Astronomer banned on Twitter over 'intimate' meteor video

Astronomer banned on Twitter over 'intimate' meteor video
Thursday 17 November 2022 - 23:45

Mary McIntyre, an astronomer from Oxfordshire was banned from Twitter for three months after sharing a video of a meteor shower which was mistaken concidered for “intimate content” by twitter’s automated moderation tools.

Ms McIntyre said she will only be allowed back on to the platform if she deletes the tweet and acknowledges that she broke Twitter’s rules.

“It’s just crazy… I don’t really want it on my record that I’ve been sharing pornographic material when I haven’t,” McIntyre said of her refusal to delete the tweet.

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