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2021-04-13 b
EVEN A BLACK CAN'T SAY THAT ON TWITTER

Twitter BANS black reporter for criticizing BLM founder for buying $1.4m home in '88% white LA neighborhood' - as he slams big tech for making the movement a 'sacred cow despite its financial GRIFT'

•Patrisse Cullors, 37, has bought an expansive property in Topanga Canyon
•The district in which the BLM founder will now live is 88% white and 1.8% black
•Critics accused her of abandoning her social justice and activist roots
•Sports journalist Jason Whitlock was among those remarking on her purchase
•Twitter on Friday locked him out of his account in response to his tweet
•Whitlock told DailyMail.com he remains blocked by the social media network
•Twitter is demanding he delete his tweet linking to a celebrity real estate blog
•Whitlock says he remains 'in Twitter jail, because I won't post bail'
•The action is the latest draconian step in censorship by the Silicon Valley firm

A prominent black sports journalist barred from Twitter for the 'crime' of discussing the $1.4 million house bought by a [Only] Black Lives Matter co-founder slammed the company for trying to silence legitimate debate.

Jason Whitlock, 53, told DailyMail.com on Monday that Twitter was 'going too far' by blocking him from posting to his account, which has nearly 450,000 followers.

The censorship by Twitter comes as social media companies, including Twitter and Facebook, have increasingly 'de-platformed' figures who stray too far from opinions they consider acceptable.

'BLM is one of Big Tech's sacred cows,' Whitlock told DailyMail.com 'I’ve been harping on the fraudulence and the financial grift of BLM for years.'

'I think Twitter has been looking for an excuse to de-platform me,' he said.

BLM raised $90 million last year, the AP has reported, but it's unclear how leaders are paid - if they are paid - because the organization's finances are opaque, a fact that has sparked criticism, even among local BLM chapters.

Now, Whitlock says, Twitter is trying to silence him for asking questions about BLM's finances.

He was silenced just as it emerged that BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors, a self-professed 'trained Marxist', had purchased the $1.4 million house in LA. The New York Post reported Cullors had also bought two other LA homes in recent years, and paid $415,000 for a 3.2 acre property in Georgia.

When Whitlock tweeted his response to the news of Cullors's purchase, he included a link to the popular celebrity real estate website The Dirt, which first reported the details of the property.

Cullors, 37, raised eyebrows with her new three bedroom, three bathroom house in Topanga Canyon, Los Angeles - a largely white district.

In her new zip code, 88 per cent of residents are white and 1.8 per cent black, according to the census.

Whitlock explained: 'Twitter locked my account around 4pm Friday,' confirming his account was still blocked.

'They said my account was locked because I revealed personal information about someone.

'They said I needed to remove the tweet that linked the dirt.com story about Cullors buying a house in Topanga.'

There was no explanation of how linking to the Dirt.com story revealed personal information as neither the story, nor Whitlock's tweet, listed an address - and the purchase also was discussed widely elsewhere on Twitter and reported throughout the press.

Twitter didn't respond to DailyMail.com's request for comment. (read more)

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