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While many were criticizing the hashtag #WomenBoycottTwitter on Friday, since there were plenty of women tweeting about it instead of boycotting the social media platform, the movement does seem to have been effective.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey announced last night his company will introduce several "aggressive" new rules in response to the boycott, which was sparked by Rose McGowan's account being locked for posting a private phone number in a tweet. Many, however, believed she was targeted by Twitter for speaking out against men in Hollywood who she believes helped cover up the Harvey Weinstein sexual misconduct scandal.
"We see voices being silences on Twitter every day. We've been working to counteract this for the past 2 years. We prioritized this in 2016. We updated our policies and increased the size of our teams. It wasn't enough. In 2017 we made it our top priority and made a lot of progress," Dorsey said in a series of tweets.
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View Story"Today we saw voices silencing themselves and voices speaking out because we're still not doing enough. We've been working intensely over the past few months and focused today on make some critical decisions," he continued. "We decided to take a more aggressive stance in our rules and how we enforce them," he added. "New rules around unwanted sexual advances, non-consensual advances, non-consensual nudity, hate symbols, violent groups, and tweets that glorifies violence."
On Saturday, McGowan tweeted her appreciation for the women who participated in the 24-hour boycott.
to the women who boycotted, and the #woc who spoke up: I commend you for your disruption, dissent, and for hearing we who have been silenced
@rosemcgowan
Other female Hollywood supporters included Alyssa Milano, Ava DuVernay, Kathy Griffin, Chrissy Teigen and Amber Tamblyn.
"We were silent. And they heard us," Milano tweeted.
"We all have a responsibility to support the voices of good and silence the voices of evil. @Twitter needs to do better. #womenboycottwitter," tweeted "Catfish" creator Nev Schulman.
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View StoryBut at the same time, there were also many who opposed the tweet because they believe women should speak up, not show the social media platform the silent treatment.
"So in a world where women are silenced, you want to protest by voluntarily silencing YOURSELF? Um. Yeah. Nah. #womenboycottwitter," one user tweeted.
See what Hollywood had to say about #WomenBoycott Twitter.
Taking a mental health break from Twitter. #WomenBoycottTwitter
@ElizabethBanks
Proudly joining #WomenBoycottTwitter for the next 24 hours even though Instagram doesn't properly capture my tone.
@billyeichner
Ok ok Jesus, let me clear this up. #WomenBoycottTwitter will not silence us, but @Twitter will make much less $$ b/c of fewer clicks. I'm in pic.twitter.com/LPEbKJwpgM
@kathygriffin
My mentions since posting #WomenBoycottTwitter 3 minutes ago #thisiswhy pic.twitter.com/c1GKSmBu32
@chrissyteigen
I understand #WomenBoycottTwitter is well meaning, but I won't be participating. The woman it's meant to support said "BE MY VOICE" herself.
@natvanlis
Respect to everyone participating in #WomenBoycottTwitter, it's just that my preferred form of protest is literally never shutting up
@Jee_vuh
And for now, I'm off Twitter. I'll be back with more to say soon. And there is so very much to say. #WomenBoycottTwitter
@ambertamblyn
I'm with her and her and her and her and her and her and her...#WomenBoycottTwitter
@jfreewright
#WomenBoycottTwitter because we deserve it and so does Twitter. Shame on you
@chelseahandler
Tomorrow I follow the Women. #WomenBoycottTwitter
@MarkRuffalo
I'm with you. And you. And you. And you. Peace. #WomenBoycottTwitter https://t.co/iyedLECvff
@MsSarahPaulson
Reminders to listen/amplify shouldn't come at the cost of women silencing themselves. #WomenBoycottTwitter #WOCAffirmation #AmplifyWomen
@jenyamato
Calling white women allies to recognize conflict of #WomenBoycottTwitter for women of color who haven't received support on similar issues.
@ava
Tomorrow (Friday the 13th) will be the first day in over 10 years that I won't tweet. Join me. #WomenBoycottTwitter pic.twitter.com/xoEt5Bwj5s
@Alyssa_Milano
I'm in. Peace. Respect. Support. Going dark. Later 🐊s #WomenBoycottTwitter 💪🏾
@AdinaPorter
Ladies. Let's do this. #WomenBoycottTwitter. Not because of hate but because I love this platform and know it can be better.
@chrissyteigen
It's #WomenBoycottTwitter so I'll remind dudes that tons of men are fucking monsters. Rest of us need to stand against sexual harassment.
@markellislive
So in a world where women are silenced, you want to protest by voluntarily silencing YOURSELF? Um. Yeah. Nah. #womenboycottwitter
@morvenchristie
We all have a responsibility to support the voices of good and silence the voices of evil. @Twitter needs to do better. #womenboycottwitter pic.twitter.com/caghsB4pI6
@NevSchulman
Instead of #womenboycottwitter why don't we bombard twitter. Give it hell. Get all up in it's face. Make some noise. Be brave. Fuck shit up.
@CHIMPSINSOCKS
I should say I am not doing #womenboycottwitter bc misogynists want to silence us. I try to be all about #AmplifyWomen in everything I do.
@sarahchurchwell
I'm out. #womenboycottwitter
@angela_rye
See ya twitter ✌🏻 #womenboycottwitter pic.twitter.com/PphXPypwWG
@michellebranch
I'm with them. #womenboycottwitter pic.twitter.com/R446mDmqzk
@SplitSingleband
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