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Is this a response to J.K. Rowling's concerns a few days ago? Three people supporting trans rights took a photo in the front of her house, showing the address, and published it on Twitter. In a Twitter thread published by Rowling, she mentions people reporting it to Twitter Support helped to get it removed [1].

[1] https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1462758324177444870 or backup: https://www.rowlingindex.org/work/ttfaddr/

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Public figures are exempt from the policy.

In this case it counts as trying to silence her so it would likely be removed. https://blog.twitter.com/en_us/topics/company/2021/private-i...

Is there a definition of a public figure? Is writing a book enough? Is having an opinion enough? Is stepping out of the house enough for a public figure to be photographed and published about?

More likely it is a response to Andy Ngo, Project Veritas, and accounts like Libs of TikTok.

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