President Trump Donald John TrumpSteele Dossier sub-source was subject of FBI counterintelligence probe Pelosi slams Trump executive order on pre-existing conditions: It 'isn't worth the paper it's signed on' Trump 'no longer angry' at Romney because of Supreme Court stance MORE on Thursday vowed that the government would investigate Twitter for allegations that the social media giant has suppressed content from some conservative accounts.

"Twitter 'SHADOW BANNING' prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints," Trump tweeted.

Twitter “SHADOW BANNING” prominent Republicans. Not good. We will look into this discriminatory and illegal practice at once! Many complaints. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) July 26, 2018

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The president, who uses Twitter as one of his main lines of communication with the public, was responding to claims from some Republicans who have alleged they have been "shadow banned" from the platform and have seen their engagement with users dissipate in recent weeks.

Rep. Matt Gaetz Matthew (Matt) GaetzFlorida attorney general scrutinizing Bloomberg paying fines for felons to vote Lara Trump campaigns with far-right activist candidate Laura Loomer in Florida House to vote on removing cannabis from list of controlled substances MORE. (R-Fla.), a staunch Trump ally, told The Hill on Wednesday he feels "victimized" because his visibility on Twitter has dropped for unclear reasons.

A spokesman for Gaetz’s office said they noticed a “significant decrease” in the congressman’s followers and retweets around May 15, which coincided with when Twitter implemented a new policy to crack down on what the company calls “troll-like behaviors.”

Vice News first reported on Wednesday that Gaetz, Reps. Mark Meadows Mark Randall MeadowsAnxious Democrats amp up pressure for vote on COVID-19 aid Pelosi hopeful COVID-19 relief talks resume 'soon' The Hill's Morning Report - Sponsored by Facebook - GOP closes ranks to fill SCOTUS vacancy by November MORE (R-N.C.) and Jim Jordan James (Jim) Daniel JordanHouse panel pulls Powell into partisan battles over pandemic Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election House passes resolution condemning anti-Asian discrimination relating to coronavirus MORE (R-Ohio) and Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Romney McDaniel are among those who failed to appear on Twitter’s auto-populated drop-down search when users entered their names.

Gaetz and McDaniel accused Twitter of political bias.

Twitter has acknowledged the issue and called it unintentional. The company said it’s working to fix the issue and that it was not targeting Republicans.

“As we have said before, we do not 'shadowban'. We are aware that some accounts are not automatically populating in our search box, and shipping a change to address this,” a Twitter spokesperson said in a statement.

Kayvon Beykpour, the product lead for the company, tweeted on Wednesday that the platform is working to improve its “behavior-based ranking models” to improve accuracy.

“To be clear, our behavioral ranking doesn’t make judgements based on political views or the substance of tweets,” Beykpour tweeted.

To be clear, our behavioral ranking doesn’t make judgements based on political views or the substance of tweets. We recently publicly testified to Congress on this topic https://t.co/Zk4DL7Q3hq — Kayvon Beykpour (@kayvz) July 25, 2018

Ali Breland contributed to this report, which was updated at 9:08 a.m.