Celebrities Boycott Twitter After Rose McGowan's Suspension

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After Twitter Inc. briefly suspended actress Rose McGowan’s account, a group of celebrities, activists and regular concerned people banded together to boycott the social-media platform.

Software engineer Kelly Ellis proposed that users protest the suspension by avoiding Twitter for one day and announce their decision with the hashtag #WomenBoycottTwitter. Celebrities including Chrissy Teigen, Alyssa Milano, John Cusack and Mark Ruffalo joined the movement.