New York Daily News’ Shaun King’s Twitter Account Locked After Tweeting Out CNN Employee Info
#BlackLivesMatter activist and New York Daily News columnist Shaun King said that CNN got Twitter to lock his account over something he tweeted about Don Lemon. According to tweets, King’s tweet included personal information about a CNN employee.
This is what King tweeted out earlier, in which he expressed some frustration with the network:
Oh wow. @CNN had Twitter lock my account over that Don Lemon tweet. Madness. Getting my haircut. Hold on… pic.twitter.com/ubVNQnat6l
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 4, 2015
Email said if I didn't delete it my account would stay locked. Let me say it again, but a bit differently. Foolishness.
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 4, 2015
You know what. Screw it. Screw them. I'm not in a pissing contest with @cnn over this foolishness. I have work to do. You got my point?
— Shaun King (@ShaunKing) November 4, 2015
Naturally, people immediately jumped to incorrect conclusions:
@ShaunKing @CNN laying more flowers on the grave of Freedom of Speech.
Which tweet Shaun? Seriously and really @ this
— Amy (@amymeansjustice) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN I guess you can say that CNN is feeling quite *bitter* about the Lemon tweet. ;)
— Foffy (@Fawfy) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN but of course white people are always complaining about "censorship" right?
— I Really Like Bears (@tonitonirocca) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN I don't even know what the tweet was but have all the #FuckDonLemon ppl had their accounts locked? BC #FuckDonLemon
— Vicki Walden (@TheVikChick) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing hold the phone. People can request that twitter lock your account if they don't find your tweets palatable? What madness????
— #BAPisBACK (@DBSK) November 4, 2015
However, as noted above, some of the Twitter reactions have highlighted the fact that King’s tweet included personal information about a CNN employee, which may have been the reason CNN contacted Twitter. And some tweeters took note of that:
@ShaunKing It is not foolishness, you doxed someone. That is inappropriate and they had every right to suspend your account. Last straw.
— Sheri Rubin (@SheriRubin) November 4, 2015
@TheVikChick I think he was reported because the tweet had contact info for the CNN rep visible w/o their consent
— 4-3 (@gangGREENE_XVII) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN Is this because the CNN producer's name and contact was still on the tweet?
— Jefe (@CheFwee) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN Repost and redact the name & email address of the sender.
— SaucissonSec (@saucissonsec) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing I think because their contact info was visible. Just repost with it scrubbed.
— 4-3 (@gangGREENE_XVII) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing Yeah, it's because your screenshot had private contact info in it. I bet if you posted again with that blurred it would be OK.
— Justin Walton (@JustinRWalton) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing Was it because the producer's phone number wasn't blurred?
— Luna (@LunaCee73) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN you posted someone's phone number and email, you are not the victim here
— Mead (@SOTMead) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing Dox someone and you blame someone else for you being locked? Man up and say my bad. Or was it intentional?
— Dodpiff (@Dodpiff) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN Bruh… You doxxed someone which is against twitter rules. Not hard to understand.
— Ripclawe (@Ripclawe) November 4, 2015
@ShaunKing @CNN Maybe next time DON'T post someone's name, address and phone number
— Albert Robert Haupt (@AlbertRobertHau) November 4, 2015
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