Rose McGowan

#WomenBoycottTwitter, Supporting Rose McGowan

Twitter users are going silent on Friday to protest the suspension of Rose McGowan’s account.

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An Rong Xu for The  New York Times

Activists, celebrities and journalists were among those boycotting Twitter on Friday, after the social media platform suspended the account of the actress Rose McGowan, a vocal critic of Harvey Weinstein’s conduct.

A rep for McGowan told CNN she was not available for comment.

Last week Weinstein was accused of multiple instances of rape, sexual assault of women over a period of nearly three decades in exposés published by the New York Times and The New Yorker. Weinstein was fired from his company. The New Yorker reported three rape allegations -- lodged by "former aspiring actress" Lucia Evans, Italian actress Asia Argento and one anonymous source.

McGowan is the fourth woman to level a rape accusation against Weinstein.

In her Twitter post on Thursday, the actress did not elaborate on the allegations.

When reached for comment on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the disgraced movie mogul said, "Any allegations of non-consensual sex are unequivocally denied by Mr. Weinstein."

McGowan has long waged a battle to bring attention to the treatment of women in her industry. But her recent social media posts about the Weinstein scandal have been personal and poignant.

In the process she's emerged as one of the most powerful voices in the Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal and has inspired a Twitter movement.

The boycott started at midnight Thursday in New York and was set to last all day. Many signified they were taking part in the action with the hashtag #WomenBoycottTwitter.

The idea was raised by Kelly Ellis, a software engineer, who tweeted that, in response to Ms. McGowan’s suspension, people should consider boycotting the platform.

“#WomenBoycottTwitter Friday, October 13th,” she wrote. “In solidarity w @rosemcgowan and all the victims of hate and harassment Twitter fails to support.”

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