When conservative commentator Mike Cernovich tweeted at Elon Musk, sharing a verified liberal account inciting violence, Musk was forced to acknowledge the obvious: “Twitter has a left wing bias.”
According to the New York Post, “Cernovich had highlighted a tweet from Rewire News Group reporter Caroline Reilly, who responded to a recent New York Times article about an arson attack on an anti-abortion group by calling for more violence.”
“Here you go @ElonMusk,” Cernovich wrote with a screenshot of Reilly’s tweet. “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.”
Twitter obv has a strong left wing bias
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022
Musk followed up to elaborate on Twitter’s censorship policies:
“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,” he wrote.
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.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) May 9, 2022
Musk has also called Twitter’s censorship of the New York Post’s Hunter Biden bombshell “incredibly inappropriate.”
Elon Musk slams 'strong left wing bias' in Twitter censorship https://t.co/FQU6bkV4SN pic.twitter.com/P3yWmjGJkl
— New York Post (@nypost) May 10, 2022