,,iv #aafth ,,congress #b;d ,session ,h4 ,,res4 #ihd ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of ,,representatives ,may #bh1 #bjbj,mr4 ,lamborn 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,collins of ,georgia1 ,mr4 ,biggs1 and ,mr4 ,banks7 submitted the following resolution2 which was referred to the ,committee on ,energy and ,commerce ,,resolution ,condemning ,twitter's partisan censorship of ,president ,donald ,j4 ,trump4 ,whereas the ,united ,states is founded upon the free exchange of ideas and the ability of all ,americans to speak freely2 ,whereas there have been instances of apparent leftwing bias in ,twitter and other ,california technology companies2 ,whereas there has been a demonstrated effort by ,twitter to obstruct and interfere with ,president ,trump's ability to get his message through to the ,american people2 ,whereas ,twitter has followed the lead of some in the biased news media and deemed themselves fact checkers as a smokescreen to lend its political tactics some false credibility2 ,whereas ,twitter had previously agreed to provide a public social media platform free of censorship1 but has not upheld its commitment2 ,whereas a ,twitter staffer deactivated the ,twitter account of the ,president of the ,united ,states in #bjag without a legitimate reason2 ,whereas a politically motivated ,twitter staffer erroneously claimed that tweets from the ,president of the ,united ,states on ,may #bg1 #bjbj1 contained misleading information2 ,whereas ,twitter has improperly applied its new civic integrity policy1 which protects the free speech of its users2 ,whereas ,twitter's new civic integrity policy standard has not been applied consistently across the ,twitter platform2 ,whereas ,twitter has continued its historic lack of transparency in its implementation of the civic integrity policy2 ,whereas the leader of ,facebook1 another large social media platform1 publicly noted that privately owned social media platforms should not act as arbiters of truth2 ,whereas1 unimpeded by censorship1 the ,president's political challengers continue to use ,twitter to promote their political platform and encourage voter participation while ,twitter singles out the ,president's account2 ,whereas the ,president has more than #hj million ,twitter followers2 and ,whereas the ,president uses his ,twitter account to communicate with the ,american public and bypass the often biased and discriminating reporting of the many in the news media3 ,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house of ,representatives-- 7#a7 unequivocally condemns ,twitter's biased and unwarranted censorship of the ,president of the ,united ,states1 ,donald ,j4 ,trump2 7#b7 strongly disapproves of ,twitter's partisan and politically motivated content moderation2 and 7#c7 demands that ,twitter end its discriminatory practices and consistently protect the ,first ,amendment rights of all ,americans1 including the ,president of the ,united ,states4