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- On Thursday President Donald Trump tweeted that Twitter was "shadow banning" prominent Republicans, adding fuel to media reports of right-wing censorship.
- Twitter released a blog post saying that it was not shadow banning anyone, but there was an auto-suggest issue, which is now fixed.
- It said the issue affected hundreds of thousands of accounts, including those of Democratic politicians.
Twitter says the bug that many people describing as "shadow banning" didn't just affect Republican accounts — it affected Democrats too.
The company published a blog post denying accusations from Vice News and, subsequently, Donald Trump that it was intentionally hiding Republican accounts from showing up in its drop-down autocomplete suggestions.
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