BACKLASH: Twitter Explodes After Platform Appears To Censor ‘Unplanned’ Movie

A firestorm was ignited late on Sunday on Twitter after scores of people began reporting that they were unable to follow the pro-life “Unplanned” movie which hit theaters over the weekend.

The continued problems with the movie’s Twitter account come after it was mysteriously banned on Saturday and was only reinstated later in the day after widespread outrage. Twitter did not provide details on why the account was suspended.

Late on Sunday, thousands of people noted that every time they tried to follow the movie’s account that their Twitter accounts automatically unfollowed the account moments later. The Daily Wire experienced the same problem when it tried to follow the account and did not experience the same problem when following multiple other accounts at the same time.

Actress Patricia Heaton tweeted: “Hey @jack – why aren’t you letting me follow @UnplannedMovie ? I’ve tried eight times to support my friend @AbbyJohnson and @Twitter won’t let me. Others are having the same issue. Please correct this. Thank you.”

Lila Rose, the founder and President of Live Action, noted that the platform had taken tens of thousands of followers away from the “Unplanned” account.

NewsBusters VP Dan Gainor tweeted: “What @Twitter is doing now is deliberately aimed at hurting @UnplannedMovie. I hope lawyers go after them. Eh @pnjaban? I’d love to see @jack cope with a few million documents worth of discovery.”

Attorney Harmeet K. Dhillon tweeted: “Twitter is censoring @unplannedmovie and also interfering with the rights on this platform of over 100,000 other Twitter account holders to learn about the film. Who will hold Twitter accountable?”

Fox News’ Shannon Bream tweeted: “Kept reading the tweets about people following @UnplannedMovie – then immediately checking and seeing they are no longer following. Tried for myself, same experience multiple times. What’s the explanation? @jack”