On Wednesday, Twitchy informed us that social media giant Twitter didn’t have a problem with Keith Olbermann telling his one million plus followers to harass a turkey hunter, nor did it have a problem with an account that called for the stoning of Jews. It did, however, seem to have a problem with a Louisiana-based artist who posted a video poking fun at ISIS.
According to Twitter, the message violated (get ready for it!) Indian law.
Seriously.
Will this presidential election be the most important in American history?
So I got an email from @TwitterSupport or twitter legal whatever that is. Wanting me to take down a link to a video @SooperMexican and I made making fun of ISIS. pic.twitter.com/77HSW56Vag
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) March 27, 2019
Twitchy noted, “Calling for the murder of Jews is fine, but making fun of ISIS … well, that’s just a bridge too far. Because … Indian law?”
The responses to Matt Dawson’s tweet were mostly expressions of incredulity:
Indian law ?!?
— Billy (@albrechtwo) March 27, 2019
You’re bound by Indian laws now. Good luck
— Lem (@Lemang01) March 27, 2019
Apparently Pakistani law, too.
Seriously, @jack. I would love to see the invisible guidelines your company uses because I can't find this stuff anywhere in the public ones.
— Joe Cunningham (@JoePCunningham) March 27, 2019
Dawson followed up with his own incredulity:
Apparently @Twitter bends the knee to other nation’s laws and applies them to US Citizens. How bizarre. I might need to quit this platform. @TwitterSupport @jack
— Matt Dawson (@SaintRPh) March 27, 2019
Sound idea.
It’s one thing when the House of Representatives sets out to reprimand one of its new members for her anti-Semitic remarks and instead ends up condemning every act of hatred out of fear of naming names. It’s another when a social media platform takes issue with a joke made by one of its users at the expense of terrorists.
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