Rose McGowan, who emerged as a galvanizing Hollywood voice during the explosive Harvey Weinstein scandal, has been temporarily suspended from Twitter, the actress revealed via other social media accounts.
McGowan posted a screenshot of an automated message she received after Twitter suspended her account — citing violation of its terms of service and a lockout period of 12 hours — on Wednesday night.
“Twitter has suspended me. There are powerful forces at work. Be my voice,” the actress wrote to her social media fanbase, dubbed #ROSEARMY.
The action comes after the past week’s explosive allegations of sexual harassment and sexual assault against powerful Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein.
McGowan, who was included in the initial New York Times exposé about Weinstein, has been vocal about the controversy on social media in the past week. She wrote in support of those who have come forward about harrassment, called for the dissolution of The Weinstein Co. board and disputed the statements of certain figures, including actor Ben Affleck, who claimed to have had no knowledge of Weinstein’s behaviour.
The suspension sparked widespread outrage from her Twitter followers and from fellow entertainment industry peers.
Hey @Twitter let us know which of these rules @rosemcgowan broke. Asking for multiple victims of sexual violence. https://t.co/eiZjQeMAVg
@rosemcgowan ‘s twitter account has been suspended. I expect to start seeing smear stories on her anytime now. This is the sad reality.
Suspend @rosemcgowan, @Twitter, but @realDonaldTrump’ll be on here tomorrow morning slathered in threats & bile? Yeah. Fix that quick. https://t.co/Xznc9OgDvR
Oh hey women, if you don’t speak up about abuse by someone powerful you’re complicit, but when you do your twitter account gets locked. So.
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@moorehn
Wow, @Twitter, seriously? THIS is the account you suspend but not Trump who threatened to wipe out another country? Suspend me too, please. https://t.co/ZHhvIkfEcN
But Trump can threaten war. https://t.co/yTVRq7dv6e
So let me get this straight: Rose McGowan gets suspended but @twitter is fine with neo-nazis continuing to hate mob? https://t.co/NGL16mm3ZQ







