{"id":36506,"date":"2018-08-07T08:12:02","date_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:12:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36506"},"modified":"2018-08-07T08:13:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T13:13:00","slug":"the-crackdown-continues-twitter-suspends-libertarian-accounts-including-ron-paul-institute-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=36506","title":{"rendered":"The Crackdown Continues: Twitter Suspends Libertarian Accounts, Including Ron Paul Institute Director"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Crackdown Continues: Twitter Suspends Libertarian Accounts, Including Ron Paul Institute Director<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n
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One day after what appeared to be a coordinated attack by media giants Facebook, Apple, Spotify and Google on Alex Jones, whose various social media accounts were banned or suspended in a matter of hours, the crackdown against alternative media figures continued as several Libertarian figures, including the Ron Paul Institute director, found their Twitter accounts suspended.<\/p>\n

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Two more casualties of the Twitter purge of antiwar voices: @<\/span>ScottHortonShow<\/span><\/a>, the new\u00a0editorial director of http:\/\/<\/span>Antiwar.com<\/a>, and @<\/span>DanielLMcAdams<\/span><\/a>, director of the Ron Paul Institute.<\/p>\n

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On Monday, Twitter suspended the editorial director of antiwar.com Scott Horton, former State Department employee Peter Van Buren, and Dan McAdams, the executive director of the Ron Paul Institute.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Scott Horton, Peter Van Buren, and Dan McAdams have been suspended from Twitter.
\nIf you go to their accounts, you will see their old tweets, but they are prohibited from making new tweets. They were reported by @<\/span>KatzOnEarth<\/span><\/a> for criticizing his posts. Please complain to Twitter.<\/p>\n

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Horton was reportedly disciplined for the use of “improper language” against journalist Jonathan M. Katz, he said in a brief statement, while McAdams was suspended for retweeting him, he said. Past tweets in both accounts were available to the public at the time of the writing, unlike the account of Van Buren, which was fully suspended.<\/p>\n

According to TargetLiberty<\/a>, Horton and McAdams fell victim <\/a>of Twitter\u2019s suspension algorithm after objecting to Katz\u2019s quarrel with Van Buren over an earlier interview.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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