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Elon Musk dropped a bombshell of information Friday about how Twitter suppressed the Hunter Biden’s laptop story on its platform ahead of the 2020 presidential election — and he said he’s not done yet!
On Friday evening, the Twitter CEO teased another trove of emails and conversations between Twitter employees would be released sometime on Saturday.
“Tune in for Episode 2 of The Twitter Files tomorrow!” Musk tweeted hours after the initial reveal.
Earlier Friday, Musk shared files with Substack journalist Matt Taibbi, who then publicly shared them in over 30 tweets. The thread included screenshots of emails showing Twitter employees suspended, banned, or censored users from commenting on Biden’s laptop.
ELON MUSK REVEALS WHAT LED TO TWITTER SUPPRESSING HUNTER BIDEN STORY IN 2020
Elon Musk has wasted little time making his mark on Twitter since he took over last month.
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“What you’re about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter,” Taibbi began the thread.
Taibbi also said Twitter, as a social media app, eventually regressed from an arena of free expression to a sphere dominated by “tools for controlling speech.”
“Slowly, over time, Twitter staff and executives began to find more and more uses for these tools. Outsiders began petitioning the company to manipulate speech as well: first a little, then more often, then constantly,” he added.
Liberals resumed their months-long panic about the possible takeover on Tuesday when it was reported Twitter intended to close the deal for Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of the social media company.
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The “Twitter Files” showed on at least one occasion, the “Biden team” instructed Twitter employees to remove politically inconvenient content in October 2020, just weeks before Joe Biden was elected President of the United States.
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