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Article snippet: Activists, celebrities and journalists joined a boycott of Twitter on Friday to protest the social media platform’s locking of the account of the actress Rose McGowan, a fierce critic of the film producer Harvey Weinstein over his alleged sexual harassment and assaults of women. The boycott began at midnight Thursday in New York and was to last all day. Many of those taking part signified their participation with the hashtag #WomenBoycottTwitter. Heidi Moore, a writer, was among the first to popularize the campaign, writing on Twitter, “Friday October 13th seems a good boycott day.” The call resonated widely. Twitter users of all stripes rallied in support of Ms. McGowan’s crusade against Mr. Weinstein and those she has cast as his enablers, or as a way of highlighting the wider issue of women being abused online at what is an especially fraught time for Twitter. Not everyone felt it was an appropriate form of protest, with some people offering particularly pointed criticism. The director Ava DuVernay, for one, noted that minority women had not received similar support when they were subjected to abuse on Twitter. “Calling white women allies to recognize conflict of #WomenBoycottTwitter for women of color who haven’t received support on similar issues,” wrote Ms. DuVernay, the director of “Selma,” who has criticized Hollywood for its lack of inclusivity. Ms. McGowan said Wednesday that Twitter had locked her account over what the company said were violations of i... Link to the full article to read more