Twitter censors satirical "U.S. Ministry of Truth" account over a sarcastic tweet: U.S. Ministry of Truth is a self-described parody account on Twitter that has amassed approximately 300,000 followers. In August 2022, the account unsurprisingly tweeted something sarcastic, but according to a purported screenshot shared on the platform, the Twitter censors decided that it was "hateful conduct." The tweet read "Monkeypox had been added as an official stripe on the Pride Flag." The account was locked until the account owner deleted the tweet, and another purported screenshot also indicated that the account was restricted to read-only mode for 12 hours.