If you check out the New York Post’s Twitter feed, you’ll see the most recent post is from Wednesday, Oct. 14. It’s Saturday, and deputy politics editor Emma-Jo Morris is letting us know it’s now Day 3 of @nypost being unable to tweet.
Day 3 @nypost account access has not been reinstated.
— Emma-Jo Morris (@EmmaJoNYC) October 17, 2020
New York Post says Twitter is holding its account hostage as paper is told it must delete links to Hunter Biden email https://t.co/o0Vn2Vv9tQ
— Daily Mail US (@DailyMail) October 18, 2020
The Daily Mail reports that Twitter told the Post to delete six links to its Hunter Biden email story:
A Twitter representative told the newspaper that while the site has lifted restrictions that banned users from circulating the link to the Biden story, the Post is still required to remove the tweets so that it could use its account.
“While we’ve updated the policy, we don’t change enforcement retroactively,” a Twitter rep told the Post on Friday in an email.
So is Twitter maintaining that the Post was circulating information gleaned from a “hacked” source?
So @Jack lied?! pic.twitter.com/kgMhXU1Nyc
— Lisa in Texas (@Flyingright1) October 17, 2020
Hope Congress rakes Jack Dorsey over the coals for Twitter’s blatant interference in our national election.
Folks, it’s not the Russians who are America’s biggest threat. It’s our own communist left leaning media.
— JamieRJN (@JamieRJN) October 17, 2020
This is why there’s no going back. We have to reluctantly admit we’re in a long fight with the left and their powerful backers. Twitter will not do the right thing ultimately. This is just one of many battles in the years to come. Pick a role.
— Toddricks (@Toddricks3000) October 17, 2020
It probably won't be restored until a few minutes before the hearing on Tuesday.
— Farm Dog (@3milsup) October 17, 2020
Until a few minutes after the election.
— Anne R. Pierce (@AnneRPierce) October 17, 2020
@tedcruz please be sure to ask @jack about this.
— Jeff Daniels (@thejeffdaniels) October 17, 2020
I smell big changes coming to social media outlets.
— Delilah Rose (@Delilah14620251) October 17, 2020
And they are still suppressing/throttling the smaller accounts from re-tweeting things they don't approve.
— The Cairn's 'kern – Parler @CairnKern (@CairnKern) October 18, 2020
They even shut down the official House Judiciary Republicans account as well as the personal account of White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany.
In a free society this is unacceptable. I hope they get their rule 230 protection revoked.
— ChiRepublican (@herb_mardon) October 17, 2020
Insane
— ?? Positive Patriot ?? (@kelster5) October 17, 2020
Even my original account is still not opened for me ?
— khojohazard1 (@Khojohazard2020) October 17, 2020
Great optics @jack
Looking forward to seeing you in front of @tedcruz and @HawleyMO explaining this away
— VC (@NanoManic) October 17, 2020
Just be happy you're still allowed to mention the @nypost at all.
— Daniel Povey (@dpovey1) October 17, 2020
I had to come onto your timeline directly to respond. This is completely unacceptable.
— Liz (@Liz56692792) October 17, 2020
Election interference!
— Forky (@Forkydog) October 17, 2020
I thought Jack was taking care of it.
— Denice Spross (@SprossDenice) October 17, 2020
He apologized for communicating the reason for the URL block so poorly, but he never promised to remove it.
Still waiting on that Biden full denial.
— That rabbit's dynamite! (@FlyByN1ght) October 17, 2020
Related:
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey says its handling of the New York Post story was ‘not great’ https://t.co/WrsSIRrrmk
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) October 15, 2020
