Thread: Twitter is tagging the phrase ‘illegal alien’ as 'hateful content'

Center for Immigration Studies says Twitter is tagging the phrase ‘illegal alien’ as ‘hateful content’

Posted at 7:14 pm on September 11, 2018 by Brett T.

Back in 2013, the Associated Press Style Guide proudly announced that it was no longer sanctioning the term “illegal immigrant” or the use of “illegal” to describe a person: “Except in direct quotations, do not use the terms illegal alien, an illegal, illegals or undocumented.”

And as far back as 2016, when she was running for Senate, Kamala Harris declared the term “illegal alien” offensive and that “we must stop treating undocumented workers as criminals in this country” — a pretty good sign of where her priorities stand when it comes to illegal immigrants vs. U.S. citizens.

Now the nonpartisan Center for Immigration Studies is complaining that Twitter is not allowing it to promote any tweets which include the hate speech, “illegal alien.”

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2018...teful-content/

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this is getting worse each week!

Political correctness has been enacted to keep people from talking. Scary how this has been allowed in our country.

That should be legally actionable as it is a legitimate legal term they are banning. No question they are promoting bias.

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Add "Criminal Alien" to the ban.

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https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/...t-hate-speech/

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