Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio tweeted, essentially, we were right, Republicans were right about the shadow bans. The Twitter files reports showed that some accounts were indeed debusted or were blocked from trending and even banned entirely. But it did not really get into, except for the case of Donald Trump, discussions into why those accounts were deusted blocked or banned. So in any case, Jordan is going to get the chance to hunt around for more evidence with his subpoena power.
Maybe not, but you’re going to be hearing about them for a while anyway. Republicans are saying they’ll use them to investigate the Biden administration.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlain, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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