I think you're right. As an example, I have the word/name of a certain political figure 'muted', however will continue to see tweets involving that figure if a

I think you're right. As an example, I have the word/name of a certain political figure 'muted', however will continue to see tweets involving that figure if a friend retweets a tweet that has an embedded 'card' linking to a news article featuring said political figure.