Jim Hoft, Known as the “Stupidest Man on the Internet,” Suspended by Twitter
He’s been at it for many years, spreading lies and conspiracy theories and bigotry from white supremacist websites, and helping push it into mainstream conservatism (which they don’t resist very much, of course). In the Trump era, his gutter-level hate site was actually granted White House press credentials, because his deranged, dim-witted, sycophantic writing style appealed to the narcissist in chief.
But today the ship of the fabled Stupidest Man on the Internet has run aground. Jim Hoft has joined the Choir Invisible. He is now one of The Deplatformed. Permanently suspended. Where’s Jim? I don’t know, I can’t see him any more.
Jim Hoft is the founder and editor of The Gateway Pundit, one of the top conservative news outlets in America. Jim was awarded the Reed Irvine Accuracy in Media Award in 2013 and is the proud recipient of the Breitbart Award for Excellence in Online. The @gatewaypundit Twitter handle belonging to Jim Hoft with more than 375,000 followers was abruptly banned on Saturday night. “The account was permanently suspended for repeated violations of our civic integrity policy,” a Twitter spokesperson confirmed in a brief statement. April 21, 2021, 10:19am by Jim Hoft Share (368) Share to Gab Gab Share Gab Telegram Share EXCLUSIVE: Arizona’s Soros-Backed Sec. Of State, Katie Hobbs, Has Glaring Conflicts of Interest With Senate’s Maricopa Audit, She Must Immediately Recuse Herself. Jim Hoft discusses being banned from Twitter. Rumble — Jim Hoft discusses being banned from Twitter after posting about the appearance of a suspicious van of ballots overnight. Jim Hoft had a verified account with 375,233 followers when the ban hammer struck. Pic.twitter.com/OLQhaKVPZJ — Charles Johnson (@GreenFootballs) February 6, 2021 If you use the LGF search tool for “hoft,” you’ll get an idea of how prolific.
Hey now. I had a column in TweetDeck for Jim Hoft’s brand of extra-dumb bad craziness and suddenly it was empty. So I checked his profile page and it’s true. This freaking decades-long plague on the Internet has been deplatformed. pic.twitter.com/Yg0EuzcwzT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 6, 2021
Jim Hoft had a verified account with 375,233 followers when the ban hammer struck. pic.twitter.com/OLQhaKVPZJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 6, 2021
If you use the LGF search tool for “hoft,” you’ll get an idea of how prolific and relentless this weird, twisted guy has been for two decades. And Fox News has picked up dozens of his “BREAKING WOW BOOM” stories, which almost always turn out to be dishonest, or distorted, or completely made up.
So long, Jim, you will absolutely not be missed from Twitter.
Twitter permanently banned the founder and editor-in-chief of the Gateway Pundit, Jim Hoft, on Saturday for violating the platform’s “civic integrity policy.” The move came shortly after the site temporarily suspended Gateway Pundit reporter Cassandra Fairbanks.
A Twitter spokesperson claimed that Hoft was banned for “repeated violations” of a policy that prohibits users from tweeting messages “for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes,” including misinformation regarding the outcome of an election, according to a report by The Hill.
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Twitter had also suspended The Gateway Pundit journalist Cassandra Fairbanks for twelve hours for violating its “civic integrity policy.”
“Twitter has suspended @CassandraRules for no listed reason,” tweeted journalist Tim Pool. “It likely has to do with her releasing video of ‘Vote Mobile’ vans pulling up at 4am to the TCF center in Detroit.”
Twitter has suspended @CassandraRules for no listed reason
It likely has to do with her releasing video of 'Vote Mobile' vans pulling up at 4am to the TCF center in Detroit pic.twitter.com/zvi1PMwx8v
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) February 5, 2021
“We have determined that you have violated the Twitter Rules, so we’ve temporarily limited some of your account features,” reads a purported message from Twitter to Fairbanks.
“While in this state, you can still browse Twitter, but you’re limited to only sending Direct Messages to your followers — no Tweets, Retweets, or likes,” the message added.
A Twitter spokesperson told Breitbart News that Fairbank’s account “has been temporarily locked out for repeated violations of our civic integrity policy.”
The “civic integrity policy” states that Twitter users cannot use their account “for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes,” according to the platform’s website.
“This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process,” the policy adds. “In addition, we may label and reduce the visibility of Tweets containing false or misleading information about civic processes in order to provide additional context.”
Twitter’s actions against Hoft and Fairbanks comes in the wake of prominent conservative figures being locked out — or outright banned— from the social media platform, including former President Donald Trump, who was permanently banned from the platform last month.
One of Twitter’s more recent suspensions includes MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell — a staunch supporter of President Trump in the business world — who was also banned from the platform for violating its “civic integrity policy.”
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Source: Breitbart: Twitter Blacklists Gateway Pundit’s Jim Hoft
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