A Twitter account that tweets out stories posted to the Drudge Report, a top right-leaning news aggregator, is accusing Twitter of sneaking into account settings and forcing a layer of censorship on tweets.
A tweet early Sunday, from a Twitter account that on a daily basis tweets out stories posted to the Drudge Report website, tagged Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and demanded that the “weird” situation come to an end.
“Dear @jack please stop your staff from changing my account settings without my knowledge. I am not a porn star or terrorist. Just some dude retweeting a news source for now 10 years, based in [San Francisco], your hometown. Love @Twitter but it’s become weird,” the tweet said.
Dear @jack please stop your staff from changing my account settings without my knowledge. I am not a porn star or terrorist. Just some dude retweeting a news source for now 10 years, based in SF, your hometown. Love @Twitter but it's become weird. pic.twitter.com/wA9KRUZzSN
— DRUDGE REPORT (@DRUDGE_REPORT) June 10, 2018
The tweet included a photo of “Tweet media” settings in which a check is placed in the box for “Mark media you Tweet as containing material that may be sensitive.”
Dorsey has yet to reply. A spokesperson for Twitter did not immediately return a request for comment. – READ MORE
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