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Twitter accused of censoring anti-Tory topic
#CameronMustGo disappearance provokes anger

Political punters who bet that #CameronMustGo would trend on Twitter until New Year’s Day lost their lolly yesterday, despite the slogan’s soaring popularity.

Twitter bosses were accused of “censoring” the popular anti-Tory Twitter topic when it disappeared from the social media site’s trends list overnight.

The hashtag has been tweeted over a million times since the online campaign was launched on November 22.

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