Twitter restricted Sen Steve Daines’s (R-MT) account when he shared a photograph of himself and his spouse antelope searching — one thing he known as their “Montana lifestyle.”

Daines thanked Twitter proprietor Elon Musk  for stepping in to resolve the difficulty. “I’m grateful Elon Musk reached out to me to resolve this concern and am glad that he acknowledges that free speech is a bedrock of our nation, and acted shortly to reinstate my Twitter account after being made conscious of its suspension,” he mentioned.

Twitter initially locked his account for posting a profile picture for violating the platform’s “media coverage.” regardless that the coverage states that “exceptions could also be made for non secular sacrifice, meals preparation or processing, and searching.” Daines known as the ban “preposterous”.

“The preliminary ban over the profile picture of my spouse and me after a profitable Montana antelope hunt was disappointing given the truth that it’s no completely different than pictures Montanans share on social media day-after-day. It’s our Montana lifestyle and we’re happy with it,” Daines mentioned in his assertion. “I’m glad Elon Musk acknowledges this. The remainder of the nation advantages from the acceptance of numerous ideas and values, together with Montana values.”

“No Member of Congress needs to be banned from Twitter in the event you imagine in free speech,” Media Analysis Heart President Brent Bozell tweeted.

Even Musk admitted the censorship was ludicrous.

“That is being fastened,” Musk tweeted. “Coverage in opposition to exhibiting blood in profile pic is being amended to ‘clearly exhibiting blood with out clicking on the profile pic’. The intent is to keep away from individuals being pressured to see ugly profile pics.”

Musk later added, “Going ahead, Twitter will likely be broadly accepting of various values, quite than making an attempt to impose its personal particular values on the world.”

Musk’s response arrived after conservative leaders and members of congress voiced their outrage on the egregious censorship and known as on Twitter to #FreeSteveDaines.

Twitter didn’t reply to MRC Free Speech America’s request for remark by the point of publication.

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