Christian Author Says Twitter Refused to Promote His Article Linking Violent Riots to Marxism
Reuters
Twitter is refusing to promote an article by Christian author Larry Alex Taunton in which he attempts to provide a “Christian response” to the civil unrest across the United States and argues that violent riots are planned Marxist political tools.
Taunton, a 53-year-old freelance writer and executive director of the Fixed Point Foundation, wrote an essay earlier this month called “Understanding What is Happening in America: A Christian Response.”
He tried to promote the article, which argues that the riots are an elaborate plan by Marxists for political power, through the social media platform. Promotion on Twitter expands a tweet’s audience, acting as an advertisement for the content.
I decided to see what would happen if I “promoted” this article. Twitter rejected it as a “violation.”
It’s been read 125k times anyway. I hope it helps you. Please RT.
But in a tweet Sunday afternoon, Taunton said that his request to promote the article was rejected.
He told The Christian Post in an interview Monday that he received a response from Twitter two days after initiating the promotion, saying his promotion “has been stopped because it did not comply with Twitter’s Ad Policy.”
However, Taunton said that he believed his essay provided an opinion and clarification on a nationwide issue.
The denied promotion is the first time Taunton has had an issue with Twitter censorship. He said he was surprised it happened to his work.
“I was intrigued. All of this vile content is being promoted but I can’t promote this? It doesn’t matter if Twitter disagrees with my opinion, but nothing I said in the article is anything other than providing an opinion,” he said.
With the help of several Twitter users who agree with Taunton, including longtime friend Eric Metaxas, the article has received 200,000 views despite the lack of promotion, according to Taunton.
Twitter rejected “promotion” of my friend @LarryTaunton‘s important article about “Understanding What’s happening in America” as a “violation” of their policies — or something. So we will just have to pass it on the normal way, by RT’ing it. https://t.co/dZQjgT5Yky
