02-12-2021
Twitter banned the whistleblower website Project Veritas from its platform early Thursday morning for repeated violations of Twitter s private information policy after the website posted a video of a short confrontation between one of its journalists and a Facebook executive that occurred outside the executive s home.
The social media giant also temporarily locked out the website s founder James O Keefe from using his own account for allegedly violating the private information policy.
A spokesperson for Twitter told Fox News @Project Veritas was permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter s private information policy. Additionally, the account, @JamesOKeefeIII, was temporarily locked for violating our private information policy and that O Keefe is required to delete the violative Tweet to regain access to their account.
Project Veritas founder James O Keefe discusses uncovering liberal bias at social media giants.
Twitter says it has permanently suspended the account of the right-wing guerilla news outlet Project Veritas and locked its founder James O Keefe out of his account.
A spokesperson for Twitter confirmed to Fox News that @Project Veritas was permanently suspended for repeated violations of Twitter’s private information policy. Additionally, the account, @JamesOKeefeIII, was temporarily locked for violating our private information policy and that O Keefe is required to delete the violative Tweet to regain access to their account.
Fox News has learned that the suspension came just 20 minutes after Project Veritas attempted to appeal Twitter s decision to lock both accounts after they shared a video showing Project Veritas journalist Christian Hartsock approaching Facebook executive Guy Rosen outside of his home. The confrontation was over remarks he made during an inte