Meghan McCain called out for blocking trolls — after praising Trump era of anti-censorship
Meghan McCain was called out on X for limiting "who can reply" to her tweets after posting praise for the Trump era of "anti-censorship."
Users on the social media site criticized the conservative pundit's "hypocrisy," with musician Rourke writing, "So much for 'radically free speech'. It took only four minutes to show ur hypocrisy."
"Meghan McCain: YAY RADICAL FREE SPEECH! Also Meghan McCain: shuts off replies," chimed in @emisback717 on X.
"Meghan McCain is such a big proponent of free speech, than why does she ONLY let blue check accounts post replies to her. She’s a fraud," added @daynahmk on X.
The controversy began Tuesday afternoon when McCain admonished trolls who she said were "mad" she didn't have cancer.
"I've decided to limit who can reply to my tweets to verified accounts because quite frankly too many of you are emotionally unstable and have been messaging me you're mad my breast mass wasn't cancerous because I criticized Meghan Markle's cooking teaser. New year, new rules," she wrote.
An hour earlier, following President-elect Donald Trump's rambling Palm Beach news conference, McCain wrote, "One of the things I am really going to enjoy about this new Trump era is it is actually, authentically going to be a time of radical free speech and anti censorship. All the former gate keepers and overlords of what can and cannot be said are finally neutered of their power."
X is owned by Trump ally and Department of Government Efficiency appointee Elon Musk.
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Earlier Tuesday, Trump praised Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg for announcing that Facebook would stop its practice of fact-checking posts, a move seen as a nod to the incoming Trump administration. Conservatives have long criticized Facebook for "censoring" posts, though Meta is a private company, not a government-run entity.
Meta owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
"They have come a long way," Trump said of the social media company.
"Trump then replied 'probably' when asked if the move is CEO Mark Zuckerberg directly responding to threats the president-elect has made against him," The Hill reported.
Meta's change in policy is a far cry from four years ago when the company shut down Trump's account for inciting the Jan. 6 Capitol riots. Facebook later reinstated Trump, who went on to found his own social media platform, TruthSocial.
Meghan McCain has criticized Trump in the past for making disparaging remarks about her late father, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ).