Twenty-four hours ago, the Daily Wire were battling with Twitter moderators who had slapped a “hateful content” label on a special freeview screening of Matt Walsh’s documentary exploring transgenderism, ‘What Is A Woman”.
Then came the news that Twitter’s head of Trust and Safety, Ella Irwin, was no longer at the company after a major row erupted as Twitter users challenged Elon Musk over his commitment to free speech.
Musk not only removed the label – he retweeted the documentary to his 141 million followers.
“Every parent should watch this,” he said.
Every parent should watch this https://t.co/pIp6UP6vq8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 2, 2023
Now, ‘What Is A Woman’ has reached 65 million views in just over 24 hours.
It’s the movie they really don’t want you to see: #WhatIsAWoman?
Watch the explosive documentary starring @MattWalshBlog FREE on Twitter for 24 hrs. https://t.co/qDi7thCNid
— Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) June 2, 2023
The film was described as asking an elementary question which “leads to larger, disturbing queries” by one critic on Rotten Tomatoes.
Another said that: “Walsh takes his unflinching poker face and sharp wit into the belly of the beast in a bid to find out how a word as mundane and easily defined as “woman” has become a pride flag draped hot potato.”
Musk has said that Twitter would be a free speech platform, and accounts previously suspended for arguing against gender ideology have been restored to the platform.