{"id":1838232,"date":"2023-02-07T11:04:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1838232"},"modified":"2023-02-07T11:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T16:05:32","slug":"elon-musks-free-twitter-just-suspended-this-republican-senator-for-a-harmless-hunting-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musks-free-twitter-just-suspended-this-republican-senator-for-a-harmless-hunting-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2019s \u2018Free\u2019 Twitter Just Suspended This Republican Senator For A Harmless Hunting Photo"},"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\">28<\/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-musks-free-twitter-just-suspended-this-republican-senator-for-a-harmless-hunting-photo%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=1838232&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-->\n<p>Elon Musk and other conservative pundits have been quick praise Twitter for being a beacon of freedom of speech since last year&#8217;s acquisition by the billionaire. But the platform\u2019s Tuesday suspension of Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., who chairs the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC), further undercuts such a narrative.<\/p>\n<p>After changing his profile photo to a picture of him and his wife hunting, Daines\u2019 account was suspended, with Twitter claiming the image violated the company\u2019s rules against \u201cgraphic violence or adult content in profile images.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou may not include graphic violence or adult content in your profile photo or profile header image,\u201d Daines was notified via Twitter. \u201cWe consider graphic violence to be any form of gory media related to death, serious injury, violence, or surgical procedures. We consider adult content to be any media that is pornographic and\/or may be intended to cause sexual arousal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As of this article\u2019s publication, all of <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/SteveDaines\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daines\u2019 tweets<\/a> These are hidden from public view.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is insane. Twitter should immediately reverse this suspension,\u201d Philip Letsou, spokesperson of the NRSC, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrsc.org\/uncategorized\/twitter-suspends-nrsc-chair-daines-over-hunting-photo-2023-02-07\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When pressed on what Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has done to protect Daines and the American public from insane Big Tech censorship, a spokeswoman for his office told The Federalist she hasn\u2019t \u201cspoken personally\u201d McConnell to discuss the issue. McConnell would however \u201cmake note\u201d It is possible to do it. \u201cpass that forward to him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While Musk\u2019s Twitter acquisition has led to the release of \u201cThe Twitter Files,\u201d Which document is it? <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/09\/twitter-files-part-two-confirms-the-tech-giant-has-been-shadowbanning-conservatives-for-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shadowbanning operation<\/a> These are aimed at conservative figures <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/14\/the-twitter-files-illustrate-how-intelligence-agencies-can-rig-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Coordinated efforts<\/a> between the company and the federal government to squash open debate online, the platform is not the free speech platform it\u2019s made out to be. Musk knows this. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/12\/14\/the-twitter-files-illustrate-how-intelligence-agencies-can-rig-politics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">admitted<\/a>, \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d Twitter does not contain \u201cfreedom of reach,\u201d meaning the shadowbanning tactics used to suppress prominent conservative accounts and posts under the company\u2019s prior leadership are still being employed to silence those that Twitter or its new owner deem unfavorable.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter has yet not reversed account suspensions for conservative figures like Federalist Senior Editor John Daniel Davidson. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/28\/twitter-locks-out-federalist-editor-for-stating-truth-about-rachel-levine\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Locked out<\/a> He claimed that Rachel Levine, an official in the Biden administration, was a man almost one year ago.<\/p>\n<p> Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer at The Federalist. He is also a graduate of The University of Mary Washington. He is also the Convention of States Action&#8217;s state content writer. His work was featured in many outlets such as RealClearPolitics. RealClearHealth. Conservative Review. Follow him @ShawnFleetwood<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After changing his profile photo to a picture of him and his wife hunting, Sen. 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