Twitter SUSPENDS progressive feminist author Naomi Wolf after slew of tweets opposing Covid-19 vaccinations

Naomi Wolf, a feminist author and former campaign adviser to then-president Bill Clinton who became an ardent critic of lockdowns and vaccines during the pandemic, has been banned from Twitter.

Wolf – who had nearly 150,000 followers – was suspended from Twitter on Friday evening following her repeated commentary against Covid-19 vaccinations.

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Though it’s not clear exactly which post led to Wolf’s suspension, the author had a history of making anti-vaccine comments and had published several on the day of her ban.

Um I think Naomi Wolf's account was finally suspended ... apparently right when I was in the middle of hate-reading one of the threads? pic.twitter.com/0T8GiffAhU

— joanna schroeder (@iproposethis) June 5, 2021

Opponents of Wolf’s rhetoric, including liberal journalist Thor Benson, had lobbied Twitter for her suspension shortly beforehand, complaining that the author was still allowed to tweet despite her anti-vaxx comments being seemingly against the social network’s rules.

Why exactly does @Twitter allow Naomi Wolf to spread vaccine disinformation on here every day when they say that's a violation of their rules?

— Thor Benson (@thor_benson) June 5, 2021

Many users celebrated Wolf’s ban, calling her a “nutty anti-vaxxer” and hers “one of the most damaging accounts spreading disinformation on Twitter.” Journalist Will Black even thanked Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey for the move, writing, “She’s dangerous and should not return.”

Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because another nutty anti-vaxxer has been deplatformed pic.twitter.com/HomVe5c2Bw

— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) June 5, 2021

Just saw anti-vax conspiracy theorist Naomi Wolf suspended.

One of the most damaging accounts spreading disinformation on twitter. I was surprised she wasn’t taken down after this one. pic.twitter.com/9tU4EXeeFP

— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) June 5, 2021

Waking to the news that Naomi Wolf’s account has finally been suspended feels like Christmas morning.

— Daniel Summers, MD ????️‍???? (@WFKARS) June 5, 2021

Some, however, condemned the ban, calling it censorship and pointing out that others who’d spread conspiracy theories on the platform had not faced the same sanction.

“I dislike her but I dislike censorship more,” said one Twitter user, while journalist Glenn Greenwald argued, “I think a lot of people who constantly disseminate false claims and unhinged and dangerous conspiracy theories – such as MNSBC and CNN hosts – should nonetheless be allowed to remain on Silicon Valley monopolistic social media platforms.”

There's a virtual industry of operatives funded by the Atlantic Council -- which in turn is funded by Gulf State despots and US intel agencies & NATO governments -- whose purpose is to demand the internet be purged of anyone dissenting from their orthodoxies.

A leading soldier: https://t.co/WpTlrFGBih

— Glenn Greenwald (@ggreenwald) June 5, 2021

Last year, during the pandemic, Twitter expanded its rules to prohibit “false or misleading narratives about Covid-19 vaccinations,” including claims that they’re used to “cause harm to or control populations,” false information about “adverse impacts or effects of receiving vaccinations,” and claims that “vaccinations are unnecessary.”

Several of Wolf’s much-discussed tweets apparently fell into one of those categories. The author has long been the target of the self-professed fighters against vaccine disinformation, and was once tricked by a reporter with the Intercept into posting a fake vaccine-skeptic meme with a porn star presented as a doctor.

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Wolf, who describes herself as “a lifelong progressive,” became a pariah among her supporters after taking the staunch anti-vaccine stance and speaking out against strict lockdown measures – which she’s compared to “fascism” – and has even been accused of holding views that align with those of the far right.

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