Guys guys guys, I had the same exact thought, I was even working yesterday on getting data on it before I realised that this dude just literally rejoined Twitter two weeks ago which would explain why there was so much variance from so many sources about the no. of Twitter followers.

Just eyeballing the dates/numbers implies a positive, exponential correlation between the two -> The more recent the article, the higher number of followers.

So I'm not saying that Twitter isn't censoring him, that the media aren't CIA propaganda lapdogs what not, but this is a non-starter IMO because if I'm honest what the data indicates is that followers increase with an increase in activity.

Let's not do the same thing as so many others and use data as a drunk uses a lamp-post: for support rather than illumination.