Twitter Censors Discussion of 'Trans Day of Vengeance' Protest.
Twitter removed over 5,000 tweets and retweets of a poster promoting a “trans day of vengeance” protest in support of transgender rights in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, citing incitement of violence. The removal of tweets angered conservative Twitter users who said the rules were unfairly applied to them because they were posting the image of the protest flyer to speak out against it. However, trans activists pointed out that “trans day of vengeance” is a meme that has been around in the trans community for years and is not a call to violence. Twitter used automated processes to remove tweets quickly at a large scale, without considering the context in which the tweets were shared.