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After McLean's tweet was reported for hate speech, Twitter initially decided that it [[:File:Sonicfox2.png|did not break their rules]]. Only after continued protest and many more reports did Twitter react, by removing the tweet and issuing SonicFox a mere 24-hour ban.

In late 2019, a social media trend dubbed "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" started, in which trans activists would pose with a weapon (baseball bat, sword, machete, or the like), sometimes preparing to strike or showing them mid-strike, taken as a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point-of-view_shot point-of-view (POV) shot] and captioned with the phrase "POV you're a TERF in my mentions" or variations thereof.<ref name=pov-terf/> The pictures are supposed to represent the point-of-view (POV) of a "TERF" being assaulted by the depicted person. In other words, women called "TERF" who look at the pictures are supposed to imagine themselves being violently assaulted.

=== Real-life vandalism, harassment, and assaults ===

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|title=Celebrity TERF Ronda Rousey to play Sonya Blade in Mortal Kombat 11

|website=reddit

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{{cite web

|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191019184351/https://radfemrebecca.wordpress.com/2019/10/06/terfinmymentions/amp/

|title=“This is what I want to do to you” – Dissecting the ‘POV ur a TERF in my mentions’ trend.

|author=Rebecca

|date=October 6, 2019

|website=radfemrebecca.wordpress.com

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