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Twitter reportedly locked the account of the CEO of Concerned Women for America. The Blaze reported that Penny Nance, the CEO of the Concerned Women for America (CWA), was locked out of her account after she referred to Lia Thomas as a “man.” Thomas is a biological male who won awards by competing in female swimming events.

Missouri and Louisiana filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration Thursday for allegedly colluding with Big Tech companies. Fox News reported that the lawsuit claimed that the Biden administration “pressured and colluded” with companies like Facebook and Twitter to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Twitter announced it is testing a new feature that allowed a user to share his or her tweets with a specific number of people. “Twitter Circle” allowed users to restrict tweets to 150 specific people or less as a group.

A federal judge ruled that a journalist’s lawsuit against Twitter can proceed. Alex Berenson, an independent journalist, sued Twitter after he said the platform suspended him for his tweets on the COVID-19 vaccine.

A new report suggested that the FBI searched through the data of Americans millions of times last year–all without a warrant. The Wall Street Journal on April 29 reported that “as many as 3.4 million searches” of data occurred.

Facebook "whistleblower" Frances Haugen said the United States should be more like Europe when it comes to social media.

Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) discussed social media regulations on MSNBC.

Elon Musk said Twitter must remain “politically neutral” in order to gain public trust. Musk sent out several tweets that expressed his desire to uphold freedom of speech on the platform. “For Twitter to deserve public trust, it must be politically neutral, which effectively means upsetting the far right and the far left equally,” he tweeted.

Elon Musk had a lot to say about free speech since he purchased Twitter for $44 billion this week. “Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate,” he tweeted about Twitter’s famous censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story from the New York Post.

Billionaire Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter was totally about protecting the First Amendment, and had little to do with labor considerations or investing for financial gain. MRC President and founder Brent Bozell made those remarks during an appearance on Fox Business’ Varney & Co. on Tuesday.

Former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey was optimistic about Elon Musk’s $44 billion purchase of the platform. He shared his thoughts in a series of tweets Monday evening. “In principle, I don’t believe anyone should own or run Twitter,” he tweeted.

The Washington Post issued a correction in an article about conservatives on Telegram after it was called out.

Last week, The Epoch Times reported on yet another case of censorship involving basic biology as Google allegedly censored an app that promoted “womanhood.” The Times said the ad claimed that “womanhood is a birthright.” Ilan Muallem Srulovicz, the CEO and Founder of Égard Watch Company, a timepiece and jewelry firm, said Google censored the ad and labeled it “election…

Twitter will use a new feature on the platform to promote “safety” on the platform. TechCrunch reported that users would see third-party apps promoted on Twitter using “Twitter Toolbox.”