{"id":40207,"date":"2020-10-14T22:23:52","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T02:23:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=40207"},"modified":"2020-10-14T22:23:52","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T02:23:52","slug":"censorship-at-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=40207","title":{"rendered":"Censorship At Work"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Censorship in social media is alive and well. <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/kayleigh-mcenany-locked-out-of-twitter-for-sharing-posts-hunter-biden-story\/?utm_source=NYPFacebook&amp;utm_medium=SocialFlow&amp;sr_share=facebook&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;fbclid=IwAR1B4L4jtOEK8ghQx6O1mcPtHQ6Xe9YSgmFi8fI988AKrFBgVyP1cFi7bl0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The New York Post<\/a> is reporting today that White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany has been locked out of her Twitter account for sharing an article in The New York Post that reflected badly on Presidential candidate Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>The article reports:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cYour account has been locked,\u201d a message from the social media network informed McEnany, whose account has <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kayleighmcenany\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">more than 1 million<\/a> followers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cWe have determined that this account violated the Twitter Rules,\u201d the network said, highlighting her prior tweet with a link to The Post\u2019s article.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Without providing any evidence, Twitter said McEnany \u2014 who shared a screenshot with The Post \u2014 violated \u201cour rules against distribution of hacked material.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>McEnany told The Post she will not comply with Twitter\u2019s request that she delete her tweet to restore access to her account.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>\u201cThis is a story reported by the New York Post and Fox News with the Biden campaign notably not disputing the authenticity of the emails,\u201d McEnany said. \u201cI will not comply with censoring reporting that may not fit the ideology of Silicon Valley. This is abominable and not the American way.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Twitter on Wednesday<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/facebook-twitter-block-the-post-from-posting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/facebook-twitter-block-the-post-from-posting\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1602800431326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG-YLtturJ1UPEW8h35wAkX2sPOKw\">\u00a0blocked users from sharing<\/a>\u00a0The Post\u2019s link to the story, which describes an alleged 2015 email from Burisma energy executive Vadym Pozharskyi thanking Hunter Biden for \u201cgiving an opportunity to meet your father.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joe Biden has claimed numerous times that he never even discussed Hunter&#8217;s business dealings with Hunter. The emails say otherwise.<\/p>\n<p>I guess the question is, &#8220;Were Facebook and Twitter so reluctant to share information from President Trump&#8217;s stolen tax returns?&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Censorship in social media is alive and well. 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