Matt Drudge, the founder and of the Drudge Report, took a swipe at Twitter on Thursday after the top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee, Devin Nunes, said the social media giant had “censored” Drudge Report tweets.
“Move over, Twitter!” Drudge said in a tweet, along with a screenshot of a Parse.ly graph of top external referrers. The data from that graph shows Drudge Report not far behind Twitter (2.4 percent to 1.3 percent in the past 12 months) for customers of a web analytics company. Online publishers partner with Parse.ly to obtain web analytics and audience data information.
Move over, Twitter! https://t.co/2wxPMvsm6t pic.twitter.com/Wav9f2JLyO
— MATT DRUDGE (@DRUDGE) March 15, 2018
The tweet comes after Drudge Report readers accused Twitter of censoring Drudge Reports tweets, egged on by tweets from Nunes, a California Republican, this week.
“I’ve noticed this also… Seems like @DRUDGE_REPORT @DRUDGE being censored by Twitter. PLEASE RETWEET if you’ve seen this happen in your feed!” Nunes said in one tweet, in response to an account that claimed most of Drudge Reports tweets had been censored.
I’ve noticed this also… Seems like @DRUDGE_REPORT @DRUDGE being censored by Twitter. PLEASE RETWEET if you’ve seen this happen in your feed! https://t.co/YSjCG6xa8z
— Devin Nunes (@DevinNunes) March 11, 2018
A Twitter spokesperson declined to comment on specific Twitter accounts, but referred the Washington Examiner to the social media company’s settings and instructions policy. The instructions say accounts can mark themselves as sensitive so that people who view the profile may receive a message saying the account may contain sensitive information.
Users also have settings that prevent them from viewing content that has been marked as sensitive. Users can disable this setting in their privacy settings.
Editor’s note: Matt Drudge makes a habit of deleting his tweets, so his tweet embedded in this story is likely to disappear.
