Twitter on Thursday morning blocked the 'Uncle Tim' trending topic – the racial slur that flooded the platform Wednesday night after Republican Sen. Tim Scott delivered his rebuttal to President Biden's address to Congress.
"I get called Uncle Tom, and the N-word by progressives, by liberals," Scott said during his speech.
"This is in line with our policies on Trends," the spokesperson told Fox News, noting that the company wants Trends"to promote healthy conversations on Twitter." "This algorithm identifies topics that are popular now, rather than topics that have been popular for a while or on a daily basis, to help you discover the hottest emerging topics of discussion on Twitter," the spokesperson said.
The only Black Republican senator, Scott has talked openly about his experience being targeted by police, including getting pulled over seven times in one year.
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