Twitter temporarily placed a warning label on a post sent by Tim Tebow in which the former professional athlete spoke about his religious faith.
“This could be your time. That breakthrough could be tomorrow, or it could be next year,” Tebow’s tweet, sent on Monday, said. “But, you have the opportunity to turn however you’re being tested into a testimony. So many heroes were wounded deeply before they were used greatly!”
The post included a video in which the outspoken Christian talked about how his faith has helped him navigate difficult times in his life.
“Bible believers, when we look at the Bible, and we see a lot of the heroes, a lot of times they truly were wounded deeply before they were ever used greatly,” he said looking at the camera. “So maybe you’re going through a time in your life where you feel like you’ve just been wounded greatly. It hasn’t been your year, hasn’t been your day — you just don’t feel like this is your time.”
This could be your time. That breakthrough could be tomorrow, or it could be next year. But, you have the opportunity to turn however you’re being tested into a testimony. So many heroes were wounded deeply before they were used greatly! pic.twitter.com/ldTu5acIDO
— Tim Tebow (@TimTebow) July 27, 2020
Screenshots posted by other users showed Twitter allowed the text in Tebow’s post but hid the video, flagging it as “potentially sensitive content.”
Twitter censors Bible-based motivational video posted by pro-baseball player, Tim Tebow. pic.twitter.com/jDwsWeH9gO
— WTHuston (@WTHuston) July 30, 2020
Twitter’s policy states sensitive content includes “violent crimes or accidents; physical fights; physical child abuse; bodily fluids including blood, feces, semen, etc.; serious physical harm, including visible wounds; and severely injured or mutilated animals.”
A Twitter spokesperson told the Blaze that Tebow’s tweet “was flagged as potentially sensitive media in error. It has been corrected.”
Conservatives have in recent years theorized that big tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Apple have displayed bias against Republicans or conservative ideas.
On Wednesday, the CEOs of the nation’s largest tech companies were called before Congress to testify about a monthslong anti-trust investigation seeking to ascertain if they are running monopolies. Republicans spent the hearing grilling them about alleged biases against conservatives.
“I’ll just cut to the chase: Big Tech is out to get conservatives,” Rep. Jim Jordan said during the hearing. “That’s not a suspicion. That’s not a hunch. That’s a fact.”
