'Soviet-style bulls***': DBongino and charliekirk11 decry 'Twitter Files' blacklist
Conservatives erupted in anger after revelations from Elon Musk's"Twitter Files" confirmed that certain accounts had been censored.
Several conservative accounts quickly responded to journalist Bari Weiss's Thursday report revealing that Twitter had blacklisted select accounts in the past. Conservatives have long alleged that they have been"shadowbanned" or had their content limited without being informed. The accounts known to be affected included those of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, conservative commentator Dan Bongino, and Chaya Raichik, the owner of Libs of TikTok.
"This is some Soviet-style bulls***," Bongino said Thursday on Fox News's Hannity, noting that the"blacklist" label confirms what he long believed about"the mass shadowbanning of conservatives." Dan Bongino @dbongino reacts to having been blacklisted by Twitter:— The Post Millennial December 9, 2022 Kirk also expressed his ire, alleging that Twitter was treating his account worse than certain Middle Eastern accounts.
"The craziest part of this whole thing is that they admitted that I'm not even violating the policies, and they still suspended me seven times," Raichik told Carlson.The latest update to the Twitter Files, which Weiss published, released screenshots revealing that select accounts had tags attached to them that appeared to limit their visibility. These include"Search Blacklist,""Trends Blacklist," and"Do Not Amplify.
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