Twitter users call for the suspension of Kansas State student after joke, but his tweet is protected speech

Reclaimthenet.org
by Cindy Harper
June 26, 2020

A student at Kansas State is facing online death threats, calls to release his personal information online, and an investigation from the college after he made a joke on Twitter.

Student, political commentator and game streamer Jaden McNeil tweeted, “Congratulations to George Floyd on being drug free for an entire month.”

Colleges and workplaces are increasingly facing requests for students and staff to be removed due to their online posts (even jokes) with phone numbers and emails being flooded with complaints from emergent Twitter mobs who are invigorated by the pursuit of ending careers and livelihoods.

Read more at: https://reclaimthenet.org/jaden-mcneil-joke-twitter-outrage-mob/

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