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Line 98: − − ==Prominence== − In its early days Republicans ere more adept at utilizing Twitter than Democrats. Republicans occupy 18 of the top 20 spots in terms of followers for politicians on Twitter as of January 2010.<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/blogs/lachlan-markay/2010/01/14/study-twitter-republicans-dominate-dems Study: On Twitter, Republicans Dominate Dems, NewsBusters.org, January 14, 2010]</ref> The study, "Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress,"<ref>[http://www.eyeonfda.com/files/twongress-white-paper-final-1-14-10.pdf Twongress: The Power of Twitter in Congress (PDF), Eyeonfda.com, January 2010]</ref> showed twice as many Republicans use Twitter even though there were far fewer Republicans in Congress at the time. ''"Republican (members of Congress) are outpacing their Democratic rivals in nearly every single category that was measured"'' <ref>[https://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/01/15/republicans-gain-twitter-edge-democrats-study/ Republicans Gain the Twitter Edge on Democrats, Study Shows, Fox News, January 15, 2010]</ref> This has ushered a markedly different trend for Republicans, who for years have been outmatched by Democrats online. − − ===Conservatives on Twitter=== − Conservatives dominate on Twitter.<ref>[http://psychcentral.com/news/2011/07/22/conservatives-won-2010-twitter-battle/27982.html Conservatives Won 2010 Twitter Battle, PsychCentral, July 22, 2011]</ref> Some observers claim that liberals, who use wordy statements, have a hard time explaining themselves in 140 characters but it is to a conservative's advantage to articulate short and concise messages. Conservative words and phrases constantly make the top trending hashtags. As such, [[liberal tools]] are employed such as false flagging an account in large numbers.<ref>[http://www.examiner.com/article/report-angry-liberals-abusing-twitter-features-to-silence-conservatives, Report: Angry liberals abusing Twitter features to silence conservatives, Examiner.com, April 30, 2012]{{dead link}}</ref><ref>[http://www.stumpreport.com/990911-twitter-bans-another-conservative-account Twitter Bans Conservative Account, The Stump Report, August 10, 2011]</ref> This results in the banning of popular conservatives, commonly referred to as Twitter's Gulag. − − Conservative dominance was especially troubling for the campaign of [[Barack Obama]]. The Obama campaign loved to take full advantage of social networking to get their message out to the masses. Nearly every time Team Obama promoted a hashtag, such as #dontdoublemyrate, conservatives would hijack the message.<ref>[https://www.theblaze.com/stories/gen44-conservatives-usurp-obamas-twitter-hashtag-again/ #GEN44: CONSERVATIVES USURP OBAMA’S TWITTER HASHTAG…AGAIN, The Blaze, March 25, 2012]</ref> A quick search would result in thousands of satirical responding tweets drowning out the Obama campaign's message with mockery. − − Twitter's head Jack Dorsey has admitted that his company is "left-leaning."<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 20, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/29829-twitter-admits-leaning-left-denies-censoring-conservatives Twitter Admits Leaning Left; Denies Censoring Conservatives]. ''The New American''. Retrieved August 25, 2018.</ref> − − Notably, Twitter banned conservative [[James Woods]] for a mild comment in relation to the extreme unpunished statements made frequently by letists.<ref>Multiple references: − *Wulfsohn, Joseph A. (May 4, 2019). [https://www.lifezette.com/2019/05/conservative-james-woods-locked-out-of-twitter-other-figures-banned-by-facebook/ Conservative James Woods Locked Out of Twitter, Other Figures Banned by Facebook]. ''LifeZette''. Retrieved May 4, 2019. − *Caruso, Justin (May 3, 2019). [https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/05/03/james-woods-banned-from-twitter-amid-silicon-valleys-conservative-blacklisting-campaign/ James Woods Banned from Twitter Amid Silicon Valley’s Conservative Blacklisting Campaign]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved May 4, 2019.</ref> The site blocked numerous other conservative figures.<ref>Multiple references: − *Morton, Victor (May 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/7/david-horowitz-twitter-account-suspended/ Twitter suspends conservative activist David Horowitz]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 7, 2019. − *Ernst, Douglas (May 7, 2019). [https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/may/7/jack-posobiec-magaphobia-twitter-account-for-track/ Twitter suspends Jack Posobiec's @MAGAphobia account for tracking violence against Trump supporters]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved May 7, 2019.</ref> − [[File:Tarrio-600x352.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Racist Twitter Admins permanently banned a Black Cuban GOP congressional candidate.]] − ===Racist administrators=== − [[Racist]] Twitter administrators banned a pro-Trump [[African American|Afro]]-[[Cuba]]n [[GOP]] congressional candidate. Enrique Tarrio was permanently suspended by the digital platform without reason.<ref>https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/11/afro-cuban-gop-candidate-for-congress-banned-from-twitter/</ref> − Tarrio said in a statement, − {{quotebox-float|[[Big-tech]] has proven once again cannot be trusted with [[election]]s. The seat I am running for is extremely winnable. I am the front-runner in the GOP primary and they are clearly trying to silence our campaign in favor of [[Never Trumper]]s. − − The mountain we have to climb to get through this primary and then defeat our [[Democrat]] opponent in the general election is made that much more difficult. Regardless, I will not relent and I will make sure we remained focused on implementing the America First agenda.”}} − ===Shadow banning=== − {{main|Shadow banning}} − − Several Twitter engineers were filmed admitting to the practice of shadow banning by Project Veritas.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64gTjdUrDFQ HIDDEN CAMERA: Twitter Engineers To "Ban a Way of Talking" Through "Shadow Banning"]</ref> Many examples exist of Twitter banning or temporarily blocking conservative individuals.<ref>Kirkwood, R. Cort (August 17, 2018). [https://www.thenewamerican.com/tech/computers/item/29807-twitter-still-silencing-the-right Twitter Still Silencing the Right?] ''The New American''. Retrieved August 17, 2018.</ref>
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===Russia-Ukraine war===
===Russia-Ukraine war===
{{See also|Russia-Ukraine war}}
{{See also|Russia-Ukraine war}}
==The Jack Dorsey years==
==The Jack Dorsey years==