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INDIANAPOLIS, IN - APRIL 20: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks to guests and supporters during a rally at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on April 20, 2016 in Indianapolis, Indiana. There are 57 delegates at stake in Indiana’s May 3 primary. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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by JACK HADFIELD24 Apr 20161,129

Since the implementation of Twitter’s new algorithmic timeline back in February of this year, conservatives, libertarians and anti-establishment dissidents alike have been waiting for the social media platform to interfere in the current U.S. election cycle. Now it seems that there is clear evidence of Twitter censoring the current Republican front-runner, Donald Trump.

A tweet sent from Trump’s account at 3:04 PM EDT yesterday is not visible from his timeline, even when showing “Tweets and replies.” That message included a video wherein Trump declared that “the establishment and special interests are absolutely killing our country.”At the time of this writing, the tweet is still publicly accessible via a direct link and thus has not been deleted either by Twitter or by someone operating on the Trump account.

This archive.is link has a copy of the timeline taken before this article was published which clearly shows the tweet not appearing where it should be — between a tweet sent at 12:10 PM EDT and one sent at 3:27 PM EDT; it is possible that the tweet may be reintroduced to the timeline in order to hide the manipulation.

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Milo Yiannopoulos, editor of Breitbart Tech, predicted 2 months ago that Twitter would seek to interfere with the primary process, noting that Twitter’s head of news, government and elections served as Deputy Chief of Staff for a Democrat senator from Louisiana in 2008, and that he is also a Term Member of the Council of Foreign Relations. A move to shadowban the tweets of the Republican front-runner would therefore not entirely be unexpected.

Unlike Twitter, Facebook has publicly declared that it will not seek to influence the election, insisting that it is “a neutral platform,” but it, too, has an algorithmic timeline and also has worked with German Chancellor Angela Merkel to remove anti-refugee comments from its site.

Breitbart Tech has reached out to Twitter for comment, but there has been no response so far.

Jack Hadfield is a student at Warwick Univeristy and a regular contributor to Breitbart Tech. You can follow him on Twitter here: @ToryBastard



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Dems, the party of CENSORSHIP. The party where everyone looks different but must think exactly the same.

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I don't understand Twitter.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Dems, the party of CENSORSHIP. The party where everyone looks different but must think exactly the same.

 Conservatives: where everyone must look and think the same.

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Nice try flan. Try being witty on your own without plagarizing.

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You are all soooo "open minded". Well, until someone says something you disagree with then you must shut them up.

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Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

You are all soooo "open minded". Well, until someone says something you disagree with then you must shut them up.

 I do actually believe that freedom of speech is important.

Actions, however, can be even more important.

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flan327 wrote:
Lady Gaga Snerd wrote:

Dems, the party of CENSORSHIP. The party where everyone looks different but must think exactly the same.

 Conservatives: where everyone must look and think the same.

flan

Hmmmm...well, let's take a look at the candidates for president this election cycle.

All the Dem's were white.  And they have one woman.

The Republicans, well, they had an Indian, an African American, a couple of Hispanics, a woman...

Now tell ME which party looks the same.

Hypocrites... 



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I don't understand Twitter either. I do follow Trump on FB and enjoy his posts.

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Twitter, leftist controlled, right? Bwahahaha

Why am I not surprised.

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I had my own problem of censorship with Facebook this week. Personally, I dont see how stating facts warrants it being taken down.

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Yeah, Trump is still winning. These people might have him for the next president.

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