Donald Trump accuses his beloved Twitter of political bias
Twitter’s housekeeping has seen many right-wing hate accounts closed, which Trump says is proof of bias — but even its CEO lost 200,000 followers
Washington — US President Donald Trump has accused Twitter of targeting his followers for removal from the social media platform, amid complaints by conservatives that social media companies have been discriminating against right-wing voices. “Twitter has removed many people from my account and, more importantly, they have seemingly done something that makes it much harder to join — they have stifled growth to a point where it is obvious to all,” Trump said in a tweet Friday. “A few weeks ago it was a Rocket Ship, now it is a Blimp! Total Bias?” Trump and some other Republicans have complained that Facebook, Alphabet’s Google and Twitter have censored or suppressed conservative voices. Democrats have called it a diversion from concern over Russia’s use of social media platforms to influence the 2016 presidential election and over the proliferation of offensive content. In his opening remarks during a meeting with state attorneys-general in September, US attorney-general Jeff Session...
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