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Twitter permanently suspends conservative activist group Project Veritas
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02/12/2021 10:34:12 AM
02/12/2021
10:34 AM
https://www.theverge.com/2021/2/12/22279707/twitter-project-veritas-suspension-privacy-violations
Twitter has permanently suspended the account of conservative activist group Project Veritas, after the organization released a video of a reporter questioning a Facebook executive outside their home, the
New York Times
reports. The account of Project Veritass founder, James OKeefe, was also temporarily locked.
In a statement given to the
NYT
, Twitter said the @Project_Veritas account was suspended for repeated violations of Twitters private information policy.
In a statement published by
Policito,
OKeefe said the offending video included footage of a reporter questioning Facebook vice president Guy Ronsen, but denied that Project Veritas had published his private information. The
NYT
notes that this questioning took place outside the executives home. OKeefe said the organization would not be taking down the offending coverage. It would be unconscionable for me to take down our reporting where it didnt violate anyones privacy rights, he told the
NYT
.
After temporarily locking his account, Twitter said OKeefe would need to delete a post that was in violation of its rules before he could tweet again. As of this writing, OKeefes account is active once again, with two tweets labelled as unavailable on its feed. IM BACK, reads its pinned post, accompanied by a video outlining the groups dispute with Twitter.
Prior to its suspension, Project Veritass Twitter account was prominent on the platform, and counted Donald Trumps adult sons as followers. But others have questioned its tactics and the accuracy of its reporting. One of its videos about allegations of voter fraud was called a domestic, coordinated elite disinformation campaign by researchers at Stanford University and the University of Washington,
Politico
notes. Other examples of its videos include one which claimed to show evidence of bias against then-President Trump at Google, as well as another that claimed to show bias against conservatives at Facebook.