Project Veritas won’t be able to spread its deceptively edited videos on Twitter any longer.
The conservative activist group, founded by right-wing provocateur James O’Keefe, has been permanently banned from Twitter. O’Keefe’s personal account has been temporarily suspended by the company as well.
Twitter took action on Thursday after the Project Veritas account posted a videoof one of its activists, Christian Hartsock, accosting Facebook VP Guy Rosen outside his home.
Rosen’s home address is visible in the video.
Interestingly, Project Veritas posted the same video on its Facebook account. The video is still live on the platform as of publishing.
Hartstock was attempting to get Rosen to speak about Facebook’s policy to disable commentson posts within Groups that have “a high rate of hate speech or content that incites violence.”
According to a Twitter spokesperson, the Project Veritas account was “permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter’s private information policy.” This policy prohibitsusers from posting information about another individual, such as personal phone numbers and addresses, without their permission.
O’Keefe’s personal account will be reinstated once he deletes his own tweet with the Rosen video, which is currently not visible on his profile because of his suspended status. However, in a phone interview with TheWrap, O’Keefe has signaled that he may not remove the tweet.
Project Veritas has a long history of distorting video and presenting its version of events under the guise of journalism.
SEE ALSO:Twitter confirms Trump's ban is permanent, even if he runs again in 2024Project Veritas’ biggest claim to famewas a 2009 “sting” on the advocacy group ACORN, which helped register people in low-income communities to vote. The manipulated videos prompted legislators to cut ACORN's government funding, leading the 40-year-old group to shut its doors. O’Keefe later paid $100,000 to an employee in the ACORN video following a legal settlement and an investigation conducted by the California Attorney General's office found that ACORN had not done anything wrong.
O’Keefe and his group have attempted similar smear campaigns since, such as a botched stingon the Washington Post in 2017.
Project Veritas will continue to produce misleading content, they just won’t be able to post it on Twitter. And, it’s totally up to O’Keefe if he wants to reactivate his personal account. He just has to delete the tweet in question.
TopicsSocial MediaTwitterPolitics
(责任编辑：熱點)
Balloon fanatic Tim Kaine is also, of course, very good at harmonica'It' is a hit! The Stephen King horror flick shattered box office recordsFacebook handed over info on those RussiaNFL players slam Donald Trump for rant against protestsSnapchat is about to explode in popularity, report saysVisualizing July's astounding global temperature records
July set a rare temperature record during a year that is featuring off the charts warmth. The month
...[详细]You don't need to buy an iPhone 8 (or an iPhone X for that matter) to get that shiny, new-iPhone fee
...[详细]This tennis player took a knee but not for the reason you think
Over the weekend, the NFL knee protest really went bombastic, with hundreds of players staging a pro
...[详细]Andy Murray continues to speak up about women's equality in tennis
Andy Murray made headlines this year for his remarks about women tennis players off court.。 Now he's
...[详细]Olympics official on Rio's green diving pool: 'Chemistry is not an exact science'
The diving pool for the Summer Olympics mysteriously turned green this week in Rio de Janeiro, then
...[详细]'Moana' is helping young New Zealanders keep in touch with the Maori language
Moana。broke the mold with its portrayal of Polynesian culture on the big screen. 。 In New Zealand, th
...[详细]Lady Gaga may be a superstar, but her new documentary makes her struggles extremely relatable
If you watched just the first few minutes of Lady Gaga's new Netflix documentary "Gaga: Five Foot Tw
...[详细]Blizzard Entertainment will soon have its own esports arena in L.A.
Blizzard Entertainment's esports will get their own home soon: Blizzard Arena Los Angeles, located i
...[详细]Tourist survives for month in frozen New Zealand wilderness after partner dies
A tourist from the Czech Republic, whose partner fell to his death, survived a harrowing month in th
...[详细]Watch out Tesla, Audi's electric concept car looks amazing
Internal combustion is so yesterday, and Tesla's not the only company that knows it. German car manu
...[详细]Two astronauts just installed a new parking spot on the International Space Station
Andy Murray continues to speak up about women's equality in tennis
