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Twitter Removes Tweets About 'Trans Day Of Vengeance'
Irwin said in a tweet Wednesday that the company automatically removed more than 5,000 tweets and retweets of a poster promoting the event.
March 30, 2023
SAN FRANCISCO -- Twitter says it has removed thousands of tweets showing a poster promoting a "trans day of vengeance" protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
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Ella Irwin, Twitter's head of Trust and Safety, said in a tweet Wednesday that the company automatically removed more than 5,000 tweets and retweets of a poster promoting the event.
"We do not support tweets that incite violence irrespective of who posts them. "Vengeance" does not imply peaceful protest. Organizing or support for peaceful protests is ok," Irwin wrote in the tweet.
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