Rep. McClain SLAMS ‘Obvious’ Twitter Double Standard Against Conservatives, Allows Russian Disinfo

Rep. Lisa McClain, a Republican from Michigan said that Twitter had responded to her April 1 letter criticizing the platform’s softening of Russian propaganda. But the platform completely ignored the congresswoman’s accusations of bias.

“It’s incredibly obvious from Twitter’s response that there’s one set of standards for conservative accounts, and another set of standards for every other account, including Russian dictators and Taliban terrorists,” McClain said in exclusive comments to MRC Free Speech America. “The American people deserve some truth, transparency and consistency from Big Tech.”

McClain was among six other congressmen who participated in the aforementioned legislative session last month. letterand sent to CEO Parag Agrawal. The letter highlighted that Twitter banned former President Donald Trump due to “the Risistance of further incitement of violence.” The signing lawmakers claimed Russia is “violating every international law, norm and custom, and is actively using Twitter to spread disinformation.” [Emphasis added].

Agrawal was asked by the lawmakers what Russian accounts would be required to receive a permanent suspension. Twitter ignored the lawmakers’ question and accusations of bias, according to the Twitter response letter McClain relayed to MRC Free Speech America.

“Since 2020However, we do not recommend or encourage state-affiliated media accounts.

certain countries and have added labels, including to Russian-linked entities,” Twitter Head of U.S. Public Policy Lauren CulbertsonThe response letter claimed that the author wrote this. “Last month, we expanded this approach, adding labels to Tweets that share links to Russian state-affiliated media websites.”

Twitter also paid lip service to its “responsibility to the public – particularly during periods of crisis.” According to the Twitter response letter McClain sent MRC, Culbertson added that her platform has obligations to proactively enforce its rules, “preserve access” to Twitter, elevate “credible and reliable information,” and to guard against efforts to “manipulate” public conversation.

MRC Free Speech America stated in February that Russian President Vladimir Putin has a total of 4.9 Million followers. his two verified Twitter accounts. The total number of Twitter followers for 22 Russian-affiliated accounts was 17,906,200 at the time.

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