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Now it’s Democrats who want the House to investigate X for political censorship

The US House Judiciary Committee Ranking Member sent a letter to committee chair Jim Jordan (R-OH) on Thursday, imploring him to investigate inaccurate information about the presidential election on X. Jordan, a self-proclaimed free speech advocate, has relentlessly pursued claims that social platforms have censored conservative voices.

In addition, Nadler pointed to reports that Musk’s social platform suspended the group White Dudes for Harris (@dudes4harris) after it hosted an event that raised over $4 million from over 200,000 people for the Vice President’s campaign. Nadler’s letter cites the platform’s swift response to false posts claiming to derive from internal X software which stated Musk, Trump and other far-right personalities were exempt from policies banning racial slurs. “The FEC has consistently dismissed complaints against social media sites where they could show that they were merely enforcing their own moderation rules,” campaign finance lawyer Brett Kappel told The Washington Post.

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