Twitter restricted Sen Steve Daines’s (R-MT) account when he shared a photograph of himself and his spouse antelope looking — 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 subject and am glad that he acknowledges that free speech is a bedrock of our nation, and acted rapidly 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.” despite the fact that the coverage states that “exceptions could also be made for non secular sacrifice, meals preparation or processing, and looking.” Daines known as the ban “preposterous”.

“The preliminary ban over the profile photograph of my spouse and me after a profitable Montana antelope hunt was disappointing given the truth that it’s no totally different than images 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 various ideas and values, together with Montana values.”

“No Member of Congress must be banned from Twitter for those who imagine in free speech,” Media Analysis Middle 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 folks being pressured to see ugly profile pics.”

Musk later added, “Going ahead, Twitter can be broadly accepting of various values, reasonably than attempting 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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