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I wouldn't consider Twitter to be an unbiased third party given their past performance and the CEO's public stance on these topics.

The claim that cigarettes cause cancer has been disputed by Marlboro's own research, finding that cigarettes prevent cancer.

If enough people believe there’s a bias against them, that’s enough for people (Republican Congress critters in this case) to turn on the site

..for the conservative views they allow on twitter.