We might as well stop Kyle Rittenhouse’s trial now, because Big Tech bosses on Twitter have already pointed out his guilt.
They can still decide what is true at that moment.
Rittenhouse, 18, faces murder and other charges related to the shooting of three men, two of them fatally, during an August 2020 riot. Rittenhouse shot and killed 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum and 26-year-old Anthony Huber and Gage Groskretz. was injured.
According to multiple court reports and witnesses, Rosenbaum chased after Rittenhouse and, while pointing a gun at the teenager, Huber attacked Rittenhouse with a skateboard and Groskreitz advanced on Rittenhouse, who then turned toward him. The gun was pointed as the three men were shot.
Despite this evidence, Twitter appears to have suspended and/or banned any user who claims Rittenhouse is innocent.
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Those users are forced to delete their tweets if they want to remain on the platform.
Bill Zizer of RealClearPolitics began noticing this trend on Wednesday.
There have been claims of users being suspended for tweeting things like “Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong,” which supposedly glorifies violence. Is Twitter’s TOS justifiable against arguing about self-defense? Or are people looking up the word for Kyle Rittenhouse’s tweets and mass reporting? pic.twitter.com/JvyfcpCrqS
— Bill Zeiser (@BillZeiser) 10 November 2021
“This has seen claims of users being suspended for tweeting things like ‘Kyle Rittenhouse did nothing wrong,’ which seems to exaggerate violence. Is Twitter’s TOS against arguing about self-defense justified?” Is it? Or are people looking up the word for Kyle Rittenhouse’s tweets and mass reporting?” Zizer asked on Twitter.
The answer to Zeisser’s question appears to be a resounding yes. After all, look at all these suspensions:
Twitter suspended my account because I called Kyle Rittenhouse a hero. “I appreciate violence,” he said. what a joke I was forced to delete the original tweet, though I stand by it. pic.twitter.com/VUTrA0txsa
— Avenger of Truth (@levine2001) November 11, 2021
Only Kyle Rittenhouse had accounts suspended for insisting he was innocent, with Twitter labeling it “the definition of violence”. pic.twitter.com/SxlRSFpDpA
– would ask a real journalist (@AREALjournalis1) November 4, 2021
I got suspended for 24 hours for tweeting this on Thursday. Even after all the evidence presented in the lawsuit, Twitter treated this innocuous statement as “defining violence.” pic.twitter.com/DwTVV9eOJZ
— Mac Devlin (@MackJayDevlin) November 15, 2021
The official Twitter account of the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire also faced a brief suspension. The party was quick to point out that the patently false and misleading claims about Rittenhouse…