House or something. A sitting president doesn't have any more of a right to a personal Twitter account after breaking the site's terms of service than anyone else. He's not a king, and Twitter isn't his property. What happened to Trump wasn't anywhere near unheard of - people just believe that even the basic rules of decency for posting on a social media platform shouldn't apply to him. Twitter bent over backwards putting up with him for four years, until he crossed a line not even Twitter was willing to put up with. Most people would have been banned far sooner.
- MrWiffles 5y ago
  Spot on. It’s also worth noting that Trump’s use of Twitter did, demonstrably, contribute to some unheard of, unthinkably extreme public dangers too. So they were in the impossible position of either respecting the office, or preventing further public harm. On that particular call - and only that call - I think they made the right move.
- lbj 5y ago
  Well, have you heard of another sitting president being banned? If not, then its unheard of. Specifically the tweets that got him banned were: "The 75,000,000 great American Patriots who voted for me, AMERICA FIRST, and MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN, will have a GIANT VOICE long into the future. They will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!" Trump tweeted Friday at 9:46 a.m. and “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th.” To say that these are advocating violence is more than a stretch, its a lie.

OrvalWintermute 5y ago

This strikes me as strange. Why would Twitter unverify a fairly famous comedian for the mere act of supporting a union? Either there is more to the story, Twitter is asinine, or someone is pulling the strings. There must be more to it than just this.

OrvalWintermute 5y ago
Here is good backstory to the strike, the Big Why. https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/nabisco-workers-strike-portland-colorado-virginia https://jacobinmag.com/2021/08/nabisco-workers-strike-portla...

ffggvv 5y ago

lol twitter is like one of the furthest left companies in the history of the world. highly doubt they did anything

simfree 5y ago
Twitter as a company leans liberal, not left. Don't confuse what part of the username says with what Twitter the company does. Twitter is all too happy to rip away open APIs, block and rate limit bots and anything else that will increase revenue and prevent competition.
- redis_mlc 5y ago
  > Twitter as a company leans liberal, not left. That's simply false, and you knew that before posting. All of the US social media companies are leftist. Liberal means tolerating discussion, which isn't possible with Republicans being systematically deplatformed. You can blame all of the current Biden crises on a lack of critical MSM reporting.

PragmaticPulp 5y ago

Twitter automatically removes the verified badge (for re-review) if an account removes certain elements, like a display name or associated phone number. It’s likely that someone was making changes to his account and accidentally triggered the system: https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/twitter-verified-accounts https://help.twitter.com/en/managing-your-account/twitter-ve... I really, really doubt someone at Twitter decided that DeVito’s support of Nabisco workers striking was a good reason to manually remove his verified status. No need to jump to conclusions. Twitter staff isn’t busy pulling strings on famous actors’ blue check marks to get petty revenge about supporting union strikes.

codyswann 5y ago
This is such a bad-faith article.

xqcgrek2 5y ago

Strange. Twitter is D+43 so I highly doubt it was related to his posts. More likely, his account was comprised or his personal information leaked (e.g. Tmobile leak).

heavymark 5y ago

Check mark is already back. Obviously it was a mistake or his account changed in a way to make it temporarily go away.