Public safety minister asks Twitter Canada to remove tweet with intent to 'intimidate' CMA president
CTV
Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino has asked Twitter Canada leadership to remove what he characterized as an 'abusive' tweet with the aim to 'intimidate' the president of the Canadian Medical Association.
In a letter, penned on Tuesday and addressed to the company’s managing director Paul Burns, Mendicino argued that allowing such comments to be published online puts health-care workers at risk of further abuse.
The tweet appears in a thread posted by Dr. Katharine Smart condemning comments promising a “bounty” to anyone who can capture video surveillance of medical professionals breaking COVID-19 guidelines.
Posted by @AsktheBrownDoc1, it reads: Are you scared you are next @KatharineSmart? A group of us who can’t stand you have been seeing you and your family for weeks (from a safe distance in public spaces, of course!!!) and already have some great footage…just biding our time for the perfect time!
As of Tuesday afternoon, it appears the account no longer exists on the platform.
