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Twitter Crackdown: Alt-Right/Alt-Lite Figures De-Verified, ‘Baked Alaska’ Suspended

Amanda Prestigiacomo

On Wednesday, Twitter went on an alt-right purge, targeting white supremacists and alt-right and “alt-lite” figures with de-verifications and at least one suspension.

The social media giant changed their verification (signaled via a blue checkmark) standard for online accounts after receiving backlash for verifying Jason Kessler, who organized the white nationalist protest-turned-fatal riot in Charlottesville, Virginia, this summer.

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