Donald Trump Jr. slammed tech companies like Facebook and Twitter in an op-ed on Monday, claiming their treatment of conservatives could enact a system of censorship equal to the one used in China as a prominent Republican congressman sued Twitter for 'shadow-banning conservatives.'
'Left unchecked, Big Tech and liberal activists could construct a private 'social credit' system — not unlike what the communists have nightmarishly implemented in China — that excludes outspoken conservatives from wide swaths of American life simply because their political views differ from those of tech executives,' Trump Jr., the son of the president, wrote in The Hill newspaper.
Trump Jr. has often railed against tech giants alleged censorship conservatives and has claimed his own social media posts were censored by them.
Tech companies argue they don’t single out conservatives for censorship.
Donald Trump Jr. slammed tech companies like Twitter in an op-ed on Monday
GOP Rep. Devin Nunes filed a multi-million dollar lawsuit against Twitter and some of its users for defamation and shadow banning
And his op-ed in The Hill, along with op-eds last month for FoxNews.com and RealClearPolitics, are serving as a rallying cry for conservatives to fight back against any online oppression.
His latest chop against censorship comes on the day Rep. Devin Nunes filed a lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter and some of its users.
Nunes said in his court filing, which was obtained by Fox News, Twitter was guilty of 'knowingly hosting and monetizing content that is clearly abusive, hateful and defamatory – providing both a voice and financial incentive to the defamers – thereby facilitating defamation on its platform.'
Nunes named specific Twitter accounts in his complain, including an accusation that GOP consultant Liz Mair published tweets that 'implied that Nunes colluded with prostitutes and cocaine addicts, that Nunes does cocaine, and that Nunes was involved in a 'Russian money laundering front.''
The suit also names the accounts @DevinNunesMom and 'Devin Nunes' Cow,' or @DevinCow.
Mair, who ran an anti-Trump super PAC called Make America Awesome during the 2016 election, did not respond to Fox News' request for comment. Nor did Twitter.
Nunes cites Mair's criticism of his partial ownership in a Napa Valley winery, which, the Fresno Bee reported, used hookers and cocaine to entice investors.
Mair tweeted a link to the article in her criticism of Nunes.
Nunes also accuses the social media platform of intentionally shadow banning him.
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