{"id":371212,"date":"2018-07-28T18:51:33","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T17:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-rep-gaetz-suggests-twitter-shadowban-was-intentional\/"},"modified":"2018-07-28T18:51:33","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T17:51:33","slug":"prison-planet-com-rep-gaetz-suggests-twitter-shadowban-was-intentional","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-rep-gaetz-suggests-twitter-shadowban-was-intentional\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Rep. Gaetz Suggests Twitter Shadowban Was Intentional"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/27\/rep-gaetz-twitter-shadowban-intentional\/\"><strong>Daily Caller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>July 28, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz told Tucker Carlson on Friday that he believed the Twitter shadowban on several conservative accounts was likely intentional.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am certain there were only 4 members of Congress who had their voices suppressed on Twitter,\u201d he said. \u201cMatt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows, and Devin Nunes. That would be one hell of a coincidence.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepMattGaetz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RepMattGaetz<\/a> on his complaint to the FCC against Twitter for &#8220;shadow banning&#8221;: &#8220;It gives advantages to our political opponents. It gives them access to the platform that we don&#8217;t have.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Tucker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Tucker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QpdmWSQbMz\">pic.twitter.com\/QpdmWSQbMz<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 KOKE REPORT (@KokeReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KokeReport\/status\/1023018335154462721?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>All four congressmen have been at the forefront of the push for more documents regarding bias within the FBI and the FISA warrants that spurred the Russia investigation. Additionally, Reps. Meadows and Jordan were the driving force behind the <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/25\/lawmakers-resolution-impeach-rosenstein\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">articles of impeachment<\/a> filed last week against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein \u2014 and <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/07\/26\/jim-jordan-speaker-announcement\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jordan<\/a> just announced this week that he plans to campaign for Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n<p>Gaetz has filed a complaint against Twitter for the shadowban, saying that he could go through the FEC because Twitter\u2019s actions were akin to a reverse donation of services. \u201cThey can absolutely institute fines against any company that makes a corporate donation,\u201d Gaetz explained. \u201cHere the donation is allowing Democrats and people running against me to have access to element of the search feature I didn\u2019t have access to. Why? Twitter said it was my behavior that resulted in this. I don\u2019t know what behavior that is. Do we trust tech companies to just decide with no transparency to limit access?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/&lt;strong&gt;Daily Caller&lt;\/strong&gt;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BQRBhKbNNgk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Saturday, July 28, 2018  at  5:18 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/rep-gaetz-suggests-twitter-shadowban-was-intentional.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>       &#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/rep-gaetz-suggests-twitter-shadowban-was-intentional.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily CallerJuly 28, 2018 Florida Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz told Tucker Carlson on Friday that he believed the Twitter shadowban on several conservative accounts was likely intentional. \u201cI am certain there were only 4 members of Congress who had their voices suppressed on Twitter,\u201d he said. \u201cMatt Gaetz, Jim Jordan, Mark Meadows, and Devin Nunes. 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