Twitter executives responded last week to allegations that they were “shadow banning” high-profile conservative politicians and leaders. Vice News reported that the names of multiple Republican lawmakers did not show up in automatically populated results in the drop-down menu.
When VICE News released the original report, users could not find several Republican congressmen, the Republican party chair, or Donald Trump Jr.’s spokesperson in the drop-down menu. They could be found using the full search option, but most users take advantage of the more convenient menu at the top of the page.
President Trump weighed in on the controversy, tweeting “Twitter “SHADOW BANNING” prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints.”
Twitter “SHADOW BANNING” prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2018
Twitter addressed the accusations in a post by Kayvon Beykpour, the company’s product leader. He defined shadow banning as “deliberately making someone’s content undiscoverable to everyone except the person who posted it, unbeknownst to the original poster.” He said Twitter does not do this in general and “certainly don’t shadow ban based on…
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