In the world of Twitter, pretty much anything goes.  "Keyboard warriors" are incredibly brave when they can use 140 characters to attack your character, sexuality, personality, career choices, etc.

In light of how nasty things can get, Twitter created "The Twitter Rules" in order to prevent safety from being compromised.  Among those rules are the following measures:

·  Private information: You may not publish or post other people's private and confidential information, such as credit card numbers, street address or Social Security/National Identity numbers, without their express authorization and permission.

·  Violence and Threats: You may not publish or post direct, specific threats of violence against others.

Recent evidence points to the possibility that Twitter has a political bias in how it enforces its rules.  Consider:

1. Famously, Spike Lee tweeted the address of George Zimmerman's parents after Zimmerman shot Trayvon Martin in early 2012.  Not only was it the address of different Zimmermans, who say they had to move out of concern for their safety, but Lee eventually tweeted an apology and settled a lawsuit with the couple for $10,000.

This seems like a clear violation of the Twitter Rules, but Lee's account was not suspended – even though his Tweet got national media attention.

2. Self-described conservative "journalist" Chuck Johnson, who Mediaite's Even McMurry pointed out probably shouldn't be taken seriously as a reporter or political commentator, saw his account get suspended twice because he published the address of the Dallas nurses who had contracted Ebola.

On his website, Johnson asked why his accurate tweets caused his account to be suspended, but Lee's factually inaccurate tweets – which put a couple's lives in danger – bore no consequences.

3. Ashley Rae, whose Tumblr profile, Communism Kills, has caused great angst for liberals, recently saw her mother's personal information published by thousands of people on Tumblr.  Many have likewise linked that information on Twitter – yet it appears that no punishment came to those who violated the Twitter Rules against Ms. Rae.

In an attempt to clarify the Twitter Rules, I reached out to the Twitter press folks with the following questions:

1. Why were Spike Lee and the critics of Ashley Ray not punished, while Johnson was?

2. How is the Twitter address rule applied? Is there a a lot of subjectivity?

3. Should conservatives be concerned about a potential political bias?

I received no answer, despite multiple attempts to get in touch.

So has Twitter shown a propensity to selectively enforce the rules, or are these isolated cases?  Have I missed some clear cases of bias against conservatives, or even liberals?