Facebook and Twitter are in conservatives’ crosshairs after the NY Post censoring scandal

This appeared in The Millennial Source

While the supposed Hunter Biden scandal has fallen out of the news cycle since the election, many view what happened to The New York Post as further proof that conservatives are routinely and disproportionally censored on Twitter and Facebook.

Now, weeks after Election Day, one curious take-away from the victory of President-elect Joe Biden is the lack of an “ October surprise.” The most shocking events have happened after the election, with President Donald Trump denying the results and seeking to overturn them. As some predicted, by late October, voter’s minds were made up and no news stories significantly shifted votes.

However, in conservative circles, The New York Post Hunter Biden story was the story of the election. On October 14, the Post began publishing a series of articles involving alleged emails between Hunter, the president-elect’s son, and his business partners. Those emails, which could not be verified, purportedly showed Hunter and his father unethically making money off the Biden name.

Due to the lack of verification within the story, both Facebook and Twitter blocked users from sharing the articles, including the article from the Post. It was an…