Twitter’s censorship ‘poses risk to nationwide safety,’ DHS chief says in scathing letter after border official’s account freeze

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The pinnacle of the DHS has castigated Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey in a withering letter, arguing his platform endangered nationwide safety after locking the account of a high border official over a submit it alleged to “promote violence.”

The Division of Homeland Safety appearing chief Chad Wolf penned the letter to Dorsey on Friday, insisting “company bureaucrats” shouldn’t act as arbiters of fact for the American public, calling Twitter’s transfer to droop the deal with of Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) govt Mark Morgan “unjustified” and “disturbing.”

“The truth that the tweet was eliminated and the account locked is startling,” Wolf stated. “It’s onerous to know how anybody believed Mr. Morgan’s tweet promoted violence, threats or harassment. Particularly contemplating the information concerning the border wall system assist the tweet.”

There was no motive to take away Mr. Morgan’s tweet out of your platform, apart from ideological disagreement with the speaker. Such censorship is disturbing. Twitter’s conduct censoring US authorities officers additionally endangers the nationwide safety.

Within the offending submit – which has since been reinstated – Morgan stated the CBP was persevering with to work with the Military Corps of Engineers to assemble a wall alongside the border with Mexico, including that “each mile” of the barrier “helps us cease gang members, murderers, sexual predators, and medicines from getting into our nation. It’s a reality, partitions work.”

Wolf insisted Morgan’s tweet didn’t promote violence of any kind and was factually correct, arguing that the CBP “arrests hundreds of violent felony gang members annually,” rescues younger girls compelled into the intercourse commerce and “intercepts harmful medication,” together with “sufficient of the opioid fentanyl to kill each man, girl and baby in the US a number of instances over.”

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He additionally accused the platform of mendacity about occasions surrounding Morgan’s lock-out, noting Twitter spokesperson gave a deceptive quote to the media about how the corporate revived the account.

“Including insult to harm – and insult to Individuals’ intelligence – Twitter unfold disinformation by misrepresenting Twitter’s intentional censorship,” Wolf went on, including that an organization consultant informed Politico’s Caitlin Oprysko that it reversed the choice on enchantment. Wolf stated that gave “the misunderstanding that Twitter’s enchantment course of remedied a mistake, however in reality Twitter’s enchantment course of failed.”

Twitter truly denied CBP’s enchantment. Twitter solely reversed itself after controversy and embarrassment escalated.

After being locked out of his deal with for some 20 hours, Morgan has since issued a press release concerning the incident, saying Twitter is “uncontrolled of their clear bias towards this administration” and slamming the corporate for “censorship” that ought to “outrage each American.”

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