Twitter downranks and suppresses author and Army veteran: Commentator, author, and U.S. Army Special Forces veteran Jim Hanson tweeted Nov. 27 in response to an Elon Musk tweet that Twitter had suppressed interaction with his account and tweets. “The internal #ThoughtPolice limited reach of some accounts for ‘hateful’ tweets against protected categories This was unfairly applied & still affects many accounts,” Hanson said.

“Tweets disagreeing w/ CRT or L[G]BTetc or other ‘protected categories’ led to reach being limited to only followers,” Hanson continued. “My account which had been verified for years Was vastly throttled & even given a sensitive filter when the only sensitive content I posted Simply gave bad feelz.” He included a screenshot of his account with a message from Twitter, “Caution: this profile may include potentially sensitive content.” Hanson then shared a screenshot showing, “An av[era]g[e] tweet reaches approx 2.5% of my follower count Despite the far above avg 3.0% engagement rate.”