Danny DeVito briefly lost his blue checkmark on Twitter Thursday, just after tweeting his support of the striking Nabisco workers.
Support Nabisco workers striking for humane working hours, fair pay, outsourcing jobs.
— Danny DeVito (@DannyDeVito) August 18, 2021
NO CONTRACTS NO SNACKS
Tweeting out the succinct slogan "No contracts, no snacks," DeVito summarised the strike as a matter of "humane working hours, fair pay, outsourcing jobs," leaving no ambiguity as to his opinion on the snack food giant's treatment of its workers. Soon after that, the blue checkmark beside his name disappeared, giving the Hollywood star's official account, including his tweet in support of the strikers, the appearance of a parody account or one of the many celebrity impersonators found on Twitter.
On Wednesday, @DannyDevito expressed solidarity with striking Nabisco workers.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) August 19, 2021
“NO CONTRACTS NO SNACKS,” he tweeted.
Today, Twitter stripped him of his verified status, DeVito confirmed to More Perfect Union. pic.twitter.com/rbYfM90sOs
So I guess the Danny DeVito thing means verification is just leverage that Twitter uses to keep celebrities from circulating unauthorized ideas among the rabble?
— Caitlin Johnstone (@caitoz) August 20, 2021
DeVito's fans and people standing in support with the striking workers had questions for Twitter about its decision to strip DeVito's account of verified status.
So on Danny DeVito losing verification because he stated solidarity with striking workers at Nabisco...
— Tristan Snell (@TristanSnell) August 20, 2021
Does this mean @Twitter and @Jack are now officially punishing anyone on here who takes a stance against a particular large company?
If you don't reply, we'll assume "yes."
Many have assumed it's a direct response to DeVito's tweet about the strike, with Twitter user @xlchimeralx pointing out that many of the large shareholders in Twitter are also large shareholders in Nabisco's parent company Mondelez.
— Drako the Sheepy (@xlchimeralx) August 20, 2021
Twitter unverified Danny DeVito for supporting strikers but they’re okay with Marjorie Taylor Greene equating vaccination passports to the Holocaust and Lauren Boebert praising the Taliban.
— Meredith (@meralee727) August 19, 2021
Danny was a legend before they were born and he’ll be a legend long after they’re gone.
Is it true Danny Devito lost his blue check for supporting fair pay, outsourcing jobs, & humane working hours? Just curious @Twitter https://t.co/WoWhwDxx4c
— ?st (@questlove) August 20, 2021
DeVito's blue checkmark was quietly reinstated. However, as many on Twitter have now pointed out, the news of Devito's de-verification going viral has massively increased awareness, and support, of the Nabisco strike, and the numbers only seem to be increasing.
A Twitter spokesperson told the Daily Dot that DeVito's account was "debadged temporarily because the account’s information was incomplete," meaning that it required the confirmation of an email address or phone number.
Danny Devito was de-verfied for on twitter for showing solidarity with Nabisco workers so now THATS become the story driving more people to learn about the Nabisco strikes so just bang up job protecting corporate interests there Twitter
— Windows 98 Tech Support (@Win98Tech) August 19, 2021
Hoooooonestly, I didn't even know about it until I clicked on Danny DeVito fearing the worst. Now I know and after leaving this message, I will be doing research on it. I hope the workers get what they need. So, this trend actually helped.
— CMR (@Crazymanrobert) August 20, 2021
Introducing my new deep left conspiracy theory that jack is pro unions and did this purposefully to promote it
— Miriam 'fuckng' Undertale (@miwiamundertale) August 20, 2021
