Controversial commentator Nick Fuentes permanently banned from Twitter: Nick Fuentes, a highly controversial political commentator who has been accused of being a holocaust-denier and white supremacist has been permanently banned from Twitter. It is unclear what led to the ban, but a Twitter spokesperson claimed it was due to "repeated violations of the Twitter rules." The Southern Poverty Law Center is claiming credit for the ban, which came several days after a report in which a Twitter senior manager of public policy was quoted as saying that Twitter had "not seen enough violative content" to ban Fuentes. A tweet by conservative commentator Michael Knowles explained the Fuentes situation is far more serious than his most recent ban from Twitter: "For those who haven’t followed the story, 'unpersoning' does not refer to his Twitter ban. He’s been kicked off of every major social media platform, reportedly banned from every major financial institution, and placed on the No Fly List without ever being charged with a crime."

While Fuentes' views are not supported by most conservatives, several spoke out in defense of freedom of speech after Fuentes was banned. Author and political candidate J.D. Vance tweeted about it, saying "Nick Fuentes has been a giant troll (and IMO dishonest) in his attacks against me. Don't care. Tech companies control what we're allowed to say in our own country. It has to stop."

Conservative commentator and Editor Emeritus of the Daily Wire Ben Shapiro also chimed in, saying "Nick Fuentes is a garbage person with garbage beliefs. Twitter is also filled with lots of garbage people with garbage beliefs. Only certain people get banned. Nobody should trust Twitter's supposed free speech neutrality."

Cassandra Fairbanks, journalist with The Gateway Pundit, tweeted "ADL put out a hit piece and Nick Fuentes was banned right after it dropped. That is fucking insane. Like him or not — do you really want the far-left ADL controlling who can speak online?"

Conservative pundit Matt Walsh added his opinion as well, saying "Insane. Fuentes didn't break Twitter's rules. They banned him now because an activist group told them to. That's a huge problem, especially when they only do this kind of thing in one direction."

John Hawkins, a reporter with Bongino.com, had this to say: "I don't like or respect Nick Fuentes. In fact, he had blocked me for trashing him. It's still wrong for Twitter to censor him for political reasons. It's even more wrong that Twitter is allowed to be such a powerful monopoly that it matters if it bans him."

Brigitte Gabriel, founder and chairman of ACT for America, provided her perspective as well: "Nick Fuentes had me blocked on Twitter because I am a proud legal immigrant from Lebanon. I still don't think Big Tech should have the power to silence his voice. Scary times."