The latest post by Elon Musk, the famous billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, who bought Twitter for 44 billion dollars, dropped like a bomb on the US agenda. Musk revealed secret correspondence about the censorship of news about US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden. There has been no statement from the White House on the issue yet…
One of the most controversial names of recent days, Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk, has dropped a new bombshell, revealing secret correspondence about the censorship of news about US President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden.
The latest move is likely to make the famous billionaire more popular among Republicans and drag the social media platform deeper into the political debate.
TWEET HERE WE GO…
On Friday evening, Elon Musk shared a message on his personal Twitter account saying ‘Here we go’ and shared the ‘Twitter Files’ of a journalist named Matt Taibbi with his followers.
The content of the file in question extends to the 2020 US elections.
THE NEW YORK POST ANNOUNCED: HUNTER BIDEN’S FILES CENSORED
The New York Post, one of the most widely read newspapers in the US, announced in 2020 that the files belonging to Hunter Biden, the son of US President Joe Biden, whose name is associated with scandals, were censored on Facebook and Twitter.
Although Twitter management announced that the disclosure files obtained from Hunter Biden’s hacked laptop were removed due to the “material obtained with unauthorized access” policy, it turned out that this was just an excuse after Twitter changed hands.
INTERNAL CORRESPONDENCE PUBLISHED
Journalist Taibbi’s post titled ‘Twitter Files’ contains internal correspondence between Twitter employees.
According to the internal correspondence, the Hunter Biden story published on October 14, 2020, was removed by managers and a ‘not secure’ warning was added to the posts about it.
HERE IS THE NAME THAT PLAYED A KEY ROLE IN THE DECISION
According to Taibbi, the decision to censor was made by the company’s most senior executives, but Jack Dorsey was not aware of it.
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter’s former head of legal and policy, is thought to have played a ‘key role’ in the censorship decision.
IT HAS BECOME SUBSERVIENT TO POLITICIANS
It is known that the Twitter team intervenes and deletes content with some tools developed for the company. However, according to Taibbi’s claim, these interventions to combat spam and fraud have now taken on a manipulative dimension and have become serving politicians.
In one of the e-mails shared by Taibbi, who stated that Biden’s team removed many posts in the elections held in the US in 2020, one of the employees is seen to have written ‘There is more to examine from the Biden team.
REPUBLICANS ALSO MADE REQUESTS BUT…
Taibbi stated that he examined the internal correspondence in detail and that both Democrats and Republicans made requests from the company at that time.
However, the company’s responses were not balanced, and most of the requests that were responded to positively belonged to Democrats.
Twitter has long been criticized for favoring left-wing or liberal-leaning messaging, but has always denied these accusations.
SHOOK SOCIAL MEDIA
Matt Taibbi’s tweet shared by Elon Musk caused a great resonance on social media. While hundreds of thousands of likes and comments came to the post, there has not yet been a statement from the Biden administration on the issue.
HE ASKED FOR VOTES FOR REPUBLICANS
During the midterm elections, Elon Musk addressed undecided voters on Twitter and asked for votes for Republicans:
“Shared power prevents excesses on both sides. That’s why I propose voting for a Republican Congress, given that the Democrats hold the presidency.”
