Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg’s new app called “Threads” immediately began censoring users on the platform Thursday just hours after the official launch of the Twitter-rival.
Author Michael Shellenberger posted a photo of conservative commentator Rogan O’Handley’s brand new Threads account, DC_Draino, which was already being censored just hours after joining the app.
Threads warns users requesting to follow O’Handley, “This account has repeatedly posted false information that was reviewed by independent fact-checkers or went against our Community Guidelines.”
In a statement on Twitter, Shellenberger claimed that while the “founders of Threads” promised users a “better experience” than Elon Musk’s Twitter app, the platform is “censoring users and offering no avenue to appeal.”
Shellenberger argued that since the American people have given “broad legal liability protection” to social media platforms under Section 230, the American people should have “the right to appeal censorship” and “get full transparency.”