"Celebrities and unknowns alike could be removed or reviewed at the behest of a political party," he said, providing another screengrab that included banning a tweet by actor James Woods.8. By 2020, requests from connected actors to delete tweets were routine. One executive would write to another: “More to review from the Biden team.” The reply would come back: “Handled.” pic.twitter.com/mnv0YZI4af
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 2, 2022
"Both parties had access to these tools. For instance, in 2020, requests from both the Trump White House and the Biden campaign were received and honored. However," he continued, "This system wasn't balanced. It was based on contacts. Because Twitter was and is overwhelmingly staffed by people of one political orientation, there were more channels, more ways to complain, open to the left (well, Democrats) than the right." "The resulting slant in content moderation decisions is visible in the documents you’re about to read. However, it’s also the assessment of multiple current and former high-level executives," the journalist noted further, adding that the real censorship began in earnest after the New York Post published the first stories revealing Biden family corruption in October 2020. Those reports revealed that Hunter Biden 1) was involved in corrupt deals in many foreign countries, including Ukraine and China; and 2) a portion of what he earned went to Joe Biden, meaning that Hunter's gigs came as a result of foreigners attempting to 'buy access' to the then-vice president of the United States. "Twitter took extraordinary steps to suppress the story, removing links and posting warnings that it may be 'unsafe.' They even blocked its transmission via direct message, a tool hitherto reserved for extreme cases, e.g. child pornography," Taibbi wrote. "White House spokeswoman Kaleigh McEnany was locked out of her account for tweeting about the story, prompting a furious letter from Trump campaign staffer Mike Hahn, who seethed: “At least pretend to care for the next 20 days.”9. Celebrities and unknowns alike could be removed or reviewed at the behest of a political party: pic.twitter.com/4uzkHnQ65E
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 2, 2022
Worse, there were political activist 'freelancers' working within Twitter to arbitrarily make decisions to cancel stories and users. "The decision was made at the highest levels of the company, but without the knowledge of CEO Jack Dorsey, with former head of legal, policy and trust Vijaya Gadde playing a key role," Taibbi said. Elon Musk buying Twitter was the best thing to happen to that platform since it was launched. Sources include: ThreadReaderApp.com NaturalNews.com9. Celebrities and unknowns alike could be removed or reviewed at the behest of a political party: pic.twitter.com/4uzkHnQ65E
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 2, 2022
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