Rep. Boebert Grills Former Twitter Execs Over ‘Shadow-Banning’ Her Account
‘Who The Hell Do You Think You Are?’
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado questioned former Twitter executives during a Wednesday congressional hearing, asking if her personal Twitter account was “shadow-banned” in 2021.
“Did either of you shadow-ban my account, @laurenboebert?” Boebert asked Yoel Roth, the former head of Twitter’s office of Trust and Safety and Vijaya Gadde, the former chief legal officer at Twitter, during a Wednesday hearing on Twitter’s censorship practices. Roth resigned in November, shortly after Elon Musk finalized his purchase of the social media site, while Gadde was terminated.
“Shadow-banning” refers to a series of practices in which Twitter reduced the visibility and reach on certain accounts. Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk, Stanford University’s Dr. Jay Bhattacharya and Fox News host Dan Bongino all were subjected to various forms of “shadow-banning,” according to documents released to journalist Bari Weiss by Elon Musk as part of the “Twitter Files” in December.
After Roth and Gadde denied shadow-banning the congresswoman, Boebert responded.
“Let me refresh your memory, because on March 12, 2021, Mr. Roth, I know you looked at it because fascist Twitter 1.0 had a public interest exceptions policy which means for members of Congress to be shadow banned, it had to go before you, Mr. Roth, so I’ll ask again: Did you shadow-ban my account? Yes or no?”
Roth again denied shadow-banning Boebert, prompting a rebuttal from the congresswoman…
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Well, where is the grilling over the border? fentanyl deaths? illegals? child trafficking? homeless people? billions to ukraine? Biden Laptop?
Did congress mis the burning of food processing plants and chicken farms? and people dropping dead from the Phizer poison, WHERE IS THE GRILLING ?
But this lady gets upset about her Twitter account? this is a whole new level of retarded.
If they broke the Law, arrest them? and move on to more pressing issues, why waste 6 hours on this?
Your congress are a bunch of clowns, but to be fair, here in the EU it’s probably even worse, our so called ‘leaders’ are even more pathetic.