Replace: Elon Musk defined Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) transient suspension in a tweet. “His private account (@BasedMikeLee) was incorrectly flagged as impersonation, which isn’t completely loopy, since it’s based mostly,” Musk Tweeted.

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Twitter suspended Sen. Mike Lee’s (R-UT) private account with “no clarification” Wednesday. 

“My private Twitter account –@BasedMikeLee– has been suspended. Twitter didn’t alert me forward of time, nor have they but provided a proof for the suspension. My workforce and I are looking for solutions,” the senator tweeted.

Twitter later restored the account once more with out clarification, based on Sen. Lee. “Because of all who assisted in operation #Free@basedMikeLee. Nonetheless no clarification from @Twitter as to what occurred,” he later tweeted. 

Earlier than Twitter restored the account, Media Analysis Heart President Brent Bozell let Twitter proprietor Elon Musk know that censoring a member of congress is unacceptable. “There isn’t any excuse for suspending the account of a United States Senator. @elonmusk what is going on? This must be mounted instantly.”

MRC Free Speech America Vice President Dan Schneider additionally commented on how weird the unexplained suspension seems. “Yesterday: @BretBaier will get Christopher Wray to disclose that the FBI has been hiding the reality,” he tweeted. “In the present day: Twitter suspends @SenMikeLee for telling the reality.”

Sadly, nevertheless, Lee just isn’t alone. MRC Free Speech America’s distinctive CensorTrack.org database recorded that Twitter has censored members of Congress 31 instances from October 2020 to at present.

However Twitter is simply one of the frequent offenders. Almost each main Large Tech platform has censored elected officers, together with: Google and Google-owned YouTube, Twitter, Fb, Instagram and Twitch.

MRC Free Speech America has documented in CensorTrack.org that Large Tech censorship throughout platforms has affected 22 members of the Home and 11 members of the Senate together with: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Sen. Ron Johnson (R-WI), Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) and  Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO). Many of those elected authorities officers have been censored a number of instances, some on a number of platforms. 

Lee’s mysterious suspension raises critical questions on Twitter’s makes an attempt to advertise free speech on its platform. As MRC Free Speech America Director Michael Morris famous on Twitter, “If @elonmusk is critical about upholding the American democratic rules of free speech on this platform, that is exactly the form of factor that ought to not occur. #FreeSpeech.”

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

Conservatives are beneath assault. Contact your representatives and demand that Large Tech be held to account to reflect the First Modification whereas offering transparency, readability on so-called hate speech and equal footing for conservatives. You probably have been censored, contact us on the Media Analysis Heart contact kind, and assist us maintain Large Tech accountable.