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mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">There is a difference between an opinion (“I don’t like mint chip ice cream”) and “being a fucking Nazi.” (“White Genocide is real and that’s why the police need to kill black people.”)</p><p id="e7c1" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Yes, whole language is hard to suss out because Twitter is a place where irony runs rampant and even burger chains sometimes tweet out white supremacist memes “by accident,” but that’s why Twitter has a “Security team,” right?</p><p id="e8fa" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Well, Over the last 2 years, the security team have deemed the following types of tweets “not in violation” of their rules:</p><ul class=""><li id="7352" class="me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb nc nd ne bk">Gendered insults (you’re a cunt, etc.)</li><li id="62dc" class="me mf gu mg b mh nf mj mk ml ng mn mo mp nh mr ms mt ni mv mw mx nj mz na nb nc nd ne bk">Rape threats</li><li id="9be3" class="me mf gu mg b mh nf mj mk ml ng mn mo mp nh mr ms mt ni mv mw mx nj mz na nb nc nd ne bk">Violent threats</li><li id="9805" class="me mf gu mg b mh nf mj mk ml ng mn mo mp nh mr ms mt ni mv mw mx nj mz na nb nc nd ne bk">Threats to come to Toronto to “have a chat” with me</li><li id="4b20" class="me mf gu mg b mh nf mj mk ml ng mn mo mp nh mr ms mt ni mv mw mx nj mz na nb nc nd ne bk">Anti-semitic tweets (for example: “Admit you’re Jewish” “Dirty Jew Journalist” etc. (I’m not Jewish and don’t consider myself a “journalist,” but this is immaterial. The intent is these people are issuing antisemitic threats against a person with a surname that is Jewish in origin.)</li><li id="c472" class="me mf gu mg b mh nf mj mk ml ng mn mo mp nh mr ms mt ni mv mw mx nj mz na nb nc nd ne bk">A z-list comedian called me a “pedophile” because I don’t believe in Pizzagate</li><li id="8c46" class="me mf gu mg b mh nf mj mk ml ng mn mo mp nh mr ms mt ni mv mw mx nj mz na nb nc nd ne bk">Various threats on the level of “you can be gotten to.”</li></ul><p id="facc" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">I don’t take this shit lightly. I’ve been assaulted before. I know women who have been stalked and assaulted. These are credible threats that Twitter should take into consideration.</p><p id="cf4f" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">I probably sent out about 1–200 tweets to white supremacists who were deluging my account because of a Tweet I made that went viral:</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><p id="bf77" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">You can see some of the boneheads in the @ mentions, but a lot of the hatred I received was down to White Supremacists doing what they do best: swarming people they don’t agree with.</p><p id="dc17" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">I’ve spent a lot of time on Twitter defending friends against this type of thing too. These people are very agitated, very stupid, and get offended at the dumbest things.</p><p id="f31a" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">So, they do the one thing they know how: They report your tweets to Twitter.</p><p id="61a7" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Here’s one I was asked to delete from Twitter because it was a “Violation of the Twitter Rules”</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><p id="ebc4" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Clearly, this is “targeted harassment.”</p></div></div></div><div class="ab cb nu nv nw nx" role="separator"><span class="ny by bm nz oa ob"></span><span class="ny by bm nz oa ob"></span><span class="ny by bm nz oa"></span></div><div class="gn go gp gq gr"><div class="ab cb"><div class="ci bh fz ga gb gc"><p id="d280" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">During the Christmas break, I noticed that there were some media types who were buying in deeply to the “White Genocide” trope and one of them, Harlan Hill, was having some tit-for-tat with friends of mine because of this tweet:</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><p id="105a" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">One of them mentioned that Harlan’s DMs were open, so I sent him this:</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np oc od paragraph-image"><div class="oc od oe"><picture><source srcSet="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 640w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/format:webp/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 720w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:750/format:webp/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 750w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:786/format:webp/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 786w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/format:webp/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 828w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/format:webp/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 1100w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:532/format:webp/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 532w" sizes="(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 266px" type="image/webp"/><source data-testid="og" srcSet="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 640w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:720/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 720w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:750/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 750w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:786/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 786w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:828/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 828w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:1100/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 1100w, https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:532/1*65E1QcXQlupiPsNnnHKKgw.png 532w" sizes="(min-resolution: 4dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 4) and (max-width: 700px) 50vw, (min-resolution: 3dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 67vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 3) and (max-width: 700px) 65vw, (min-resolution: 2.5dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 266px"/><img alt="" class="bh ll of c" width="266" height="311" loading="lazy" role="presentation"/></picture></div></figure><p id="d144" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Harlan took a screen cap of this DM and tried to sicc his followers on me. I replied with a joke (Twitter has since asked me to remove it. You can see it below)</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><p id="b7c3" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Instead of blocking me, Harlan turned his “fans” on me (and The Guardian, and Huffington Post)</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><p id="dd4c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">and for 3 days, I had every kind of harassment and abuse hurled at me.</p><p id="3ce8" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">That’s actually targeted harassment. Not only is he trying to melt down my mentions, he was trying to get me fired from 2 places he assumed were my full time employers.</p><p id="a465" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Harlan’s account is still active. He saw no repercussions from sending his internet shit brigade at me for making fun of his looks.</p><h2 id="0391" class="og oh gu bf oi oj ok dy ol om on ea oo mp op oq or mt os ot ou mx ov ow ox oy bk">My account has been suspended as a result of defending myself, and will remain locked for the remainder of the day, because Twitter believes I am a harasser.</h2><p id="8e31" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh oz mj mk ml pa mn mo mp pb mr ms mt pc mv mw mx pd mz na nb gn bk">Forget the fact Harlan was engaging in targeted harassment, forget the fact that he was defending White Supremacists in their ideas that a joke about the very non-existent idea of White Genocide. I’m the harasser for telling someone to “kiss my tits.”</p><p id="fb58" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Twitter has the wrong end of the abuse stick.</p><p id="aa9d" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">I am asking Twitter to reveal what the gender and racial backgrounds are of the security team tasked with triaging threats and speech.</p><p id="b0c0" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Twitter claims to be “free speech purists” but have locked my account for a tweet saying “Kiss my tits” while this one was not deemed a violation:</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np oc od paragraph-image"><div role="button" tabindex="0" class="pf pg fj ph bh pi"><div class="oc od pe"><picture><source 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(max-width: 700px) 80vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2.5) and (max-width: 700px) 80vw, (min-resolution: 2dppx) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, (-webkit-min-device-pixel-ratio: 2) and (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 274px"/><img alt="" class="bh ll of c" width="274" height="163" loading="lazy" role="presentation"/></picture></div></div></figure><p id="5057" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">It’s immediately clear to non-white, non-male account holders without Twitter disclosing this information who is actually staffed in the Security Desk mines.</p><p id="8d92" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Of nearly 1000 reports I’ve filed for actual, credible violations (including death threats, rape threats, anti-semitism, actionable speech, etc, a dozen have resulted in accounts being locked or permanently suspended.</p><p id="f3ac" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Twitter has a problem with White Supremacy and it has a problem protecting women.</p><p id="6df9" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Men’s Rights Activists, White Supremacists, conspiracy nuts and just general all-around shitheads get the green light, while women and non whites who are merely asking to not have people tell us every day that <a class="af io" href="https://twitter.com/search?f=tweets&amp;q=cunt+to%3Akarengeier&amp;src=typd" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">we’re a “cunt”</a> (or worse”) get nothing.</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure></div></div></div><div class="ab cb nu nv nw nx" role="separator"><span class="ny by bm nz oa ob"></span><span class="ny by bm nz oa ob"></span><span class="ny by bm nz oa"></span></div><div class="gn go gp gq gr"><div class="ab cb"><div class="ci bh fz ga gb gc"><p id="29a0" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Twitter’s own Jack Dorsey asked people over the holiday to contribute ideas for how to improve Twitter:</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><p id="ad9b" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Because I’m a longtime recipient of abuse, I replied with some thoughts of my own:</p><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><figure class="nk nl nm nn no np"><div class="nq nr l fj"><div class="ns nt l"></div></div></figure><p id="9b12" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Not surprisingly, I wasn’t the only woman who replied in such a fashion, or even to suggest Twitter hire victims of abuse to help craft policy. We were all ignored.</p><p id="d120" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">The only people who received replies were men who had ideas about how to change the UX.</p><p id="7551" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">This is why Twitter is losing staff. This is why Twitter can’t get a buyer, and is having trouble raising rounds.</p><p id="89cd" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">This is why people tell me every day “I don’t know how you stand the barrage of abuse you get on there”.</p><p id="bc49" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">I actually love using Twitter and use it despite this constant barrage of abuse hurled at me, because it enables me to communicate with some people I really, really love. It also allows me to make jokes and share dog photos. I also enjoy tweeting about bread quite a bit.</p><p id="a863" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">I don’t want to leave Twitter, but if Twitter sides with White Supremacists and doesn’t understand that defending yourself against abuse is the only vestige most women have on the platform that won’t intervene on their behalf, I may be forced to leave, or forced to either by necessity or because they choose to maintain the lock on my account.</p><p id="2ac9" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">If you’ve had similar experiences with harassment on Twitter and would like to do something about it, I urge you to share this post on Medium and Twitter and maybe even tell <span class="in"><span class="in" aria-hidden="false"><a class="pj pk fe" href="https://medium.com/u/ab69c5472679?source=post_page---user_mention--96b4f42dd053---------------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Jack Dorsey</a></span></span> that you’re not very impressed with this wrongheaded approach to security.</p><p id="4946" class="pw-post-body-paragraph me mf gu mg b mh mi mj mk ml mm mn mo mp mq mr ms mt mu mv mw mx my mz na nb gn bk">Fix your shit. 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