A rather innocuous tweet was reportedly censored by Twitter for “glorifying violence” by opining that Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong.
The reprimand from Twitter was sent to the account for the Libertarian Party of Kentucky after they tweeted on Nov. 3. The tweet read, “Watching this trial, it’s ever more obvious that Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong.”
The company said that the tweet had been in violation of their terms of service against glorifying violence and asked the account manager to delete the tweet before the account could be unlocked.
“We prohibit content that condones or celebrates acts of violence that could promote imitation of the act. We also prohibit the glorification of mass murders or genocides when protected categories have been the primary target or victims,” their message read.
The Libertarian account later tweeted vaguely about their suspension.
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