Elon Musk retweeted The Daily Wire’s groundbreaking documentary “What Is A Woman?” early Friday, after his own social media platform undermined its airing on Twitter hours earlier with a barrage of restrictions.
The Daily Wire posted the groundbreaking, 90-minute documentary starring Matt Walsh on Twitter Thursday night to mark the one-year anniversary of its release. But while the billionaire tech mogul was in China, the people running the platform he bought for $44 billion last November were threatening to brand the documentary as “hate speech” and to restrict its visibility because of two instances of supposed “misgendering.” Once apprised of the situation, Musk insisted that it had been a mistake, but when the film went live, it was saddled with restrictions.
Early Friday, Twitter’s tag restricting the visibility of “What is a Woman?” was removed allowing Twitter users to like and retweet the documentary, and Musk tweeted out the film to his 140 million followers.
“Every parent should watch this,” Musk wrote.
Every parent should watch this https://t.co/pIp6UP6vq8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) June 2, 2023
The film received over 1 million views within three hours of airing, and after the boost from Musk’s Twitter account early Friday, it soared almost immediately to over 9 million views.
At issue was a father referring to his own daughter with feminine pronouns despite her identifying as transgender, and a storeowner addressing a hulking city councilman who also claimed to be female with a masculine pronoun.
Musk, who on Thursday said the film was “definitely allowed” under the platform’s rules, later responded to a tweet from Walsh noting that, despite the film not appearing in users’ feeds, being flagged by Twitter as “hate speech,” and being barred from the platform’s trending list, it had still garnered massive numbers of views.
“Will be fixed tomorrow,” Musk replied.
Walsh responded to Musk’s tweet promoting the documentary Friday, thanking Musk.
“Wow. Thank you, Elon. We really appreciate it,” Walsh said.
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Wow. Thank you, Elon. We really appreciate it. https://t.co/jaMnmfqARl
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) June 2, 2023
The groundbreaking documentary released last summer was watched by people in over 70 countries, even as legacy media reviewers ignored the film and its effect on the culture. Soon after its release, “What is a Woman?” became the most watched movie at home, according to Rotten Tomatoes, which also showed that audiences scored the film with a 97% rating.
The documentary arguably sparked a movement to protect children from the harmful effects of sex change procedures. Following the film’s release and Walsh’s subsequent rallies and events speaking out about the potentially tragic consequences of so-called “gender-affirming” care, at least a dozen states have banned transgender surgeries on minors.