They spent 14? hours at least tweeting nonstop threads about the changes they were making. The two main ones were: demanding their volunteers stop saying they were associated with BiNet and promising to enforce their copyright of the bi pride flag (2/?)
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As some of you probably know, copyrighting flags is not legal, at least in the USA. Most of us saw their tweets when they got massively ratio'd publicly threatening a lawsuit against an independent bi creator for using the bi pride flag. (3/?)
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What followed was what can only be described as a public tantrum, in which they wrote threads and threads and threads. Here are some highlights: 1. threatening target and the HRC with a lawsuit for their use of the flag 2. "we care about feelings, especially ours" (4/?)
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3. Claiming to be running a research campaign on bleach and coronavirus 4. Advertising that they "shouted out" BLM and "helped Standing Rock" 5. Advertising that they did "Restorative Justice 4 Johnny Depp" (5/?)
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They rarely responded to individuals quote tweeting or replying, but if they did it was vague jargon. They also claimed to have spoken recently to the creator of the Bi flag and that he agreed it was theirs. They also claimed to have created it. (6/?)
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At one point they demanded Wikipedia change their article on the Bi flag to reflect that their current head created it and that it was copyrighted. They sent legal threats to Wikipedia and probably 20-30 other people and groups. (7/?)
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After a truly baffling public meltdown, they went radio silent. When I checked the account at 5:19 pm EST: (8/?)pic.twitter.com/fNP5wtWosB
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So that's it I guess. I don't have screens but others probably do. I'll update this thread if anything else happens but that's (I hope) a good summary in case you missed it! With love, (9/9)pic.twitter.com/qVGsPwcFQS
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Here's an article summarizing well that also discusses how copyright law can't apply to basic colored geometric shapeshttps://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/04/group-threatening-legal-action-demanding-payment-use-bisexual-pride-flag/ …
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Oh and here's two alts they just made! Truly fucking wild.
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I found this relief thing that they're doing which...seems good at first but.....what the everloving fuck is happening?pic.twitter.com/wippxYVJ3W
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I'm gonna be real, there is something really fucked up about using people desperate for aid as "research participants" in a mysterious study (without any of the usual protections you get participating in a study) and asking them if they'll talk to the media
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And now they're posting people's full names and emails (edited out here for their safety)pic.twitter.com/NcJriGfnt0
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Very important update: From new info, I can confirm that all of this is attributed to Faith and none of the other board members. Furthermore, the bleach deliveries are indeed exclusively for sanitizing surfaces, and no actual research study is being conducted.
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I'm told the account is back up now but I'll be keeping this tweet thread up to fill people in.
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UPDATE, a.k.a. what the fuck does it mean http://binetusa.blogspot.com/2020/05/statement-on-use-of-bisexual-pride-flag.html … http://binetusa.blogspot.com/2020/05/further-leadership-changes-coming-juba.html …
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"We deny any responsibility and you can't quote us ever without our permission" lmao. This is the LEAST accountability I've ever seen
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