ICYMI: So You’ve Been Banned on Twitter

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🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison discuss Facebook upholding their ban of Donald Trump from their platform—sort of. Then they interview someone about their own experience getting banned: legal journalist Rachel Stone, who was banned from Twitter after she jokingly threatened the man who cautions you to take a break from scrolling through TikTok. Finally, they debut their new segment Galaxy Brain, where they share some of the wildest theories on the internet, starting with a listener letter about the word cheugy. Podcast production by Daniel Schroeder and Derek John. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I've not been silenced to a capital S, but it's at Twitter's discretion whether or not
0:07.0	I'm allowed to play by their rules.
0:11.0	Hi, I'm Madison Malone-Curture, and I'm Rachel Hampton, and you're listening to I
0:18.1	see why I'm I.
0:19.7	In case you missed it, Slade's podcast about internet culture.
0:24.2	So Donald Trump, still banned from Facebook, I know, sorry, what a horrible way to start
0:29.3	up.
0:30.3	All of our listeners just turned off their turn off the episode.
0:32.7	Honestly, I just tuned out of my own brain.
0:36.4	It is big news in the internet world.
0:40.8	Facebook has upheld a decision to keep Trump banned from the platform.
0:45.4	The first good thing Facebook has perhaps done ever in their entire life.
0:49.6	What's wild is that it's not even technically their final decision.
0:53.3	Trump might be back on Facebook in six months.
0:58.8	Trump's ban from mainstream social platforms like Facebook and he's also banned from Twitter.
1:04.8	Frankly, I feel like this poses a lot more questions than it provides answers.
1:10.6	Mostly about who does and does not get punished by platforms for behavior that goes against
1:15.2	terms of service, which terms of service are just the long fine print that most of us
1:19.4	avoid reading when we join an app or a platform and you just scroll to the end and go,
1:23.0	yes, I agree.
1:24.0	You want my firstborn child and like seven locks of my hair?
1:27.1	Great.
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