Twitter kicked former President Donald Trump off of the platform during his presidency (1)(2). Twitter has censored or de-platformed conservatives at a much higher rate than liberals (3)(4). This trend is amplified by the political ideology of Twitter employees, over 98% of whom support Democrats (5). Twitter has also censored a variety of conservative federal government officials, including the head of Customs and Border Protection (6)(7). While Twitter censors people with conservative viewpoints in the U.S., it has not censored terrorist accounts (8). Twitter has banned many other accounts as well (9). Investigative journalism accounts revealed that, according to a Twitter employee, “Twitter does not believe in free speech” (10)(11). Twitter is a member of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media, which aims to demonetize advertisements and suppress content that “vilifies” individuals based on sexual orientation and gender identity, discusses “debated social issues in a negative or partisan context” or spreads “hate speech” (12)(13)(14). The company has also received a score of 100 on the Corporate Equality Index (15). Among other requirements, this means that Twitter has pledged to vet vendors for LGBTQ policies.

After buying the company in October 2022, new CEO Elon Musk announced the reinstatement of Jordan Peterson, the Babylon Bee, and Kathie Griffin, among other reversals (16). Mr. Musk has said that Twitter’s new policy is “freedom of speech not freedom of reach” (17). Twitter reversed its ban on former President Donald Trump as well (18). Twitter retains the right to censor/moderate content on its platform and has said that its content moderation policy has not changed (19). The EU has threatened to ban Twitter if it does not abide by its strict content moderation policies (20). Twitter suspended Kanye West on December 2, 2022, after he tweeted out an image of a swastika and violated the company’s rules against inciting violence (21). Twitter suspended the account for Senator Steve Daines on February 7, 2023 after he changed his profile picture to an image of him and his wife beside an antelope they had hunted (22). Later that day, Twitter reversed its suspension after public outcry. On March 1, Twitter briefly suspended the personal account of U.S. Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) without explanation (23). On June 1, Twitter canceled a deal with The Daily Wire to stream the latter’s documentary “What is a Woman?” for free on the site on the anniversary of the film’s release, claiming that the film violated the site’s policy against “misgendering” (24). Amidst the controversy, Musk referred to Twitter employees’ decision to cancel the deal as a “mistake” and reiterated that the film is “definitely allowed” on the site, as Twitter’s community guidelines had recently been changed to remove “misgendering” as an offense (25). Musk later reposted the link to the stream on his personal Twitter page, stating that “every parent” should watch the film (26).

Twitter matches employee donations to charity; however, it does not disclose its eligibility criteria publicly (1)(2).

Twitter’s does not protect its employees from viewpoint discrimination (1)(2).

Twitter has supported the Equality Act while denouncing legislation like Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Act or laws to keep boys out of girls’ sports (1)(2). Twitter opposed state-level election reforms (3). In 2019, former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said that anti-abortion laws are “bad for business” (4).

Twitter is a member of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (1)(2)(3). Twitter pledged over $100 million to Black Lives Matter movement related causes in 2020 (4)(5). The company is a corporate partner of the National LGBT Chamber of Commerce (6).

Twitter terminated its PAC in 2020; the PAC is no longer active (1). Twitter does not contribute to ideological political groups.