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Steve: so, at this point though, if you are -- have a conservative point of view. is there an expectation that the media are going to be fair to you. >> i think currently probably not. you know. and so and i hate to say that because, again, these are private companies. and they do have a right to run their companies as they want to run them. you know, i think in the context of, say, congressman nunez, if there was no shadow banning as he calls it. maybe it would be different. you know, because obviously people have been saying things about public officials since george washington. steve: sure....

Headlines 2470, he joins us now. shadow banning, with the definition of that? >> the definition is you are sending out tweets and they are appearing in your timeline but not necessarily appearing on other people's timelines so the effect is that your message isn't reaching as large of an audience as you potentially could reach. we have heard these accusations now for several years, since the 2016 presidential election. twitter's response to that has been a very matter-of-fact. that is not something that they do. a lot of times what's happening in the situation where people's tweets get banned ...

So one of the users he's suing is called devin nunes's cow. so walk us through what is happening here? >> that's the right question. i had that question myself when i first saw this story pop up. essentially, devin nunes is arguing that he has had to endure, you know, slights, insults, you know, in a way that nobody should ever have to deal with it, people making fun of him, people making crude jokes about him. and that all of this is essentially being enabled by the platform itself. because they have it out for conservatives. so, you know, i mean, our laws protect parody, for example, if you'...

Not. that may or may not be happening. that's where i think these cases of shadow banning come in. a lot of times especially with politicians, we are talking about hot button issues, talking about issues that affect their constituents, talking about things that are in the news of the day if you are talking about some terrible news events, that might be flagged as let's put the pause on this because it might be. >> sandra: the question is does this go anywhere? he is specifically in his words saying that twitter is guilty of knowingly hosting and monetizing content that is clearly abusive, hate...

The network operations center for comcast. we are working to make things simple, easy and awesome. >> welcome back. david nunez filed a lawsuit against twitter. he's excusing the social media giant of shadow banning conservatives including himself to influence the 2018 elections