Twitter’s liberal bias warrants action

by Brad Pascale

In his recent attempts to disprove Twitter’s ideological bias, CEO Jack Dorsey actually confirmed it.

Appearing at the Senate Intelligence Committee this month, Dorsey claimed Twitter doesn’t treat conservative content and users on its site unfairly.

Twitter doesn’t “use political ideology to make any decisions … related to ranking content on our service or how we enforce our rules,” Dorsey said. “We believe … in being impartial, and we strive to enforce our rules impartially.”

The facts suggest the complete opposite.

Twitter has a proven record of shadowbanning conservatives, a sneaky way to ensure their content isn’t seen by others. While Twitter’s shadowbanning has often been the focus of controversy surrounding the platform, the social media giant’s bias is far more evident in whom it bans outright — and whom it doesn’t ban at all.

Right-wing voices who have received temporary or permanent bans include Sheriff David Clarke, British activist Tommy Robinson, CTRV host Gavin McInnes, Turning Point USA activist Candace Owens and InfoWars host Alex Jones.

Owens’ ban was particularly noteworthy because all she did was satirically tweet the exact same thing as New York Times editor Sarah Jeong, who received no ban for the original racist tweet Owens mocked.

Last year, Twitter instituted a policy banning affiliations with “organizations that … use or promote violence against civilians to further their causes.” The rule was promptly used to ban numerous far-right accounts. It wasn’t, however, used to ban numerous antifa accounts, which obviously promote violence against civilians to further their causes.

There is clearly an imbalance in the way Twitter applies its rules. The enforcer clearly needs an unbiased enforcer