25 Times Big Tech claimed they censored Conservatives by mistake

Big Tech has eviscerated free speech on social media. There have been at least 25 famous, well-documented examples of when Big Tech companies censored conservatives, allegedly by mistake since August 7. 2018.

(Article by Alexander Hall republished from NewsBusters.org)

Conservatives ranging from President Donald Trump to conservative commentator Candace Owens and entire news outlets like the New York Post have been erroneously censored, and often with Big Tech representatives apologizing long after the fact. Big Tech’s long history of overwhelmingly liberal political bias makes any claim of mistakes made in good faith highly suspect.

Twitter infamously jumped the gun to censor a Post article on an unprecedented level. The shocking revelation released by the Post on Oct. 14, cited purported emails from Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter and reportedly exposed the alleged scandalous dealings of both father and son in Ukraine. Twitter responded by disabling the link to the story and preventing users from being able to share the article to each other in private messages. Dorsey later admitted in a Big Tech hearing that the unprecedented crackdown was a mistake.

Twitter also infamously censored conservative commentator Candace Owens. Owens was temporarily suspended by Twitter for parodying the then-New York Times recent hire Sarah Jeong’s anti-white rants. Owens did so by swapping out the words “white” and “men” for “black,” “Jewish,” and “women,” respectively in a tweet. Twitter did not take issue with Jeong’s original anti-white tweets but Owens faced consequences for rewriting them to make a point. Twitter suspended Owens for 12 hours until public outcry erupted over double standards. Owens’s account was then quickly reinstated. Owens posted a screenshot indicating that Twitter staff had claimed to have “made an error.”

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