Musk alleged on Friday—without any evidence—that Twitter acted under orders from the government “to suppress free speech.”
Twitter officials, the documents show, debated whether or not to suppress the story, which claimed to be sourced to a laptop once owned by Hunter Biden, but which they feared could be the result of Russian hacking.
Even without evidence the information came from the Russians—or any other third party—Twitter seemed, according to the documents, to decide to suppress the story under its Hacking Policy . Twitter ultimately suppressed the story – and accounts trying to share it—a decision done without the knowledge of former CEO Jack Dorsey, who later admitted the suppression was a mistake.
Taibbi also alleges “celebrities and unknowns alike” could have their accounts removed or reviewed at the request of a political party, though the system “wasn’t balanced” between the parties but rather determined by contacts with staff, which he said leaned heavily to the left, providing more room for Democrats to “complain.”
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