‘Out of context’ Twitter accounts are turning into protest accounts

The “out of context bojack horseman” account usually tweets memes and screenshots to its nearly 180,000 Twitter followers. But recently, the account’s feed has looked a lot different: it’s listed bail funds for people to donate to, posted advice on safely protesting, and amplified black voices fighting against police brutality.

Over the past week, the creators behind fan accounts like out of context bojack horseman (179.5K followers), Adult Swim Out Of Context (25.3K followers), Victorious Out Of Context (130K followers), Futurama No Context (21.3K followers), and john mulaney out of context (154.7K followers) have hit pause on sharing screencaps and started encouraging followers to make donations and pay attention to the ongoing…

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