Posted on 07/28/2018 9:44:10 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) filed a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint against Twitter following revelations the social networking giant shadowed his account.
Screenshots emerged this week showing the Florida Republican’s account would not autocomplete in search results. In a statement to Breitbart News, the lawmaker’s office said it was “investigating the depths and impact,” of the serious allegations.
A spokesperson for the Trump ally said:
It is curious that these allegations would arise the week following Congressman Gaetz’s heated exchange with Twitter senior executives before the House Judiciary Committee. Congressman Gaetz continues to believe that interactive computer services, such as Twitter, should not discriminate against content while simultaneously asserting that they are a nonbiased public forum under federal law.
Insanity. *Both* of @MattGaetz’s accounts have been taken out of not just the autocomplete but won’t even register when properly tagged. @RepMattGaetz
Governmental relations suicide considering the oversight powers he’ll have if GOP maintains House majority. @twittergov $twtr pic.twitter.com/ErOOiPgCPR
— Ali Alexander (@ali) July 24, 2018
You can spell or misspell one of the most newsworthy Congressmen in the country and nothing comes up.
See screenshot above and below.
But bots in botnet seem to (David Brock?) @MattGaetz @RepMattGaetz. @twittergov pic.twitter.com/ppZSg8tBqU
— Ali Alexander (@ali) July 24, 2018
A representative for Twitter pushed back against reports the Silicon Valley behemoth shadowbans users and told Breitbart News it was enacting a solution to fix the Trump ally’s search results. “As we have said before, we do not shadowban. We are aware that some accounts are not automatically populating in our search box, and [are] shipping a change to address this,” said Twitter. “The profiles, Tweets and discussions about these accounts do appear when you search for them.”
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Matt Gaetz makes allot of noise and is quick to jump in front of a camera but is at best a RINO and at worst a liberal in Reno clothing. Weak on 2nd amendment, pro legalization of marijuana (not just medical), opposed (was only vote against) anti human trafficking legislation, supports gay adoption, etc. Hopefully the good conservative people of northwest Florida will not be duped.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease.
Nah, I'll be accused of calling them animals.
Uhhh...just a second. Is that animal cruelty?
Should it be a big cage instead?
/sarcasm
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