Twitter censors McConnell

The Big Tech executives claim they are targeting “extremists.” They claimed they were silencing “hate.” But the cat’s out of the bag -- and it has been for some time. When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted a video of the violent Leftists protesting him and threatening him with violence, Twitter suspended HIS account. You read that right -- Mitch McConnell.

After a day of blistering criticism from Republicans, Twitter has reversed an earlier decision and restored the campaign account of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. His account had been frozen after tweeting out a video showing several protestors shouting violent threats against McConnell outside the senator's Kentucky home.

Twitter's rules ban anyone from posting videos that contain violence or threats of violence. The video in question included several apparent threats against McConnell, including a woman shouting "just stab the motherfucker in the heart please."

Twitter stood by its decision even after the McConnell campaign pointed out the absurdity of penalizing the target of violent threats for posting a video of them. "The users were temporarily locked out of their accounts for a Tweet that violated our violent threats policy, specifically threats involving physical safety," Twitter said in a Thursday afternoon email to Ars.

Republicans pounced on Twitter's decision, portraying it as the latest example of anti-conservative bias among major technology companies. Republican campaign committees in both the House and Senate vowed to freeze ad spending on Twitter's platform until Twitter restored McConnell's account.

It didn't take long for Twitter reverse course.

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