Jason Hardy Admin Featured Post
10 hours ago
Hi Everyone,
These last few weeks have been some of the most exciting times for us here at MeWe. Millions of you have joined and managing this remarkable growth created temporary challenges for our team and infrastructure. In the midst of this chaotic environment while moving at a frenetic pace to keep up, we made a communication mistake.
A MeWe employee tweeted a reply from MeWe's Twitter account to a journalist who had initiated contact with MeWe via email and Twitter, because they had identified some MeWe groups and members who were making violent threats - in clear violation of MeWe's TOS.
Our employee was supposed to reply that MeWe, as always, is investigating and taking action against TOS-violators, but the reply stated we were deleting certain kinds of groups from our platform [regardless of the content they post], and asked for assistance finding them. It was an incorrect message that came during a time of immense pressure and scrutiny by organizations attempting to shut down our platform, which has been a safe place for people and communities of all stripes ever since MeWe launched in 2016.
We quickly deleted the tweet. MeWe has members of all political opinions and walks of life - united in the commitment to civil discourse and democratic principles that it is safe and honorable to agree or disagree!
We apologize that this misstated Tweet gave the wrong impression to so many of you. We will continue to strictly enforce our Terms of Service which prohibit violence and violent threats. We do not have political litmus tests at MeWe and welcome peaceful views and discussion from all sides and are committed to enforcing the rules fairly, regardless of political affiliation. The internet needs to protect free speech and we want to continue to be a champion of peaceful free speech, for people of all stripes around the world.
We are nothing without the trust of our members and groups. Thank you for your support, graciousness, and patience. We are growing quickly and are bound to make some mistakes along the way but we want to own them when we do. Our sincerest apologies for this misstep. We are working hard every day to get better and make MeWe the best social media experience for all of our awesome members.
-Jason