The breadth of censorship is staggering. In a study released Monday, the Media Research Center reported that since 2018, Twitter has “censored, suppressed and limited” the accounts of President Trump and his campaign 543 times, denying the platform’s 330 million users unfettered access to the president’s messages. Just since Dec. 14, Trump-associated accounts have been slapped with warning labels 57 times. The number of occasions Twitter has docked Mr. Biden and his team: zero.
The watchdog report cites two recent Trump tweets: One message refers to a judge’s order for the release of an audit of Dominion Voting Systems machines, suspected of tabulation irregularities in Michigan. The other is a link to the audit itself. Twitter labeled both as disputed claims. Obviously, a court-ordered audit is no fiction, but censors stamped it as unreliable simply because Mr. Trump publicized it.
The breadth of censorship is staggering. In a study released Monday, the Media Research Center reported that since 2018, Twitter has “censored, suppressed and limited” the accounts of President Trump and his campaign 543 times, denying the platform’s 330 million users unfettered access to the president’s messages. Just since Dec. 14, Trump-associated accounts have been slapped with warning labels 57 times. The number of occasions Twitter has docked Mr. Biden and his team: zero.
The watchdog report cites two recent Trump tweets: One message refers to a judge’s order for the release of an audit of Dominion Voting Systems machines, suspected of tabulation irregularities in Michigan. The other is a link to the audit itself. Twitter labeled both as disputed claims. Obviously, a court-ordered audit is no fiction, but censors stamped it as unreliable simply because Mr. Trump publicized it.
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