Irish Bishop Banned By Twitter For Criticising Euthanasia

Case information
Incident date
Country
Ireland
Place
-
Categories
  • Social Hostility / Intolerance
Attack Against
  • Morals
Societal Sphere
  • Social Media
Hate Crime & Violent Incidents
  • Other (text field)
Religious Freedom / Discrimination
  • Freedom of Conscience
  • Freedom of Expression
Place of Incident
  • Internet
Bias Indicators
  • Lack of Other Motive
Reported to Police
  • Unknown
Response of Local Authorities
  • Unknown
Symbolic image; not a photograph of the reported incident.Image credit: Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash

After criticising the Irish government's plans to legalise euthanasia, Twitter has banned the Irish bishop Kevin Doran on February 20th. In his tweet, he spoke out about the Christian dignity in dying, paradoxically Twitter argues "he violated their rules by promoting (..) suicide or self-harm" because the tweet mentioned the term "Assisted Suicide" in it, which he opposes. According to writer David Quinn, Twitter has turned the bishop down on appeal.

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