X, the platform previously referred to as Twitter, suspended the account for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ principal supporting PAC on Wednesday.
The By no means Again Down PAC’s account, @nvrbackdown24, was suspended early Wednesday morning, in response to the group’s strategic communications director Matt Wolking.
X didn’t instantly reply to a request for clarification from Fox Information Digital, although Wolking speculated that pro-Trump accounts “engaged in mass reporting” in opposition to the account.
“X says it ‘seems like our automated systems incorrectly picked it up as “spam.”‘ We have asked X to tell us who exactly reported @NvrBackDown24 as spam,” Wolking wrote from his personal account.
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X, formerly known as Twitter, suspended the account for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ main supporting political PAC on Wednesday. (Sergio Flores/AFP via Getty Images)
Wolking included screenshots of several X accounts allied with former Prsisdent Donald Trump that were celebrating the account’s suspension.
“Given their celebration, we have asked @X @elonmusk to disclose whether these Trump-backed accounts and their affiliated bot network have recently engaged in mass reporting against the @NvrBackDown24 account in order to manipulate X’s rules,” he wrote.
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The suspension comes just hours before the first GOP 2024 presidential primary debate is set to begin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. As of late morning, the account appears to have been reinstated, though its follower count remains in the triple digits, far lower than prior to the suspension.
X owner Elon Musk was tagged in multiple posts about the pro-DeSantis PAC’s suspension, but he did not respond on the platform. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
X owner Elon Musk was tagged in multiple posts about the pro-DeSantis PAC’s suspension, but he did not respond on the platform.
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Christina Pushaw, speedy response director for DeSantis’ marketing campaign, weighed in from her personal account on hypothesis that pro-Trump accounts have been liable for the suspension.
“BEYOND PARODY The identical trolls who cry nonstop once they’re censored on social media… are cheering for his or her opponents to be censored on social media,” she wrote.
DeSantis allies are speculating that pro-Trump accounts “engaged in mass reporting” in opposition to By no means Again Down’s account. (Steve Marcus/Getty Photos)
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“It is a well-worn Left Liberal tactic: When you possibly can’t defeat your opponents in a debate, you cover within the basement and attempt to silence your opponents. If it is true that Republicans are doing this now, disgrace on them,” she added.
By no means Again Down confirmed it regained entry to its account, however stated it was asking Musk and X to supply extra particulars about the reason for the suspension.
