Billie Eilish fans say they're responsible for the suspension of a Twitter user accused of sexually

Publish date: 2024-07-02
2019-06-26T17:17:17Z

Billie Eilish fans helped successfully suspend a Twitter user on Wednesday who they felt made sexually objectifying comments about the young singer

On Saturday, Twitter user @PogbaEscobar posted photos of Eilish in a tank top, calling the 17-year-old singer "thick." He also included other photos of Eilish in a subsequent post defending his actions, saying that the teenage singer was "not a minor" and highlighting suggestive lyrics of Eilish's that he felt were also sexualizing in nature. 

—k (@PogbaEscobar) June 23, 2019—k (@PogbaEscobar) June 23, 2019—k (@PogbaEscobar) June 23, 2019

 

The backlash against @PogbaEscobar was pretty swift, with thousands of users commenting on the posts mentioned above, urging him to delete them and denouncing him for sexualizing the teenage Eilish. Adding insult to injury was the fact that Eilish had previously said in interviews that she purposefully avoids wearing form-fitting clothing to avoid being sexualized. 

Read more: A guy called Billie Eilish 'thick,' and outraged fans are calling him out for sexually objectifying the singer

In addition to expressing their anger at @PogbaEscobar for making comments about Eilish's body, some fans took it a step further and reported the account for posting the images, urging others to do the same. 

—Sami Zila (@SRZila) June 25, 2019—War.Strength (@war_strength) June 25, 2019—yoyoyohane! ↜(`∇´)ψ (@yoyoyohane1) June 24, 2019—A.🦋/#SeñoritaOutNow/#WeLoveYouHoseok (@_TrulyMendes_) June 23, 2019

 

On Monday afternoon, the user shared via his "backup" account (created around the same time he posted the photos of Eilish) that his main account, @PogbaEscobar, had been suspended. He called it "the end of [a] reign."

—K (@lod307) June 24, 2019

 

The user previously said that some truly outraged fans were even sending him death threats and threats of sexual violence because of his decision to post the photos. The original tweet calling Eilish "thick" has since been deleted or removed from @PogbaEscobar's account, although the subsequent tweets remain. 

Eilish fans were quick to flood his backup account with clapbacks too, calling the user a "sexual predator." 

—abigail the teenage witch (@squirrelthot) June 25, 2019—aenubis ✨Dm/Message to buy Content ✨ (@aenubis1) June 25, 2019

 

Screenshots posted from fans who reported the original @PogbaEscobar account show that the user was suspended for "posting violent threats" and "violating [Twitter] rules against hateful conduct." 

—tati. 🍯🌸 (@TatiLovesOnika) June 25, 2019—Mauricio Moreno (@moorey_moreno) June 25, 2019—Lizzy Jamieson (@diamonddarkwood) June 25, 2019

 

Twitter declined to comment for this article.

It remains unclear if @PogbaEscobar's suspension was solely the result of outraged Billie Eilish fans, although Twitter's support center says that the site "may suspend an account if it has been reported to us as violating our Rules surrounding abuse."

"When an account engages in abusive behavior, like sending threats to others or impersonating other accounts, we may suspend it temporarily or, in some cases, permanently," the site said

Twitter's rules stipulate that it has "zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation" on the site, and that hateful conduct (which promotes violence against others, per Twitter) and abuse/harassment (which "includes wishing or hoping that someone experiences physical harm) are not allowed on the site. 

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