{"id":125194,"date":"2021-02-11T21:29:22","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T02:29:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125194"},"modified":"2021-02-11T21:42:32","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T02:42:32","slug":"twitter-permanently-bans-james-okeefes-project-veritas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-permanently-bans-james-okeefes-project-veritas\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Permanently Bans James O\u2019Keefe\u2019s Project Veritas"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-permanently-bans-james-okeefes-project-veritas%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125194&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/GettyImages-1128302971.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"zn-body__paragraph\" data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A8A3EB3B-646C-256F-1B37-93144AF7B8C3\">\u201cTwitter also confirmed that O\u2019Keefe\u2019s personal account had been locked temporarily for violating the same policy, and that O\u2019Keefe would be required to remove the violative content before regaining permission to tweet,\u201d CNN Business <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/02\/11\/tech\/twitter-project-veritas\/index.html\">reported<\/a> Thursday. \u201cIn an emailed statement to CNN Business, O\u2019Keefe again said it was \u2018false\u2019 that the video contained private information and claimed Twitter told the group it could have its account reinstated if it deleted the tweet containing the video.\u201d<\/p>\n<p data-paragraph-id=\"paragraph_A8A3EB3B-646C-256F-1B37-93144AF7B8C3\">CNN Business followed-up with Twitter about O\u2019Keefe\u2019s claim that he was told the account could potentially be reinstated. The Big Tech platform said they had \u201cmistakenly communicated to Project Veritas that there would be a way to restore its account and confirmed that the group\u2019s suspension was permanent and final.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Project Veritas suspended from Twitter. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UPVpuHfH5t\">pic.twitter.com\/UPVpuHfH5t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Josh Caplan (@joshdcaplan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/joshdcaplan\/status\/1359947371375960067?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a video posted from Project Veritas Action, O\u2019Keefe argued that the group\u2019s post is in-line with mainstream journalistic standards, noting that he has appealed the ban and has not deleted the tweet in question.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TWITTER SUSPENSION UPDATE <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/phGHqNkhVd\">pic.twitter.com\/phGHqNkhVd<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Project Veritas Action (@PVeritas_Action) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PVeritas_Action\/status\/1359977088690892808?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In the video released by Project Veritas and flagged by Twitter, Rosen said the social media platform \u201c\u2018freezes\u2019 comment sections on posts where they suspect, but have not necessarily have confirmed, that \u2018hate speech\u2019 is taking place,\u201d The Post Millennial <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/breaking-twitter-suspends-accounts-of-project-veritas-james-okeefe\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a system that is able to freeze commenting on threads in cases where our systems are detecting that there may be a thread that has hate speech or violence,\u201d Rosen said. \u201cThese are all things we\u2019ve built over the past three-four years as part of our investments into the integrity space, our efforts to protect the election.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Twitter crackdowns on the Right appear to have become increasingly common since the banning of President Donald Trump on Jan. 8.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them \u2014 specifically how they are being received and interpreted on and off Twitter \u2014 we have permanently suspended the account due to the risk of further incitement of violence,\u201d Twitter announced at the time, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-permanently-bans-trump-from-platform?%3Futm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">The Daily Wire<\/a> reported. \u201cIn the context of horrific events this week, we made it clear on Wednesday that additional violations of the Twitter Rules would potentially result in this very course of action. Our&nbsp;public interest framework exists to enable the public to hear from elected officials and world leaders directly. It is built on a principle that the people have a right to hold power to account in the open.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, we made it clear going back years that these accounts are not above our rules entirely and cannot use Twitter to incite violence, among other things,\u201d the statement from Twitter added. \u201cWe will continue to be transparent around our policies and their enforcement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cTwitter also confirmed that O\u2019Keefe\u2019s personal account had been locked temporarily for violating the same policy, and that O\u2019Keefe would be required to remove the violative content before regaining permission &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1893258,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4929,5334,6477,5481,4146,4253],"class_list":["post-125194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bans","tag-james","tag-okeefes","tag-permanently","tag-project","tag-twitter"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=125194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/125194\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=125194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=125194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=125194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}