Not long ago, someone tweeted the following from Willow Smith’s @OfficialWillow Twitter account:
So Chris Brown is going to prison now breaking a window at ABC, but he didnt go for hurting Rihanna?
The tweet has since been deleted, but it’s burning up the Twittersphere.
The first question people are asking is: Is it real? Was Willow’s account hacked? Did someone else send the tweet on her behalf?
The second question folks are asking is: If the tweet was real, was it appropriate?
I’ll have more on this in a little bit.
Update | It’s been suggested that the link in the Willow tweet may contain a virus or phishing attempt. I’ve cut it out of my version of the tweet until that’s resolved.
Morning Update | Late last night someone used Willow’s Twitter account to put out a denial that the tweet came from them. So it’s clear that the account was hacked, and folks should avoid clicking the link in the original tweet.
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March 24, 2011 at 2:51 pm
chris902
Why would anyone suggest that it was inappropriate?
March 24, 2011 at 4:00 pm
Angus Johnston
There was a lot of chatter on Twitter last night that because Willow is so young (she’s just ten and a half), she shouldn’t be making public statements like this.
Of course, now that we’ve learned she DIDN’T make a public statement like this, it’s pretty much moot, but I found the impulse to shut her up on the basis of her age really interesting.