Substack Bans Will Smith!
Substack Bans Will Smith!
Newsletter platform also cancels J.K. Rowling, deletes controversial April Fools Day post
EARTH, Calif. (Apr. 1, 2022) – Substack Inc., the internet’s most trusted source of information and disinformation, has taken the unprecedented step of banning one of its most prominent newsletter publishers, the Oscar-winning actor Will Smith.
This is the most significant punishment received by Mr. Smith for slapping presenter Chris Rock at the Academy Awards this past Sunday night. The attack was witnessed live by a stunned worldwide audience of dozens of people and subsequently by the entire internet.
Substack’s new VP for First Amendment Operations, P.D.Q. Murdoch, explained, “People have this mistaken impression that Substack is a limitless paradise of free speech absolutism. Well, there are lines. And Mr. Smith crossed one.
Ms. Murdoch added, “There will be no appeals from this decision. There will be no criticism of this decision. That is all.”
In related news, Chris Rock has started a newsletter on Substack.
Also, the cancellation of J.K. Rowling for promoting witchcraft and wizardry on Substack was upheld by a 5-4 vote of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Happy April Fools1 Day!
Wikipedia will have you believe that the holiday is called “April Fools’ Day” or “April Fool’s Day.” Wikipedia is wrong. The apostrophe was cancelled years ago.