Musk releases Twitter internal documents showing details of suppression of Hunter Biden laptop story

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Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday began releasing a deluge of internal company documents showing what led the company to suppress posts sharing the Hunter Biden laptop story just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.

After teasing his followers with a promise to disclose “what really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression,” Mr. Musk linked to a lengthy Twitter thread by independent journalist Matt Taibbi showing the behind-the-scenes deliberations.

It portrays company executives plotting their course in response to the New York Post story exposing the now widely authenticated laptop.

 
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It portrays company executives plotting their course in response to the New York Post story exposing the now widely authenticated laptop.

What it does not portray is any government involvement in these decisions by a private company.
 
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Twitter owner Elon Musk on Friday began releasing a deluge of internal company documents showing what led the company to suppress posts sharing the Hunter Biden laptop story just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.

After teasing his followers with a promise to disclose “what really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression,” Mr. Musk linked to a lengthy Twitter thread by independent journalist Matt Taibbi showing the behind-the-scenes deliberations.

It portrays company executives plotting their course in response to the New York Post story exposing the now widely authenticated laptop.

Do you have something against private enterprise being allowed to make internal decisions?
I thought companies making decisions on their own was called Free Enterprise? The Republican and Democratic parties are not the government and are perfectly allowed to speak with decision-makers at other companies such as Twitter as are you.
 
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What it does not portray is any government involvement in these decisions by a private company.
The internal emails do. I would post a link here; but they contain profanity.
 
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Do you have something against private enterprise being allowed to make internal decisions?
I have a problem with a government influencing elections, by coercing private companies to sensor the Press, banning their political opponents, and censoring free speech of the people.
 
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The internal emails do. I would post a link here; but they contain profanity.

I have a problem with a government influencing elections, by coercing private companies to sensor the Press, banning their political opponents, and censoring free speech of the people.
Then post some evidence of this coercion, there must be some that does not contain profanity.
 
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The internal emails do. I would post a link here; but they contain profanity.
Here's a portion of the Twitter thread that goes into detail about the laptop story. According to this account of what took place, there was no evidence of government involvement and the decision to suppress the information was made by Twitter employees.

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Here's a portion of the Twitter thread that goes into detail about the laptop story. According to this, there was no evidence of government involvement and the decision to suppress the information was made by Twitter employees.

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Twitter Staff to Be Grilled Before Congress for Censoring Hunter Biden Laptop Story: Rep. Comer​


The top Republican on the House Oversight Committee said that Twitter staff involved in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 presidential elections will face Congress and testify about their actions.


Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), the GOP ranking member on the Committee, made the remarks in a Friday appearance on Fox News after Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk dropped part one of the so-called “Twitter Files,” an expose of the inner workings of Twitter’s censorship machine.


“Every employee at Twitter who was involved in suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story will have an opportunity to come before Congress and explain their actions to the American people,” Comer told program host Sean Hannity.

 
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Did you conveniently forget what you were talking about?

'these discussions' in the OP is in reference to the Hunter Biden laptop story. For crying out loud, I literally replied to your statement about the "New York Post story exposing the now widely authenticated laptop."

Stepping back, it comes as no surprise that DHS, within its purview for national security, has a hotline to media to alert them to government objections. Despite First Amendment protections against prior restraint, national security issues can overrule the First Amendment.

No prior restraint of the content of news by the government is allowed unless it reveals crucial military information, contains obscenity, or may directly incite "acts of violence".

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Would you be willing to draw your line for what would be objectionable with respect to this hotline? If it turns out this hotline has never been used to 'order' the suppression of speech, would that satisfy you that nothing illegal occurred?
 
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What's this?

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It is a statement that the private entities that are Facebook and Twitter considered it a good idea to have a direct channel to their moderation team. It doesn't say anything about how the information is used or even considered.
 
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It's entertaining to watch this eccentric billionaire run Twitter to the ground, firing workers and putting in beds for the overworked wage slaves he has left.
Now he's alienating subscribers by exploiting tired conspiracy theories.
His woeful interpersonal skills will sink this company fast.
 
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It's entertaining to watch this eccentric billionaire run Twitter to the ground, firing workers and putting in beds for the overworked wage slaves he has left.
Now he's alienating subscribers by exploiting tired conspiracy theories.
His woeful interpersonal skills will sink this company fast.
What conspiracy theory? Who is he alienating besides far leftists like yourself?
 
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