{"id":568354,"date":"2021-06-18T20:36:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-19T00:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=568354"},"modified":"2021-06-18T20:36:49","modified_gmt":"2021-06-19T00:36:49","slug":"breaking-dave-portnoy-suspended-on-twitter-barstool-sports-founder-posts-freeportnoy-to-instagram-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-dave-portnoy-suspended-on-twitter-barstool-sports-founder-posts-freeportnoy-to-instagram-story\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Dave Portnoy SUSPENDED On Twitter, Barstool Sports Founder Posts #FreePortnoy To Instagram Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/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%2Fbreaking-dave-portnoy-suspended-on-twitter-barstool-sports-founder-posts-freeportnoy-to-instagram-story%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=568354&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\/06\/GettyImages-1201911470-1200x800-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"  style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p><span>The founder of Barstool Sports, Dave Portnoy, started trending on Twitter on Friday evening after it appeared that Portnoy\u2019s account was suspended by the Big Tech giant.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Users who tried to access Portnoy\u2019s Twitter profile, which is followed by over 2.5 million people, were presented with the recognizable \u201cAccount suspended\u201d banner, followed only by the words, \u201cTwitter suspends accounts that violate the Twitter Rules.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The verified account titled, \u201cBFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards\u201d \u2014 the Twitter account for the weekly podcast presented by Barstool Sports \u2014 tweeted a screenshot of Portnoy\u2019s apparently suspended account, alongside the hashtag, \u201c#FREEPORTNOY.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.2222222222222\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FREEPORTNOY?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#FREEPORTNOY<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MYY4l9vh9C\">pic.twitter.com\/MYY4l9vh9C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards (@BFFsPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BFFsPod\/status\/1406037138282631171?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>A few minutes earlier, the same account posted a cryptic tweet, which read, \u201cyou\u2019ll want to tune into next week\u2019s episode.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1475409836066\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">you\u2019ll want to tune into next week\u2019s episode \ud83e\uddd0<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BFFs with Dave Portnoy and Josh Richards (@BFFsPod) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BFFsPod\/status\/1406035692988383234?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>Others were quick to notice that Portnoy\u2019s account was suddenly inaccessible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>NBC News social media editor, Evan Rosenfeld, tweeted, \u201cBarstool Sports\u2019 Dave Portnoy has been suspended from Twitter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"6.0975609756098\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Barstool Sports\u2019 Dave Portnoy has been suspended from Twitter <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EMDq7Yx8n3\">pic.twitter.com\/EMDq7Yx8n3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Evan Rosenfeld | \u05d0\u05d1\u05df \u05e8\u05d5\u05d6\u05e0\u05e4\u05dc\u05d3 (@Evan_Rosenfeld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Evan_Rosenfeld\/status\/1406040269913354244?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span>\u201c<\/span><span>Twitter\u2019s purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely,\u201d the social media platform states in their \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/help.twitter.com\/en\/rules-and-policies\/twitter-rules\"><span>Twitter Rules<\/span><\/a><span>.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under the header of \u201csafety,\u201d various offending behavior is not permitted. This includes violence, terrorism\/violent extremism, child sexual exploitation, abuse\/harassment, hateful conduct, suicide or self-harm, sensitive media (including graphic violence and adult content), and illegal or certain regulated goods or services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Under the header of \u201cprivacy,\u201d users are not permitted to publish content which contains private information or examples of non-consensual nudity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Finally, under the header of \u201cauthenticity,\u201d users cannot engage in platform manipulation and spam, impact \u201ccivic integrity,\u201d impersonate other users, or \u201c<\/span><span>deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>At this time, it remains unclear why Portnoy was suspended from Twitter. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On his Instagram account, which has 3.7 million followers, Portnoy posted an image to his <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/stories\/stoolpresidente\/2599134255523351611\/\"><span>story<\/span><\/a><span> in which he appears to pose with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, with the caption \u201c#freeportnoy,\u201d tagging the Twitter chief executive.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The Barstool Sports founder <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dave-portnoy-talks-sports-politics-and-why-he-fights-back\"><span>spoke<\/span><\/a><span> with Daily Wire Editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro on \u201cThe Ben Shapiro Show: Sunday Special\u201d in April, and explained why he doesn\u2019t refrain from engaging in social media altercations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Portnoy told Shapiro during an interview that aired on Sunday, April 25, that he\u2019s willing to debate with anyone \u2014 even in front of a crowd \u2014 but that he\u2019s not willing to just stand around and take it when critics come at him first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThere is an audience that appreciates, and it\u2019s not even Left or Right, it\u2019s kind of both, like, \u2018I like how these guys aren\u2019t backing down.\u2019 And our audience allows us to do that, so people have always asked, \u2018Why do you fight back\u2019 or \u2018Why do you push back\u2019 or \u2018Why don\u2019t you just shut up when someone takes a shot at you that you feel is unfair.\u2019 It\u2019s like, I\u2019m not going to do that. I will never throw the first punch, but if you throw a shot at me on Twitter \u2014 out of the clouds \u2014 it\u2019s not my responsibility to protect you,\u201d said Portnoy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dave Portnoy | The Ben Shapiro Show Sunday Special Ep. 113\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eUmRt0NscK0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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