California Republican Devon Nunes has filed a $250 million lawsuit against Twitter over their conservative bias, arguing that shadow bans and selective enforcement may have actually influenced our elections.

He stresses the importance of Twitter by saying that a candidate isn't on Twitter is a losing candidate.

Now, I argued to Jack Dorsey and their head of trust and safety on the Jorogan podcast that if they didn't uphold American legal standards of discourse, it would only be a matter of time before lawmakers came after them.

Not only are we seeing this lawsuit, but in Florida at the state level, an anti-sensorship bill was passed that would restrict censorship on certain grounds.

Today, let's take a look at what's going on with this lawsuit, whether or not it as merit, and then take a look at the legislation in Florida, which could potentially change things in our country when we deal with social media and censorship.

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Our first story from Fox News, Nunes, Su's Twitter, some users, seeks over $250 million alleging anti-conservative shadow bans and smears.

Now before we read this, I do want to point out there is a conflicting narrative coming from the Washington Post.

Clearly, this issue is extremely political, and the Washington Post highlights some of the more absurd claims made by Nunes, which in my opinion are worthy of criticism.

But let's start by reading Fox News to see what their take on the issue is.

California GOP-Rap Devonunis filed a major lawsuit seeking $250 million in compensatory damages and $350,000 in punitive damages against Twitter,

and a handful of its users on Monday accusing the social media site of shadow banning conservatives to secretly hide their posts, systematically censoring opposing viewpoints and totally ignoring lawful complaints of repeated abusive behavior.

In a complaint filed in Virginia State Court on Monday obtained by Fox News, Nunes claimed Twitter wanted to derail his work on the House Intelligence Committee, which he chaired until 2019, as he looked into alleged and apparent surveillance abuses by the government.

Nunes said Twitter was guilty of knowingly hosting and monetizing content that is clearly abusive, hateful, and defamatory, providing both a voice and financial incentive to the defamers, thereby facilitating defamation on its platform.

Devon's legal team writes, Twitter created and developed the content at issue in this case by transforming false accusations of criminal conduct, imputed wrongdoing, dishonesty and lack of integrity into a publicly available commodity used by unscrupulous political operatives and their donor clients.

Twitter is responsible for the development of offensive content on its platform because it in some way specifically encourages development of what is offensive about the content.

The lawsuit is separate from Nunes' work on the House Intelligence Committee, where he is now the ranking member.

Additionally, as the complaint stated, Twitter has a duty to exercise reasonable care to avoid hosting outwardly defamatory content because of its increasingly important role in current affairs.

Access to Twitter is essential for meaningful participation in modern-day American democracy the complaint stated.

A candidate without Twitter is a losing candidate. The ability to use Twitter is a vital part of modern citizenship. A presence on Twitter is essential for an individual to run for office or engage in any level of political organizing in modern America.

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