Twitter: Telling Fired Journalists 'Learn to Code' is 'Targeted Harassment,' Bannable Offense

Chris Menahan
InformationLiberation
Jan. 28, 2019

Telling a laid off journalist to "learn to code" may get you permanently banned from Twitter as they've reportedly now begun classifying it as "targeted harassment."

Back in 2008, after the Obama administration started shutting down coal-fired power plants with onerous regulations, journalists made a meme out of writing articles telling fired coal workers and others to "learn to code."

Just last week, in the wake of mass layoffs at Buzzfeed and The Huffington Post, right-wingers made a meme out of telling fired journalists to "learn to code."

Journos no doubt complained to Twitter about it and Twitter responded by making it a bannable offense:

I am told by a person in the know that tweeting "learn to code" at any recently laid off journalist will be treated as "abusive behavior" and is a violation of Twitter's Terms of Service
— Jon Levine (@LevineJonathan) January 28, 2019

Is this real or trolling that no one caught?

If real, I wonder why no one cared when many of those same journalists thought it was amusing that laid off Blue Collar workers were told to "Learn to code" when they lost their jobs??? https://t.co/cRPKqw2Ioq
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 28, 2019

Could someone explain to me why if I tell my kids to “learn to code” it’s likely sound parenting, but if I told a journalist the same it’s grounds for a @twitter suspension?
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) January 28, 2019

Twitter last week was full of accounts doxxing and threatening the Covington students. No crackdown.

Today they're cracking down on people who tell laid off bloggers to "learn to code"
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 28, 2019

Twitter confirmed it was a bannable offense but said it was more "nuanced":

In other words, nothing has changed they just explained why they are sanctioning people.

Ok so if you tweet "learn to code" at the laid off journalists Twitter considers this a harassment campaign and you could be banned. https://t.co/sDKfjzYDF5
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) January 28, 2019

You can dox, lie about, and threaten with violence young white kids if they're wearing MAGA hats and smirking without any issue, but making fun of journalists is crossing the line!

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