Twitter: 39 Scandals, Controversies, & Embarrassments
By Tom Elliott
Contributors: 3
Items: 39
| Summary | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Twitter repeatedly reneged on Trump ad campaigns during the 2016 campaign | 11/19/2016 | The Verge |
| Twitter permanently banned the conservative street artist "Sabo" | 04/13/2018 | Breitbart |
| Twitter is making it harder to follow "far right" Twitter users | 07/23/2018 | The Daily Beast |
| Twitter is “shadow banning” prominent Republicans like the RNC chair and Trump Jr.’s spokesman | 07/25/2018 | VICE |
| Ron Paul Institute Director, AntiWar Editor Suspended from Twitter | 08/07/2018 | Breitbart |
| Twitter: Saying Dana Loesch's Kids Need to Be Murdered Does Not Violate Rules | 08/27/2018 | The Daily Caller |
| Twitter admits ‘unfairly filtering’ 600,000 accounts including some owned by top politicians | 09/06/2018 | Metro |
| Benghazi Survivor Kris Paronto Forced to Delete Tweet Claiming Obama Didn't Actually Kill Bin Laden | 09/09/2018 | The Daily Caller |
| Twitter blocked tweet referring to 'illegal aliens,' says immigration group | 09/12/2018 | The Washington Examiner |
| Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey: Conservative employees 'don’t feel safe to express their opinions' | 09/16/2018 | The Hill |
| Twitter bug exposed direct messages to third-party developments | 09/21/2018 | TechCrunch |
| Conservative actor James Woods' account was locked after tweeting a meme | 09/23/2018 | The Hollywood Reporter |
| Twitter permanently banned a gay conservative for referring to 'Chelsea Manning' as 'Bradley Manning' | 10/15/2018 | Twitchy |
| Twitter banned a popular conservative account for saying trans people she be prayed for | 11/08/2018 | T. Crown's Musings |
| Fox News stopped tweeting after Tucker Carlson's home was attacked; the company said Twitter wasn't responsive to removing violent threats against their host | 11/09/2018 | Mediaite |
| Twitter ‘gave Saudi Arabia information about journalist who ended up dead’ | 11/09/2018 | Metro UK |
| Account That Doxxed Tucker Carlson Is Back On Twitter (in Violation of Twitter Rules) | 11/14/2018 | The Daily Caller |
| Twitter blocked a progressive from asking about trangenderism | 11/15/2018 | |
| Twitter CEO upsets Hindu nationalists during India visit | 11/20/2018 | The Guardian |
| Laura Loomer banned from Twitter after criticizing Ilhan Omar | 11/22/2018 | NBC News |
| Twitter is banning users for referring to people by their born names | 11/23/2018 | Pink News |
| Twitter Permanently Bans Feminist For Writing That ‘Men Aren’t Women’ | 11/25/2018 | The Federalist |
| A prominent Twitter user's account was hacked, the hackers demanded a ransom; Twitter said no rules were broken | 12/03/2018 | Arts Journal |
| Twitter informs critics of radical Islam that they have broken Pakistani laws | 12/04/2018 | OpIndia |
| Two Conservatives Suspended From Twitter — One For Tweeting About Brussels Sprouts | 01/03/2019 | The Daily Caller |
| Twitter exec: ‘Jail,’ ‘impeachment’ for Trump, calls social media chief ‘racist d--k’ | 07/15/2019 | The Washington Examiner |
| Twitter suddenly changes Hong Kong’s geotag to ‘Hong Kong SAR China’ | 09/10/2019 | La Corte News |
| Twitter apologizes for using security info on users for ads | 10/10/2019 | LaCorte News |
| ‘Die in a fire’: Twitter employees reveal deep hatred for Trump | 10/17/2020 | NY Post |
| Twitter is censoring donation links to Republicans, but not ActBlue links to Democrats | 10/21/2020 | The Senate Majority |
| Twitter claims 'error' in blacklisting Students for Trump | 01/13/2021 | Breitbart |
| My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell Permanently Suspended From Twitter | 01/26/2021 | LaCorte News |
| Twitter Censors Famed Epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff | 03/29/2021 | American Institute for Economic Research |
| Twitter Suspends Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Account ‘In Error’ Again | 04/05/2021 | LaCorte News |
| Bogus Chicago Police Dept. tweet goes viral, but Twitter says it won’t set the record straight | 04/26/2021 | CWB Chicago |
| Twitter tries dunking on Don Jr., editorializes that Jimmy Carter was a great president | 05/07/2021 | HotAir |
| Twitter suspends user for saying men can't get pregnant | 05/17/2021 | Fox News |
| Twitter blocks account of foreign policy expert that mocked Xi Jinping | 07/07/2021 | HotAir |
| Twitter suspends Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over questioning Covid vaccines | 07/20/2021 | NY Post |
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