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You can be banned for stating a verifiable fact if it's too inconvenient: https://twitter.com/steve_sailer/status/1607733672635158528

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How is that a ban when they are tweeting about it?

It looks more like an algorithmic hiccup that was corrected than a ban for violating TOS. Not the same at all.

He appealed and it was affirmed by an actual moderator that it was against the TOS. He was allowed back on the platform after deleting the tweet as the linked thread explains.

So yes, he was banned for violating the TOS.

What does any of this have to do with conservative views being censored?

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