Twitter claims it wants to prevent ‘hateful conduct.’ But will its ban on Meghan Murphy help?

Published February 14, 2019 10:50pm ET



Meghan Murphy had about 25,000 followers on Twitter when she was blocked from the social media platform. She received notice of the ban on Nov. 23, 2018, four days after Twitter forced her to delete a viral tweet about its censorship.

Twitter’s reason for pulling her from the platform had been an earlier November tweet, in which Murphy wrote “him” in reference to a blogger identifying as a woman. Twitter argued it violated its Hateful Conduct Policy, which includes misgendering.

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