It’s always projection
Ron DeSantis' bought more fake Twitter followers than anyone suspended for it
It’s always projection
Purchasing followers became a go-to justification for Twitter to permanently ban prominent voices on its platform during Yoel Roth’s tenure as the head of Twitter Safety.
Brothers Brian and Ed Krassenstein had a combined reach of nearly 2 million followers on the site and were stars of the anti-Trump resistance movement.
In May 2019, Twitter permanently banned both brothers, falsely claiming they had purchased followers to artificially amplify their reach, which violated the platform’s Terms of Service.
The Krassensteins sued Twitter for defamation for falsely claiming they had purchased followers. In November 2020, the brothers entered settlement discussions and proved Twitter lied.
Fast-forward six months and my @GeoRebekah account was suspended for, according to the statement a Twitter spokesperson provided Yahoo! News, spamming users with this Miami-Herald article.
The article went online in the afternoon of June 4, 2021. My account was suspended June 6, 2021. T…
