Several X users said Tuesday they could not follow the vice president’s campaign account and were met with a message telling them they reached a limit on following more profiles.
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Rep. Jerry Nadler, D-N.Y., called on the House Judiciary Committee to investigate Elon Musk’s X on Tuesday, one day after users on the platform said they were unable to follow Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign account, which Nadler called a “serious and time-sensitive censorship issue” as Harris is at the start of her presidential campaign after President Joe Biden withdrew from the race Sunday.Key Facts
Nadler urged the Republican-controlled committee to request information from X, formerly known as Twitter, regarding the “apparent censorship,” arguing Americans and Harris have a protected interest and right to engage with each other on social media as the vice president makes her run for president, according to a letter sent to the committee’s chair, Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio.
Specifically, Nadler is seeking an explanation for why certain users were prevented from following the campaign account, the total number of users who tried and failed to follow it, what actions were taken to address the matter and whether Musk was involved in “directing, encouraging, or coercing any employee at X to throttle or limit any user” from following the account.
