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TWITTER CENSORING TWEETS CONTAINING LINKS TO BITCHUTE VIDEO SERVICE, FLAGS POSTS
AS 'POTENTIALLY HARMFUL'


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Video hosting service BitChute has accused Twitter of censoring tweets including
links to their platform, and numerous users have experienced the apparent ban,
though the social media app has yet to officially respond.

“It appears as if Twitter has started blocking all tweets that contain Bitchute
videos,” BitChute’s account tweeted on Friday morning. They encouraged users to
share their own examples of censorship too.

> It appears as if Twitter has started blocking all Tweets that contain Bitchute
> videosPlease test this and share your experience in the comments below
> 
> — BitChute (@bitchute) August 7, 2020

Numerous users then posted screenshots of them trying to post links to videos on
the website, only to be blocked by Twitter and told the material they were about
to post was “potentially harmful.”





When you try and post a link to BitChute, Twitter will preview the tweet to the
user, and send two messages. One in red says, “something went wrong, but don’t
fret — let’s give it another shot.” 

This message is essentially useless because the “potentially harmful” statement
will pop up when the user tries to hit “tweet.”

The Twitter and Twitter Support pages have not officially responded to the
seeming censorship, and BitChute has said they received no warning about the
content blockage.

> What is going on @TwitterSupport and why didn't Bitchute get any emails about
> this? https://t.co/KJZvOvg8Wy
> 
> — BitChute (@bitchute) August 7, 2020

The ban appears to go beyond posting new content too. If a user tries to follow
an old link to a BitChute video through Twitter, they are brought to a warning
page that tells users the link “may be unsafe.” The various reasons it could be
“unsafe” include “spammy links that mislead people or disrupt the experience” or
even “violent or misleading content that could lead to real-world harm.” 

A user needs to “ignore this warning and continue” in order to make it to the
BitChute link originally requested. 

> My past tweets have an unsafe warning but I can get there on old links.
> pic.twitter.com/xrTzj5qgjj
> 
> — Herbicat (@oesoes) August 7, 2020

Since launching in 2017, BitChute has been accused by liberal activists and
mainstream media outlets of being a conspiracy theorist-driven and right-wing
hosting site. The platform has found success through giving creators far more
freedom than other platforms like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, which have
become more aggressive in their moderation and banning of content. Many content
creators who have found themselves banned or demonetized on sites like YouTube
have found their way over to BitChute.

BitChute was banned by PayPal along with right-wing figures like Alex Jones in
2018. The Southern Poverty Law Center has accused them of hosting “hate-fueled
material.”

Despite the accusations of hosting hate videos, much of the content on BitChute
is related to technology and not-politically motivated. Even that content,
however, seems to have been blocked by Twitter in what appears to be a blanket
ban on anything related to the site.

> Yeah it said it was “unsafe”, it’s literally a video about whether @Sony and
> @Microsoft should make portables for the next generation, not sure what’s
> unsafe about that? Any answers @Twitter? Is @bitchute now labeled unsafe
> regardless of the content that is in the video?
> 
> — The CHRILLCAST (@chrillcast) August 7, 2020

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