{"id":1469605,"date":"2022-05-10T07:30:11","date_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469605"},"modified":"2022-05-10T07:30:47","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T11:30:47","slug":"elon-musk-blasts-twitters-left-wing-bias-in-making-censorship-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-blasts-twitters-left-wing-bias-in-making-censorship-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Blasts Twitter\u2019s \u201cLeft-Wing Bias\u201d in Making Censorship Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-blasts-twitters-left-wing-bias-in-making-censorship-decisions%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1469605&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">B<\/span>illionaire <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> blasted <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> for <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/see-it-hawley-asks-musk-to-issue-a-public-audit-of-twitters-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">allowing certain posts<\/a> while choosing to <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">censor<\/a> others. <\/p>\n<p>In just eight words on Monday morning, Musk responded to a tweet from political commentator <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-cernovich\">Mike Cernovich<\/a> that called out Twitter\u2019s choice to allow a post linking to a recent <i>New York Times <\/i>article that was allegedly \u201cincit[ing] terrorism.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTwitter obv has a strong left wing bias,\u201d Musk tweeted. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere you go @elonmusk, when Twitter employees invariably lie to you about enforcement policy, maybe they can explain why a verified account is allowed to incite terrorism without any care in the world about being banned,\u201d Cernovich had tweeted late Sunday night. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetEmbed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Twitter obv has a strong left wing bias<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1523653429410770945?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a>\n              <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The commentator referred the new Twitter owner to a tweet from a woman named Caroline Reilly, who is verified on the platform. In response to news of arson against an anti-abortion organization, she said, &#8220;More of this. may these people never know a moment of peace or safety until they rot in the ground.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/if-i-die-musk-responds-in-cryptic-tweet-to-russian-threats-over-starlink-supply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018IF I DIE\u2019: MUSK RESPONDS IN CRYPTIC TWEET TO RUSSIAN THREATS OVER STARLINK SUPPLY<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Musk followed his comment about Twitter\u2019s <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/media-bias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">left-wing bias<\/a> by affirming his support for free speech on the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/social-media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media platform<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike I said, my preference is to hew close to the laws of countries in which Twitter operates,\u201d Musk tweeted. \u201cIf the citizens want something banned, then pass a law to do so, otherwise it should be allowed.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetEmbed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Like I said, my preference is to hew close to the laws of countries in which Twitter operates. If the citizens want something banned, then pass a law to do so, otherwise it should be allowed.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1523654106745020418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 9, 2022<\/a>\n              <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Last month, Sen. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/josh-hawley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Josh Hawley<\/a> (R-MO) wrote Musk after the billionaire\u2019s purchase of Twitter was announced. <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/see-it-hawley-asks-musk-to-issue-a-public-audit-of-twitters-censorship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hawley asked him to generate and release a public audit<\/a> of the social media platform\u2019s \u201cegregious censorship.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter has largely evaded public accountability over the past several years,\u201d Hawley wrote in his letter, which was also tweeted. \u201cSince I\u2019ve been in the Senate, I\u2019ve sent a number of oversight inquiries to the company. These letters cover subjects as diverse as content moderation policies, viewpoint discrimination, suppression of content, and Twitter\u2019s own security. Twitter, not surprisingly, has effectively ignored these requests.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Billionaire Elon Musk blasted Twitter for allowing certain posts while choosing to censor others. 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