A Republican candidate seeking a House seat in the Florida Legislature had his Twitter account yanked this week after a post about violence against federal agents.
On Friday, two top congressional Democrats on the House Oversight Committeeto social media companies about “a flood of violent threats on social media” that pose a danger to law enforcement.
The letters — sent to Meta, Twitter, TikTok, Truth Social, Rumble, Gettr, Telegram and Gab — also requested information about how social media companies are responding to the threats.“I am in no way advocating any kind of vigilante, extra-judicial, illegal or other form of violence against federal officers,” he said.
He said he found out about the Twitter suspension Friday morning when he checked his account, and that he has filed an appeal with the social media company.
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