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

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.-- More...