Last December, Murphy wrote an article about her suspension and Twitter's alleged sexism. She recalled receiving "numerous, explicit violent threats," which the company refused to take down. "I have been told to 'shut up and die,' to 'choke,' to 'commit suicide,' and so on and so forth," she wrote. "All of these tweets, which seem to very clearly fit within the definition of 'abusive tweets,' were lobbed my way attached to the word 'TERF,' which, as most of you know, is a term used to smear and denigrate those who question transgender ideology."
"Indeed, it is a term primarily aimed at women, only used in the pejorative, with the intentional purpose of bullying the target and damaging their reputation. That is to say, it inarguably fits the definition of a slur," Murphy noted.
Yet it seems Twitter did more than just allow slurs and incitements of violence against Murphy. Jonathan Yaniv — who occasionally identifies himself as "Jennifer" — bragged about getting Murphy suspended, and called for her to be charged with hate crimes under Canadian law. Her crime? Opposing transgender identity on Twitter by saying, "Men are not women" and "Trans women are not women."
Yaniv is a provocateur. In the past year, he filed 16 human rights complaints against waxing studios, claiming they discriminated against him based on his male genitalia. As Murphy's lawsuit explains, "Murphy was disturbed by Yaniv's attempts to use the legal system to coerce female estheticians, by threat of lawsuit, into doing something that makes them feel profoundly uncomfortable and violates their basic autonomy." One single mother esthetician had to pay Yaniv $2,500 to have a complaint withdrawn.
According to Twitter, Meghan Murphy had "misgendered" Yaniv by calling him a man. Yet Yaniv's review included a picture of him appearing entirely male. Yaniv went by the male name "Jonathan Yaniv" on several public social media profiles, including LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube.
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"Indeed, it is a term primarily aimed at women, only used in the pejorative, with the intentional purpose of bullying the target and damaging their reputation. That is to say, it inarguably fits the definition of a slur," Murphy noted.
Yet it seems Twitter did more than just allow slurs and incitements of violence against Murphy. Jonathan Yaniv — who occasionally identifies himself as "Jennifer" — bragged about getting Murphy suspended, and called for her to be charged with hate crimes under Canadian law. Her crime? Opposing transgender identity on Twitter by saying, "Men are not women" and "Trans women are not women."
Yaniv is a provocateur. In the past year, he filed 16 human rights complaints against waxing studios, claiming they discriminated against him based on his male genitalia. As Murphy's lawsuit explains, "Murphy was disturbed by Yaniv's attempts to use the legal system to coerce female estheticians, by threat of lawsuit, into doing something that makes them feel profoundly uncomfortable and violates their basic autonomy." One single mother esthetician had to pay Yaniv $2,500 to have a complaint withdrawn.
According to Twitter, Meghan Murphy had "misgendered" Yaniv by calling him a man. Yet Yaniv's review included a picture of him appearing entirely male. Yaniv went by the male name "Jonathan Yaniv" on several public social media profiles, including LinkedIn, Pinterest, and YouTube.
Gender-Critical Feminist Blames Censorship on Twitter's 'Sexist Boys Club'
Men threatened her, and a biological man got her banned.
