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Tapper reportedly spoke with a Twitter executive about the decision, but merely shrugged at Twitter's excuse for the blatant censorship.In a robust validation of the 'Streisand Effect' as reported above, the Post gained more than 190K followers while it was locked out of its Twitter account:
"Since Twitter has locked out the NYPost for violating rules that no longer stand as rules (but Twitter won't revisit past enforcement decisions) the NY Post COULD end this standoff by deleting the tweets that broke the rules (thus unlocking its account) then tweet them out again," he wrote.
"I asked a Twitter exec if this was possible, he said yes and it would end the whole thing. Probably take 15 seconds," Tapper continued.
That number represents a 10.6 percent increase in just about two weeks, according to analytics tool Social Blade.
The spike came as Twitter blocked the news organization from posting during that time period.
A tweet announcing The Post's return to the social media site on Friday evening quickly went viral, racking up more than 17,000 retweets and close to 50,000 likes in about an hour.
The move came after The Post refused Twitter's demand that it delete six tweets that linked to stories that the company claimed — without any evidence — were based on hacked information.
The Post never budged, and kept the tweets on the account during the standoff.
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Comment: Bogeyman alert: One time, one place, one dubious study with no references does not warrant new rules, and never mind the virus has not affected these workers. It is a baseless scare tactic aimed at employees and the public, targeting sources for food and supply chain essentials.