Twitter suspended several accounts involved in the #StopEnslavingSaudiWomen campaign. Here is what we know.
The Campaign
The hashtag was promoted in the Jerusalem Post as a campaign to repeal Saudi male guardianship laws.
http://www.jpost.com/Middle-East/Calls-to-end-Saudi-male-guardianship-sweeping-social-media-467096 https://archive.is/cfGMf
@thatminds describes the group as "humanists, activists, and enlightening accounts" who are "activists against Sharia law and radical Islam"
https://archive.is/dH8JG
Isaac Cohen produces the Jihad Complex podcast and comments on Islamist terrorism.
https://soundcloud.com/jihadcomplex
Who was suspended
Initial reports:
https://twitter.com/FocusBreaked/status/778079584139042816 https://archive.is/0bKu4
https://twitter.com/Annoying_Buzz/status/778173030409396225 https://archive.is/50vHf
@thatminds lists the suspended accounts as @FocusBreak, @DrTalebJawad, @SafeMov, @IHWCo, @hades_the_2, @Louis__GA, @ma1404928
https://twitter.com/thatminds/status/778347870999175168 https://archive.is/dH8JG
Twitter's response
Twitter told Isaac Cohen that it is a violation of Twitter's ToS to have separate personal and organization accounts. The account @SaveMov for his NGO the S.A.F.E. Movement was "permanently suspended" and "will not be restored."
https://twitter.com/IHWCo/status/778667960181198848 https://archive.is/JnE0h
Feminists behaving badly
Randi Harper blocked @CallaLilly013 and @incerebro for asking her to spread awareness of the tag.
https://twitter.com/CallaLily013/status/778210648211816448 https://archive.is/tZIXc
https://mobile.twitter.com/incerebro/status/778286433232625664 http://archive.is/tnr5v
@campyWHY / campylobacter accused the campaigners of Islamophobia.
https://twitter.com/FocusBreaked/status/778394225712955393 https://archive.is/HQXg7
@charlesthomas Charlie Thomas
https://archive.is/bKBqd
"Lawyer, writer, photographer, Quaker, bi, feminist, geek. #Derby, #NYM, #USSoccer and #Tottenham. #ImWithHer"
called Cohen a "self-appointed racist fucker" and called his supporters "Islamophobe Twitter"
https://twitter.com/buffsoldier_96/status/778302612596781057 https://archive.is/nPkGy
complained that "his work with Saudi women seems less motivated by genuine concern for women, and more for undermining the religious underpinnings"
https://twitter.com/charlesthomas/status/778681778751942657 https://archive.is/bolpF
What you can do
1. Spread awareness of what happened.
2. Document any ongoing events.
3. Let the participants know what we have learned about Twitter's censorship.