As part of the censorship campaign, also al-Ahed News Arabic Twitter Account was temporarily suspended. By Staff, Agencies A bipartisan group of US Congressmen sent a letter on Tuesday to Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, demanding the social media platform will ban accounts related to Hezbollah and Hamas resistance movements from using the platform. Reps.

Josh Gottheimer [NJ-5], Tom Reed [NY-23], Max Rose [NY-11], and Brian Fitzpatrick [PA-1], claimed that Twitter is “blatantly violating US law,” and demanded that Twitter remove these accounts by November 1.

The group first reached out to Twitter last month.

Carlos Monje, Twitter’s US director of public policy and philanthropy, wrote in response that “Twitter’s purpose is to serve the public conversation.” “All individuals accessing or using Twitter’s services must adhere to the policies set forth in the Twitter rules,” Monje said in his response.

Monje explained that Twitter distinguishes between the political and military factions of these organizations.

“We may make limited exceptions for groups that have reformed or are currently engaging in peaceful resolution processes, as well as groups with representatives who have been elected to public office through elections, as is the case with parts of Hamas and Hezbollah,” Monje stressed.

The lawmakers, outraged by the response, demanded Twitter take action