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[[File:Agrawai_tweet.PNG|right|160px|thumb|Parag - New chief at Twitter in 2021<ref>Alexander Hall, [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/11/29/bad-worse-conservatives-slam-incoming-leftist-twitter From Bad to Worse! Conservatives SLAM Incoming Leftist Twitter CEO], News Busters, Nov 29, 2021</ref>]]
[[File:Agrawai_tweet.PNG|right|160px|thumb|Parag - New chief at Twitter in 2021<ref>Alexander Hall, [https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alexander-hall/2021/11/29/bad-worse-conservatives-slam-incoming-leftist-twitter From Bad to Worse! Conservatives SLAM Incoming Leftist Twitter CEO], News Busters, Nov 29, 2021</ref>]]
'''Twitter, Inc.''' is a [[liberal]]-controlled [[Big Tech]] social networking tool that rapidly emerged as a new medium of online [[news]] distribution. The free microblogging [[website]], where users can submit messages containing 140 characters or less to their followers, was co-founded by [[Jack Dorsey]] and Evan Williams. ''Twitter'' is a privately funded startup established by Obvious.com in [[San Francisco]], on March 21, 2006.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/21/happy-birthday-twitter/ Happy Birthday Twitter!] Mashable</ref><ref>[http://cellphones.about.com/od/textmessaging/a/twittertexting.htm Twitter: Free Microblogging Service Perhaps the Perfect Mobile Blogging Tool, About.com, August 16, 2008]</ref> Official Twitter policy is supportive of anarcho-Marxism, is intolerant of dissidence (see [[liberal censorship]]), and lacks diversity of opinion. As of mid-2020 Twitter has enjoyed [[Section 230]] immunity from prosecution for its election interference and other abuses, as well as [[monopoly]] control. There is widespread discontent over Twitter's abuses of the public trust. It has been characterized as the "Wuhan wet market of ideas."<ref>https://youtu.be/DdYwUdRukV4</ref> Dorsey eventually resigned from running the site, although his replacement was even more radical than him. Dorsey's successor clearly stated that he was against the First Amendment and against freedom of speech.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaJvT1c4XGE Parag Agrawal, Twitter's CEO, is SICK of All These Uncensored Opinions! | Louder With Crowder]</ref>
'''Twitter, Inc.''' is a [[Big Tech]] social networking tool, controlled until recently by liberals ([[Twitter#Sale to Elon Musk|see below]]), that rapidly emerged as a new medium of online [[news]] distribution. The free microblogging [[website]], where users can submit messages containing 140 characters or less to their followers, was co-founded by [[Jack Dorsey]] and Evan Williams. ''Twitter'' is a privately funded startup established by Obvious.com in [[San Francisco]], on March 21, 2006.<ref>[http://mashable.com/2009/03/21/happy-birthday-twitter/ Happy Birthday Twitter!] Mashable</ref><ref>[http://cellphones.about.com/od/textmessaging/a/twittertexting.htm Twitter: Free Microblogging Service Perhaps the Perfect Mobile Blogging Tool, About.com, August 16, 2008]</ref> Under liberal control, official Twitter policy was supportive of anarcho-Marxism, was intolerant of dissidence (see [[liberal censorship]]), and lacked diversity of opinion. As of mid-2020 Twitter has enjoyed [[Section 230]] immunity from prosecution for its election interference and other abuses, as well as [[monopoly]] control. There has been widespread discontent over Twitter's abuses of the public trust under its previous liberal ownership. It has been characterized as the "Wuhan wet market of ideas."<ref>https://youtu.be/DdYwUdRukV4</ref> Dorsey eventually resigned from running the site, although his replacement was even more radical than him. Dorsey's successor clearly stated that he was against the First Amendment and against freedom of speech.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaJvT1c4XGE Parag Agrawal, Twitter's CEO, is SICK of All These Uncensored Opinions! | Louder With Crowder]</ref>
In 2022, entrepreneur/free speech advocate [[Elon Musk]] attempted to salvage the project which still has a reported liquidating value of $43 billion.
In 2022, entrepreneur/free speech advocate [[Elon Musk]] attempted to salvage the project which still has a reported liquidating value of $43 billion.
Per 2011 figures, they are a fast growing company with over 200 million registered users worldwide, with an average of 65 million tweets daily.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748703716904576134543029279426-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwOTEwNDkyWj.html Twitter as Tech Bubble Barometer, Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2011]</ref> As of 2009, the major search engines integrated tweets into the search results. Twitter achieved its first profits by signing search engine contracts with Google and [[Bing]].<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091220_549879.htm Content-Search Deals Make Twitter Profitable, BusinessWeek, December 21, 2009]</ref> The company has an enormous market capitalization of 10-15 billion dollars. Twitter has rejected takeover offers worth hundreds of millions of dollars from [[Google]] and [[Facebook]].
Per 2011 figures, they are a fast growing company with over 200 million registered users worldwide, with an average of 65 million tweets daily.<ref>[http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748703716904576134543029279426-lMyQjAxMTAxMDAwOTEwNDkyWj.html Twitter as Tech Bubble Barometer, Wall Street Journal, February 10, 2011]</ref> As of 2009, the major search engines integrated tweets into the search results. Twitter achieved its first profits by signing search engine contracts with Google and [[Bing]].<ref>[http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2009/tc20091220_549879.htm Content-Search Deals Make Twitter Profitable, BusinessWeek, December 21, 2009]</ref> The company has an enormous market capitalization of 10-15 billion dollars. Twitter has rejected takeover offers worth hundreds of millions of dollars from [[Google]] and [[Facebook]].
Many celebrities, national sports figures and members of [[Congress]] <ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Members_of_Congress_who_Twitter Members of Congress who Twitter] Source Watch Encyclopedia</ref> have verified Twitter accounts and anybody can follow their posts.
Many celebrities, national sports figures and members of [[Congress]]<ref>[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Members_of_Congress_who_Twitter Members of Congress who Twitter] Source Watch Encyclopedia</ref> have verified Twitter accounts and anybody can follow their posts.
The site became such a popular destination that new news articles about Twitter appeared daily. In fact, one tweet by Daniel Knight Hayden, 52, which stated that he would massacre hundreds attending an Oklahoma City [[Tax Day Tea Party]] led to him being arrested by the FBI.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10227769-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats] CNet, April 26, 2009</ref> Tweets of popular celebrities and politicians have also been commented on in the [[mainstream media]].
The site became such a popular destination that new news articles about Twitter appeared daily. In fact, one tweet by Daniel Knight Hayden, 52, which stated that he would massacre hundreds attending an Oklahoma City [[Tax Day Tea Party]] led to him being arrested by the FBI.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10227769-93.html?tag=newsEditorsPicksArea.0 FBI accuses Twitter user of massacre threats] CNet, April 26, 2009</ref> Tweets of popular celebrities and politicians have also been commented on in the [[mainstream media]].
Twitter allows graphic images of [[child pornography]] and [[child sex trade|child sex trafficking]] on its platform.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/twitter-sued-for-allegedly-refusing-to-remove-child-porn/</ref>
Under liberal control, Twitter allowed graphic images of [[child pornography]] and [[child sex trade|child sex trafficking]] on its platform.<ref>https://nypost.com/2021/01/21/twitter-sued-for-allegedly-refusing-to-remove-child-porn/</ref>
==Sale to Elon Musk==
==Sale to Elon Musk==
==Prominence==
==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.
In its early days Republicans were 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 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.
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.
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>
Twitter's then-head Jack Dorsey admitted that his company was "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:
Notably, Twitter banned conservative [[James Woods]] for a mild comment in relation to the extreme unpunished statements made frequently by leftists.<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.
*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:
*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:
For the first time in [[American history]] social media companies took [[direct action]] against a major U.S. publisher,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-and-facebooks-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press_3540670.html</ref> ''[[The New York Post]]'' when it published a story on [[Biden-Burisma]] scandal.<ref>*https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/<br>*https://youtu.be/r4Kcc7a114I<br>*https://youtu.be/89ByR-vrnc4</ref> ''The Post'' is among the top five newspapers by circulation in the United States. Twitter locked the account of the ''New York Post'', banning the paper from posting any content at all. ''The Post's'' remained locked out of its account for 16 days. account remained locked.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/twitter-capitulates-reinstates-nypost-account-after-16-day-suspension</ref> These actions raised serious questions about many social media platforms future [[Section 230]] immunity status.
For the first time in [[American history]] social media companies took [[direct action]] against a major U.S. publisher,<ref>https://www.theepochtimes.com/twitter-and-facebooks-assault-on-freedom-of-the-press_3540670.html</ref> ''[[The New York Post]]'' when it published a story on [[Biden-Burisma]] scandal.<ref>*https://nypost.com/2020/10/14/email-reveals-how-hunter-biden-introduced-ukrainian-biz-man-to-dad/<br>*https://youtu.be/r4Kcc7a114I<br>*https://youtu.be/89ByR-vrnc4</ref> ''The Post'' is among the top five newspapers by circulation in the United States. Twitter locked the account of the ''New York Post'', banning the paper from posting any content at all. ''The Post's'' remained locked out of its account for 16 days. account remained locked.<ref>https://www.zerohedge.com/political/twitter-capitulates-reinstates-nypost-account-after-16-day-suspension</ref> These actions raised serious questions about many social media platforms future [[Section 230]] immunity status.
Twitter and Facebook interfered in the 2020 presidential election by blocking links to the article.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/14/election-interference-facebook-suppressing-new-york-post-bombshell-story-of-damaging-hunter-biden-emails/</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/10/14/bookmark-todays-date-big-tech-has-crossed-the-event-horizon-to-protect-joe-biden/</ref> Twitter and Facebook both have many foreign stockholders.<ref>"Finalized January of 2011, the transaction included a $450 million investment from Goldman Sachs, $50 million from DST, and $1 billion from unnamed foreign investors." http://whoownsfacebook.com/#Goldman<br>*https://qz.com/519388/this-saudi-prince-now-owns-more-of-twitter-than-jack-dorsey-does/</ref> Twitter banned people who posted ''The New York Post'' story,<ref>https://www.wnd.com/2020/10/twitter-now-banning-users-posting-ny-post-story-hunter-biden/</ref> including [[White House]] Press Secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]] for sharing the article,<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/twitter-bans-white-house-press-secretary-for-sharing-hunter-and-joe-biden-corruption-article/</ref> locked the Trump Campaign account less than 3 weeks before the 2020 Presidential election.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/politics/2020/10/15/twitter-locks-trump-campaign-account-less-than-3-weeks-before-presidential-election/</ref> Rep. [[Jim Jordan]] posted the Biden-Burisma story on a federal government website after Twitter censored the House Judiciary GOP, at which point the link was promptly censored by Twitter.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/jim-jordan-posts-hunter-biden-burisma-story-twitter-censors-house-judiciary-gop/</ref> [[Wikipedia]] editors censored the [[Hunter Biden]] bombshell, and called the ''New York Post'' an ‘unreliable’ source.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/wikipedia-editors-censor-hunter-biden-bombshell-call-new-york-post-unreliable-source/</ref> [[Google]] also was reported to be meddling in [[U.S. Senate]] elections.<ref>https://patriotdailypress.org/2020/10/13/google-researcher-warns-google-may-be-shifting-power-to-flip-senate/</ref> The [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] announced that Twitter CEO [[Jack Dorsey]] would be [[subpoena]]ed to explain the meddling.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/senate-judiciary-committee-will-subpoena-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-over-ny-post-censorship/</ref> Former [[James Comey]] general counsel [[James A. Baker (DOJ)]], who was complicit in the [[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate]] and [[FISA abuse]] scandals, is Twitter's lead counsel.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/twitter-hires-former-fbi-chief-counsel-as-deputy-lawyer/</ref> The [[RNC]] made a formal complaint to the [[Federal Elections Commission]] which reads in part,
Twitter and Facebook interfered in the [[2020 presidential election]] by blocking links to the article.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/14/election-interference-facebook-suppressing-new-york-post-bombshell-story-of-damaging-hunter-biden-emails/</ref><ref>https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2020/10/14/bookmark-todays-date-big-tech-has-crossed-the-event-horizon-to-protect-joe-biden/</ref> Twitter and Facebook both had many foreign stockholders.<ref>"Finalized January of 2011, the transaction included a $450 million investment from Goldman Sachs, $50 million from DST, and $1 billion from unnamed foreign investors." http://whoownsfacebook.com/#Goldman<br>*https://qz.com/519388/this-saudi-prince-now-owns-more-of-twitter-than-jack-dorsey-does/</ref> Twitter banned people who posted ''The New York Post'' story,<ref>https://www.wnd.com/2020/10/twitter-now-banning-users-posting-ny-post-story-hunter-biden/</ref> including [[White House]] Press Secretary [[Kayleigh McEnany]] for sharing the article,<ref>https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/15/twitter-bans-white-house-press-secretary-for-sharing-hunter-and-joe-biden-corruption-article/</ref> locked the Trump Campaign account less than 3 weeks before the 2020 Presidential election.<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/news/politics/2020/10/15/twitter-locks-trump-campaign-account-less-than-3-weeks-before-presidential-election/</ref> Rep. Jim Jordan posted the Biden-Burisma story on a federal government website after Twitter censored the House Judiciary GOP, at which point the link was promptly censored by Twitter.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/jim-jordan-posts-hunter-biden-burisma-story-twitter-censors-house-judiciary-gop/</ref> [[Wikipedia]] editors censored the [[Hunter Biden]] bombshell, and called the ''New York Post'' an ‘unreliable’ source.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/wikipedia-editors-censor-hunter-biden-bombshell-call-new-york-post-unreliable-source/</ref> [[Google]] also was reported to be meddling in [[U.S. Senate]] elections.<ref>https://patriotdailypress.org/2020/10/13/google-researcher-warns-google-may-be-shifting-power-to-flip-senate/</ref> The [[Senate Judiciary Committee]] announced that Twitter CEO [[Jack Dorsey]] would be [[subpoena]]ed to explain the meddling.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/15/senate-judiciary-committee-will-subpoena-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-over-ny-post-censorship/</ref> Former [[James Comey]] general counsel [[James A. Baker (DOJ)]], who was complicit in the [[Obamagate timeline|Obamagate]] and [[FISA abuse]] scandals, is Twitter's lead counsel.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/06/16/twitter-hires-former-fbi-chief-counsel-as-deputy-lawyer/</ref> The [[RNC]] made a formal complaint to the [[Federal Elections Commission]] which reads in part,
{{quotebox-float|"Respondent’s feud with President Trump is well known, as are its frequent efforts to censor the President’s tweets and the “shadow banning” of prominent Republicans, including RNC’s Chair, [[Ronna McDaniel]], and several Republican Members of Congress. Respondent’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, and other senior executives are prolific donors to the Democrat party and other left-wing causes, with 98.7% of the company’s total political contributions going to Democrats. In addition, there appears to be a revolving door between the Biden campaign and the company, with Respondent’s Public Policy Director recently leaving to join the Biden transition team and [[Senator Kamala Harris]]’s former Press Secretary now serving as Respondent’s Senior Communications Manager."<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/480341244/RNC-Complaint-Against-Twitter-Inc-Web#from_embed</ref>}}
{{quotebox-float|"Respondent’s feud with President Trump is well known, as are its frequent efforts to censor the President’s tweets and the “shadow banning” of prominent Republicans, including RNC’s Chair, [[Ronna McDaniel]], and several Republican Members of Congress. Respondent’s CEO, Jack Dorsey, and other senior executives are prolific donors to the Democrat party and other left-wing causes, with 98.7% of the company’s total political contributions going to Democrats. In addition, there appears to be a revolving door between the Biden campaign and the company, with Respondent’s Public Policy Director recently leaving to join the Biden transition team and [[Senator Kamala Harris]]’s former Press Secretary now serving as Respondent’s Senior Communications Manager."<ref>https://www.scribd.com/document/480341244/RNC-Complaint-Against-Twitter-Inc-Web#from_embed</ref>}}
Twitter failed to act on a viral message posted on its platform containing a doctored image purporting to be a text message between [[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Ivanka Trump]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/21/twitter-allows-rachel-maddow-and-an-army-of-leftists-to-spread-rudy-giuliani-misinformation/</ref> The ''New York Post'', [[Gateway Pundit]]'', and Big League Politics all were placed on Twitter's suspension hit lit the final week before election day.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/big-league-politics-gateway-pundit-new-york-post-among-news-outlets-placed-on-twitter-suspension-weeks-before-election/</ref>
Twitter failed to act on a viral message posted on its platform containing a doctored image purporting to be a text message between [[Rudy Giuliani]] and [[Ivanka Trump]].<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/10/21/twitter-allows-rachel-maddow-and-an-army-of-leftists-to-spread-rudy-giuliani-misinformation/</ref> The ''New York Post'', [[Gateway Pundit]]'', and Big League Politics all were placed on Twitter's suspension hit list the final week before election day.<ref>https://bigleaguepolitics.com/big-league-politics-gateway-pundit-new-york-post-among-news-outlets-placed-on-twitter-suspension-weeks-before-election/</ref>
====Violations of Section 230====
====Violations of Section 230====
{{see also|Social media censorship}}
In May 2020, Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey came under heavy criticism for the company's recent decision to begin inserting "fact-checking" links into the tweets made by President Trump, with the company claiming those tweets to be "misleading" despite the exposure by [[Project Veritas]] of Democrat-led [[voter fraud]] proving otherwise,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/10/18/commit-voter-fraud-massive-scale-part-ii-project-veritas-investigation-clinton-network/ "How to Commit Voter Fraud on a Massive Scale": Part II of Project Veritas Investigation into Clinton Network] at Breitbart News Network</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc8PVCvfKs Rigging the Election - Video II: Mass Voter Fraud] at Project Veritas Action YouTube channel</ref> after Trump tweeted about recent concerns over the intent by the Democrat Party to commit voter fraud at the federal, state and local levels through the use of mail-in ballots during the [[2020 Presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/leave-our-employees-out-of-this-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-responds-to-trump-broadside 'Leave our employees out of this': Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responds to Trump broadside] at the Washington Examiner</ref> The "fact-checking" links in question lead to an "information" page containing links from liberal media outlets such as [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' and the ''[[Washington Post]]'', all of which indulge in publishing factually-devoid and misleading [[fake news]] hit pieces and opinion pieces masquerading as "news" regarding the mail-in vote scandal<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/twitter-falsely-undermined-truth-thereby-misleading-american-public-senior-legal-adviser-trump-campaign-responds-twitters-blatantly-partisan-attack-president/ "Twitter Falsely Undermined the Truth... Thereby Misleading the American Public" – Senior Legal Adviser to @TeamTrump Responds to Twitter’s "Blatantly Partisan" Attack on President] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> to fit their anti-Trump narratives.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-slaps-fact-checking-alert-to-trump-tweets Twitter slaps fact-checking alert on Trump tweets] at the Washington Examiner</ref> This decision also had the inadvertent outcome of embarrassing Twitter employee Yoel Roth, who was outed as having falsely accused Trump officials, including Presidential counselor [[Kellyanne Conway]], of being "Nazis" in past tweets he posted.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/twitters-chief-fact-checker-called-trump-officials-nazis/ Twitter's chief "fact-checker" called Trump officials "Nazis"] at WorldNetDaily</ref> Trump, who accused Twitter of openly trying to interfere with free elections and illegally impeding free speech, responded to Twitter's tampering with his tweets by announcing that he may place Twitter and similar social media companies under heavy regulation or shut them down altogether to punish them for their extreme liberal bias and illegal censorship (in violation of the [[First Amendment]]) of conservative speech and thought.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/close-them-down-trump-threatens-to-regulate-or-shutter-social-media-platforms-after-twitter-fact-check 'Close them down': Trump threatens to regulate or shutter social media platforms after Twitter fact-check] at the Washington Examiner</ref> Republican Florida senator [[Marco Rubio]] also weighed in on the controversy, saying that Twitter could lose its liability protections for choosing to act as a publisher by exercising editorial control through its tampering with Trump's tweets.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rubio-warns-twitter-after-it-puts-fact-check-label-on-trump-tweet Rubio warns Twitter after it puts fact-check label on Trump tweet] at the Washington Examiner</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/u-s-senator-warns-twitter-lose-shield-liability/ U.S. senator warns Twitter could lose shield from liability] at WorldNetDaily</ref>
In May 2020, Twitter and its CEO Jack Dorsey came under heavy criticism for the company's recent decision to begin inserting "fact-checking" links into the tweets made by President Trump, with the company claiming those tweets to be "misleading" despite the exposure by [[Project Veritas]] of Democrat-led [[voter fraud]] proving otherwise,<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2016/10/18/commit-voter-fraud-massive-scale-part-ii-project-veritas-investigation-clinton-network/ "How to Commit Voter Fraud on a Massive Scale": Part II of Project Veritas Investigation into Clinton Network] at Breitbart News Network</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDc8PVCvfKs Rigging the Election - Video II: Mass Voter Fraud] at Project Veritas Action YouTube channel</ref> after Trump tweeted about recent concerns over the intent by the Democrat Party to commit voter fraud at the federal, state and local levels through the use of mail-in ballots during the [[2020 Presidential election]].<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/leave-our-employees-out-of-this-twitter-ceo-jack-dorsey-responds-to-trump-broadside 'Leave our employees out of this': Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responds to Trump broadside] at the Washington Examiner</ref> The "fact-checking" links in question lead to an "information" page containing links from liberal media outlets such as [[CNN]], [[MSNBC]], the ''[[New York Times]]'' and the ''[[Washington Post]]'', all of which indulge in publishing factually-devoid and misleading [[fake news]] hit pieces and opinion pieces masquerading as "news" regarding the mail-in vote scandal<ref>[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2020/05/twitter-falsely-undermined-truth-thereby-misleading-american-public-senior-legal-adviser-trump-campaign-responds-twitters-blatantly-partisan-attack-president/ "Twitter Falsely Undermined the Truth... Thereby Misleading the American Public" – Senior Legal Adviser to @TeamTrump Responds to Twitter’s "Blatantly Partisan" Attack on President] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> to fit their anti-Trump narratives.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-slaps-fact-checking-alert-to-trump-tweets Twitter slaps fact-checking alert on Trump tweets] at the Washington Examiner</ref> This decision also had the inadvertent outcome of embarrassing Twitter employee Yoel Roth, who was outed as having falsely accused Trump officials, including Presidential counselor [[Kellyanne Conway]], of being "Nazis" in past tweets he posted.<ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/twitters-chief-fact-checker-called-trump-officials-nazis/ Twitter's chief "fact-checker" called Trump officials "Nazis"] at WorldNetDaily</ref> Trump, who accused Twitter of openly trying to interfere with free elections and illegally impeding free speech, responded to Twitter's tampering with his tweets by announcing that he may place Twitter and similar social media companies under heavy regulation or shut them down altogether to punish them for their extreme liberal bias and illegal censorship (in violation of the [[First Amendment]]) of conservative speech and thought.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/close-them-down-trump-threatens-to-regulate-or-shutter-social-media-platforms-after-twitter-fact-check 'Close them down': Trump threatens to regulate or shutter social media platforms after Twitter fact-check] at the Washington Examiner</ref> Republican Florida senator [[Marco Rubio]] also weighed in on the controversy, saying that Twitter could lose its liability protections for choosing to act as a publisher by exercising editorial control through its tampering with Trump's tweets.<ref>[https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/rubio-warns-twitter-after-it-puts-fact-check-label-on-trump-tweet Rubio warns Twitter after it puts fact-check label on Trump tweet] at the Washington Examiner</ref><ref>[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/u-s-senator-warns-twitter-lose-shield-liability/ U.S. senator warns Twitter could lose shield from liability] at WorldNetDaily</ref>
Twitter's illegal actions led directly to Trump signing an Executive Order on May 28, 2020 with the intent of bringing Twitter, Facebook, Google (and its YouTube subsidiary) and other leftist-controlled social media companies to heel with a new policy on the conduct of those companies and putting an end to both their illegal censorship and silencing of conservatives and their liberal bias in allowing violent leftists to basically have the run of those sites without consequence or responsibility.<ref>[https://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2020/05/29/accountability/news-media/social-media-meet-their-match/ Social media meet their match] at Conservative News and Views</ref> Predictably, Twitter and Facebook reacted negatively toward the Trump Executive Order, with Twitter accusing the order of being "a reactionary and politicized approach to a landmark law (Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act)" and claiming, without evidence, that "Attempts to unilaterally erode (Section 230(c)) threaten the future of online speech and Internet freedoms" while ignoring that, under the [[Obama regime]], Section 230(c) had been perverted and used by liberals in public office to impose acceptance of liberal agendas such as [[abortion on demand]], [[gender confusion]], "[[climate change]]", unfair taxation of wealth and the [[homosexual agenda]] on the American public and to themselves threaten online speech and Internet freedoms by ordering Twitter and other social media companies to illegally censor, silence, persecute and punish dissenting voices who disagreed with and opposed the imposition of those agendas. President Trump responded to Twitter's irresponsible actions with a strong rebuke directed at the company in a tweet on his Twitter account:
Twitter's illegal actions led directly to Trump signing an Executive Order on May 28, 2020 with the intent of bringing Twitter, Facebook, Google (and its YouTube subsidiary) and other leftist-controlled social media companies to heel with a new policy on the conduct of those companies and putting an end to both their illegal censorship and silencing of conservatives and their liberal bias in allowing violent leftists to basically have the run of those sites without consequence or responsibility.<ref>[https://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2020/05/29/accountability/news-media/social-media-meet-their-match/ Social media meet their match] at Conservative News and Views</ref> Predictably, Twitter and Facebook reacted negatively toward the Trump Executive Order, with Twitter accusing the order of being "a reactionary and politicized approach to a landmark law (Section 230(c) of the Communications Decency Act)" and claiming, without evidence, that "Attempts to unilaterally erode (Section 230(c)) threaten the future of online speech and Internet freedoms" while ignoring that, under the [[Obama regime]], Section 230(c) had been perverted and used by liberals in public office to impose acceptance of liberal agendas such as [[abortion on demand]], [[gender confusion]], "[[climate change]]", unfair taxation of wealth and the [[homosexual agenda]] on the American public and to themselves threaten online speech and Internet freedoms by ordering Twitter and other social media companies to illegally censor, silence, persecute and punish dissenting voices who disagreed with and opposed the imposition of those agendas. President Trump responded to Twitter's irresponsible actions with a strong rebuke directed at the company in a tweet on his Twitter account:
{{quotebox|Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & [[CCP propaganda war|propaganda being put out by China]] or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. [[Section 230]] should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated!<ref>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266326065833824257</ref>}}
{{quotebox|Twitter is doing nothing about all of the lies & [[CCP propaganda war|propaganda being put out by China]] or the Radical Left Democrat Party. They have targeted Republicans, Conservatives & the President of the United States. [[Section 230]] should be revoked by Congress. Until then, it will be regulated!<ref>https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1266326065833824257</ref>}}
Despite the Trump Executive Order, however, Twitter continues to openly defy the President and engage in illegal censorship and lawless behavior by hiding visibility of the content of two tweets by Trump (and more recently, taking things even further by illegally deleting recent Trump tweets entirely<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/breaking-twitter-censors-trump-by-completely-removing-his-tweet-for-first-time/ BREAKING: Twitter Censors Trump By Completely Removing His Tweet For First Time]</ref>) while hypocritically continuing to allow openly violent leftist tweets to remain intact,<ref>Multiple references:
Despite the Trump Executive Order, however, Twitter and its employees continued to openly defy the President and engage in illegal censorship and lawless behavior by hiding visibility of the content of two tweets by Trump (and later, taking things even further by illegally deleting recent Trump tweets entirely<ref>[https://nationalfile.com/breaking-twitter-censors-trump-by-completely-removing-his-tweet-for-first-time/ BREAKING: Twitter Censors Trump By Completely Removing His Tweet For First Time]</ref>) while hypocritically continuing to allow openly violent leftist tweets to remain intact,<ref>Multiple references:
*[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/twitter-censors-trump-countless-violent-tweets-remain-active/ Twitter censors Trump while countless violent tweets remain active] at WorldNetDaily
*[https://www.wnd.com/2020/05/twitter-censors-trump-countless-violent-tweets-remain-active/ Twitter censors Trump while countless violent tweets remain active] at WorldNetDaily
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/29/twitter-hides-trump-minneapolis-tweet-accuses-him-glorifying-violence/ Twitter Censors Trump Minneapolis Tweet, Accuses Him of "Glorifying Violence"] at Breitbart News Network
*[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/05/29/twitter-hides-trump-minneapolis-tweet-accuses-him-glorifying-violence/ Twitter Censors Trump Minneapolis Tweet, Accuses Him of "Glorifying Violence"] at Breitbart News Network
*[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/06/23/twitter-censors-president-trump-again-over-warning-to-lawless-agitators/ Twitter Censors President Trump (Again) over Warning to Lawless Agitators] at Breitbart News Network</ref> even allowing criminal looters and rioters to use the site to openly coordinate their criminal behavior while their supporters advised them of looting targets<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/31/twitter-allows-looters-to-coordinate-criminal-behavior-while-it-declares-blacklivesmatter/ Twitter Allows Looters to Coordinate Criminal Behavior While It Declares ‘#BlackLivesMatter’]</ref> and while Twitter does nothing to stop them despite numerous reports against those tweets, which leaves Twitter and its employees, including Jack Dorsey himself, open to criminal, civil and regulatory liability for their defiant and irresponsible actions.
*[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/06/23/twitter-censors-president-trump-again-over-warning-to-lawless-agitators/ Twitter Censors President Trump (Again) over Warning to Lawless Agitators] at Breitbart News Network</ref> even allowing criminal looters and rioters to use the site to openly coordinate their criminal behavior while their supporters advised them of looting targets<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/05/31/twitter-allows-looters-to-coordinate-criminal-behavior-while-it-declares-blacklivesmatter/ Twitter Allows Looters to Coordinate Criminal Behavior While It Declares ‘#BlackLivesMatter’]</ref> and while Twitter did nothing to stop them despite numerous reports against those tweets, which left Twitter and its employees, including Jack Dorsey himself, open to criminal, civil and regulatory liability for their defiant and irresponsible actions.
Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] filed a complaint with the [[Federal Election Commission]] alleging election meddling in the [[2020 presidential election]]. The complaint reads,
Rep. [[Matt Gaetz]] filed a complaint with the [[Federal Election Commission]] alleging election meddling in the [[2020 presidential election]]. The complaint reads,
====Potential revocation of non-publisher immunity====
====Potential revocation of non-publisher immunity====
On May 15, 2021, federal judge Mark L. Wolf announced that he would hold a hearing on May 20 and has ordered Twitter executives to appear at the hearing to make Twitter explain whether it is a truly private company or is acting on behalf of the State to illegally censor conservative voices.<ref name="Speech Police">[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/federal-judge-signals-may-end-twitters-immunity-speech-police-worried/ HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Federal Judge Signals He May END Twitter’s Immunity in Dr. Shiva Case – Speech Police in Panic — Watch Hearing Live on May 20] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The hearing comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed against Twitter by Dr. [[Shiva Ayyadurai]], who ran as the Republican candidate for the US Senate in Massachusetts in the [[2020 presidential election]] and whose tweets pointing out [[Democrat election fraud]] were censored by Twitter; it was later discovered that the tweets were deleted on orders from employees of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, leading Ayyadurai to file the suit, pointing out that his First Amendment rights were violated when the Democrat-controlled Massachusetts government silenced him to affect an election. By quoting the connected cases of ''Manhattan Cmty. Access Corp. v. Halleck''<ref>[https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/587/17-1702/ Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck]</ref> and ''Blum v. Yaretsky''<ref>[https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/457/991/ Blum v. Yaretsky]</ref> in the upcoming hearing, this could spell the end of Section 230 immunity protections for Twitter and other liberal Big Tech companies (which has given Big Tech immunity from lawsuits, but has allowed them to abuse that immunity at will through its illegal censorship of conservative voices and factual information while allowing liberal views (including violent posts, liberal hate speech and even death threats) and [[fake news]] from the [[liberal media]] free reign, as well as allowing liberal politicians to use Big Tech as a conduit to silence political opponents via special portals offered to government officials, which they then use to flag and delete any content they do not like). The Gateway Pundit pointed out in its report on this story:
On May 15, 2021, federal judge Mark L. Wolf announced that he would hold a hearing on May 20 and ordered Twitter executives to appear at the hearing to make Twitter explain whether it is a truly private company or is acting on behalf of the State to illegally censor conservative voices.<ref name="Speech Police">[https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/05/federal-judge-signals-may-end-twitters-immunity-speech-police-worried/ HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Federal Judge Signals He May END Twitter’s Immunity in Dr. Shiva Case – Speech Police in Panic — Watch Hearing Live on May 20] at the Gateway Pundit</ref> The hearing comes in the wake of a lawsuit filed against Twitter by Dr. [[Shiva Ayyadurai]], who ran as the Republican candidate for the US Senate in Massachusetts in the [[2020 presidential election]] and whose tweets pointing out [[Democrat election fraud]] were censored by Twitter; it was later discovered that the tweets were deleted on orders from employees of the Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, leading Ayyadurai to file the suit, pointing out that his First Amendment rights were violated when the Democrat-controlled Massachusetts government silenced him to affect an election. By quoting the connected cases of ''Manhattan Cmty. Access Corp. v. Halleck''<ref>[https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/587/17-1702/ Manhattan Community Access Corp. v. Halleck]</ref> and ''Blum v. Yaretsky''<ref>[https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/457/991/ Blum v. Yaretsky]</ref> in the upcoming hearing, this could have spelled the end of Section 230 immunity protections for Twitter and other liberal Big Tech companies (which has given Big Tech immunity from lawsuits, but has allowed them to abuse that immunity at will through its illegal censorship of conservative voices and factual information while allowing liberal views (including violent posts, liberal hate speech and even death threats) and [[fake news]] from the [[liberal media]] free reign, as well as allowing liberal politicians to use Big Tech as a conduit to silence political opponents via special portals offered to government officials, which they then use to flag and delete any content they do not like). The Gateway Pundit pointed out in its report on this story:
{{cquote|Dr. Ayyadurai is claiming that the Constitution trumps CDA 230 and the government cannot outsource to private actors to silence people’s speech they disagree with, and that the government and Twitter are acting together as one: that Twitter is essentially a state actor.<ref name="Speech Police"/>}}
{{cquote|Dr. Ayyadurai is claiming that the Constitution trumps CDA 230 and the government cannot outsource to private actors to silence people’s speech they disagree with, and that the government and Twitter are acting together as one: that Twitter is essentially a state actor.<ref name="Speech Police"/>}}
====Hunter Biden laptop====
====Hunter Biden laptop====
Twitter justified blocking the ''New York Post's'' scoop on the Biden Burisma scandal claiming it violated Twitter's "Hacked Material Policy." The policy “prohibits the use of our service to distribute content obtained without authorization” because, they said, they “don’t want to incentivize hacking by allowing Twitter to be used as distribution for possibly illegally obtained materials.” That standard would result in the banning from the platform the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]'' which ultimately toppled [[Richard Nixon]], the [[Snowden]] reporting, the [[Panama Papers]], the [[DNC]] and [[John Podesta|Podesta emails]] that exposed corruption and forced the 2016 resignation of the top five officials of the [[Democratic National Committee]], and President Trump's tax returns.
Twitter justified blocking the ''New York Post's'' scoop on the Biden Burisma scandal claiming it violated Twitter's "Hacked Material Policy." The policy “prohibits the use of our service to distribute content obtained without authorization” because, they said, they “don’t want to incentivize hacking by allowing Twitter to be used as distribution for possibly illegally obtained materials.” That standard would result in the banning from the platform the ''[[Pentagon Papers]]'' which ultimately toppled [[Richard Nixon]], the [[Snowden]] reporting, the [[Panama Papers]], the [[DNC]] and [[John Podesta|Podesta emails]] that exposed corruption and forced the 2016 resignation of the top five officials of the [[Democratic National Committee]], and President Trump's tax returns.
===Donald Trump===
===Donald Trump===
[[President Donald Trump]] brought even more attention to the social networking site, and drew both more conservatives and critics. He was well-known for his plentiful, blunt, and oft humorous tweets, and made it a regular practice to communicate with the public using Twitter, even before his political career. He became quite popular on Twitter, with over 26 million followers. He became so popular, in fact, that searching just the letter "r", the fist letter of his username,"@realDonaldTrump" returned him as the first search suggestion. He was illegally banned from Twitter on January 6th, 2021, after the mostly peaceful Capitol building protests.
[[President Donald Trump]] brought even more attention to the social networking site, and drew both more conservatives and critics. He was well-known for his plentiful, blunt, and oft humorous tweets, and made it a regular practice to communicate with the public using Twitter, even before his political career. He became quite popular on Twitter, with over 26 million followers. He became so popular, in fact, that searching just the letter "r", the fist letter of his username,"@realDonaldTrump" returned him as the first search suggestion. He was banned from Twitter on January 6th, 2021, after the mostly peaceful Capitol building protests.
===Twitter executives hate speech===
===Twitter executives hate speech===
[[File:Twitter-employee-tweet.jpg|left|300px|thumb|A Twitter engineer tweet three days after President Trump's first inauguration.]]
[[File:Twitter-employee-tweet.jpg|left|300px|thumb|A Twitter engineer tweet three days after President Trump's first inauguration.]]
{{See also|Liberal bias}}
{{See also|Liberal bias}}
Twitter’s corrupt senior executives and other employees have a long history of anti-Trump [[hatred]], a ''[[New York Post]]'' review of dozens of accounts of top employees found.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/10/17/twitter-employees-reveal-deep-hatred-for-trump/</ref> The venom, vitriol and, in some cases, vows to help Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election while said employees behave like emotionally-stunted preschool children online, enabled and encouraged by Jack Dorsey himself.
Under liberal ownership, Twitter’s corrupt senior executives and other employees have a long history of anti-Trump [[hatred]], a ''[[New York Post]]'' review of dozens of accounts of top employees found.<ref>https://nypost.com/2020/10/17/twitter-employees-reveal-deep-hatred-for-trump/</ref> The venom, vitriol and, in some cases, vows to help Joe Biden win the 2020 presidential election while said employees behave like emotionally-stunted preschool children online was enabled and encouraged by Jack Dorsey himself.
“GET HIM OUT,” posted a senior site reliability engineer on August 18, 2020 “What a f---king baboon.” One manager with nine years on the job said he was quite keen to watch Biden “crush [Trump] in the election” and that he hoped the president would “be utterly humiliated while also suffering greatly from [[Covid 19|#COVID19]].” He vulgarly and immaturely calls Trump “a f---king idiot” and the voters who elected him — “hysterically f–--king [[stupid]] people.” Others publicly wish the President harm. One Twitter engineering manager, displaying his own [[childishness]], said Trump should “die in a fire” in a January 2017 tweet. A year later, he rang in the new year by falsely claiming “Happy 2018! Donald Trump is dead!”
“GET HIM OUT,” posted a senior site reliability engineer on August 18, 2020 “What a f---king baboon.” One manager with nine years on the job said he was quite keen to watch Biden “crush [Trump] in the election” and that he hoped the President would “be utterly humiliated while also suffering greatly from [[Covid 19|#COVID19]].” He vulgarly and immaturely called Trump “a f---king idiot” and the voters who elected him — “hysterically f–--king [[stupid]] people.” Others publicly wished the President harm. One Twitter engineering manager, displaying his own [[childishness]], said Trump should “die in a fire” in a January 2017 tweet. A year later, he rang in the new year by falsely claiming “Happy 2018! Donald Trump is dead!”
None of these comments have ever been flagged by Twitter or been subject to any other form of official sanction, even as the social-media giant unjustly dishes out discipline to others for sharing legitimate news stories about Joe Biden. After a fly landed on Vice President [[Mike Pence]]’s head during his debate with Sen. [[Kamala Harris]], the Twitter vice president noted crudely that flies are “drawn to sh-t.”
None of these comments were ever flagged by Twitter or been subject to any other form of official sanction, even as the social-media giant unjustly dished out discipline to others for sharing legitimate news stories about Joe Biden. After a fly landed on Vice President [[Mike Pence]]’s head during his debate with Sen. [[Kamala Harris]], the Twitter vice president noted crudely that flies are “drawn to sh-t.”
Spreading misinformation, lies and libel about the Trump family is common. A senior staff engineer inquired why the media wasn’t looking into [[Melania Trump]]’s “possible stint as a sex worker.” The First Lady denied this allegation and successfully sued over it. Twitter’s “head of integrity” Yoel Roth, who helped author the policy update used by the company to flag and label posts from President Trump, compared [[White House]] officials to "[[Nazi]]s" and Trump to a “racist tangerine.”
Spreading misinformation, lies and libel about the Trump family was common. A senior staff engineer inquired why the media wasn’t looking into [[Melania Trump]]’s “possible stint as a sex worker.” The First Lady denied this allegation and successfully sued over it. Twitter’s “head of integrity” Yoel Roth, who helped author the policy update used by the company to flag and label posts from President Trump, compared [[White House]] officials to "[[Nazi]]s" and Trump to a “racist tangerine.”
[[File:Tarrio-600x352.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Racist Twitter Admins permanently banned a Black Cuban GOP congressional candidate.]]
[[File:Tarrio-600x352.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Racist Twitter Admins permanently banned a Black Cuban GOP congressional candidate.]]
Twitter facilitated communications between [[leftwing]] [[terrorist]]s during the [[2020 Antifa riots]] and blocked or restricted tweets in support of restoring law and order and protecting innocent lives.
Twitter facilitated communications between [[leftwing]] [[terrorist]]s during the [[2020 Antifa riots]] and blocked or restricted tweets in support of restoring law and order and protecting innocent lives.
Twitter was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that have gone "[[woke]]" and now support the criminal rioters of [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] in the wake of the [[2020 leftist riots]].<ref>[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref>
Twitter was recently listed as one of numerous leftist-controlled companies that went "[[woke]]" and began supporting the criminal rioters of [[Antifa]] and [[Black Lives Matter]] in the wake of the [[2020 leftist riots]].<ref>[https://gab.com/a/posts/104311289660016704 Here Are The Companies That Support Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and Want You Dead] at Gab.com</ref>
===Bigotry===
===Bigotry===
Twitter is a prominent platform used by extremists and [[misogynist]]s for the promotion of [[discrimination]] against women, particularly in the area of girls' and women's athletic competition.
Under liberal control, Twitter was used as a prominent platform used by extremists and [[misogynist]]s for the promotion of [[discrimination]] against women, particularly in the area of girls' and women's athletic competition.
===Iranian protesters===
===Iranian protesters===
===Loss of immunity in India===
===Loss of immunity in India===
Twitter's lost its immunity as an intermediary in [[India]] and became exposed to legal liability for any content published on its platform in June 2021.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/twitter-loses-legal-shield-in-india-for-3rd-party-content/articleshow/83556056.cms</ref> Twitter's snubbing of Indian law has been described as "neo-colonialist."
Twitter lost its immunity as an intermediary in [[India]] and became exposed to legal liability for any content published on its platform in June 2021.<ref>https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/twitter-loses-legal-shield-in-india-for-3rd-party-content/articleshow/83556056.cms</ref> Twitter's snubbing of Indian law has been described as "neo-colonialist."
== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Google Plus]]
* [[Google Plus]]
* [[Donald Trump and social media]]
* [[Donald Trump and social media]]
*[[Voter suppression]]
* [[Voter suppression]]
*[[Biden Putsch]]
* [[Biden Putsch]]
*[[2020 Election fraud timeline]]
* [[2020 Election fraud timeline]]
== References ==
== References ==