Twitter briefly restricts Trump campaign account, Republicans decry company's actions

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U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign's Twitter account was briefly restricted on Thursday, causing an outcry from Republican ...

U.S. President Donald Trump's re-election campaign's Twitter account was briefly restricted on Thursday, causing an outcry from Republican lawmakers who accused social media companies of acting like"speech police" and vowing to hold Twitter responsible.

Biden campaign spokesman Andrew Bates said in a statement that Republican-led Senate committees have previously concluded that Joe Biden engaged in no wrongdoing related to Ukraine. He also denied such a meeting had taken place. McEnany likewise began tweeting again on Thursday, saying she regained access after deleting her post on the report.

Twitter prohibited its users from posting links to two New York Post articles about Hunter Biden, saying they violated its policies against posting private information and"hacked materials." Republicans on the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee responded to Twitter's actions by tweeting a link to a copy of the New York Post's story on its website. Twitter blocked the link but later said this had been in error and reversed the action.A spokeswoman for the New York Post declined to comment, other than referring Reuters to the Post's own coverage.Republican lawmakers slammed the social media companies' actions on Thursday. U.S.

Senator Marco Rubio urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai to re-examine Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act.

 

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