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Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 20.This led public policy executive Caroline Strom to send out a polite W-- query. Several employees noted that there was tension between the comms/policy teams, who had little/less control over moderation, and the safety/trust teams: ) at 7:24 AM Caroline Strom <cstrom@t e to take a closer look here? 932 11.8K Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 21. Strom's note returned the answer that the laptop story had been removed for violation of the company's “hacked materials” policy: web.archive.org/web/2019071714... I @elaineongsotto bal Escalations Team ing out to us. e user was bounced by Site Integrity for violating our Hacked Materials policy. Addi ts and guidance. 2,363 72.7K 13.1K 3 72.8K
Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 20.This led public policy executive Caroline Strom to send out a polite W-- query. Several employees noted that there was tension between the comms/policy teams, who had little/less control over moderation, and the safety/trust teams: ) at 7:24 AM Caroline Strom <cstrom@t e to take a closer look here? 932 11.8K Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 21. Strom's note returned the answer that the laptop story had been removed for violation of the company's “hacked materials” policy: web.archive.org/web/2019071714... I @elaineongsotto bal Escalations Team ing out to us. e user was bounced by Site Integrity for violating our Hacked Materials policy. Addi ts and guidance. 2,363 72.7K 13.1K 3 72.8K

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The Twitter Files (18-19)

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 18. 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 p----------. 1,979 125.2K om: Mike Hahn <mhahn@donald trump.com> ate: Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:19 PM Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi - Dec 2 19. 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." 113.7K ubject: URGENT: Kayleigh McEnany >: cstrom@twitter.com <cstrom@twitter.com>, Lauren Devoll <Idevoll@twitter.com>, Twitter Government & litics <gov@twitter.com> 2,188 ↑ ayleigh McEnany (@Kayleigh McEnany) has been locked out from her account for simply talking about the New ork Post story. I she did was cite the story and firsthand reporting that has been reported by other outlets and not disputed by e Biden campaign. heed an answer immediately on when/how she will be unlocked. also don't apricate how nobody on this team called me regarding the news that you'll be censoring news articles. ke I said, at least pretend to care for the next 20 days. 1 23.5K 115K
Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 18. 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 p----------. 1,979 125.2K om: Mike Hahn <mhahn@donald trump.com> ate: Wed, Oct 14, 2020 at 7:19 PM Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi - Dec 2 19. 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." 113.7K ubject: URGENT: Kayleigh McEnany >: cstrom@twitter.com <cstrom@twitter.com>, Lauren Devoll <Idevoll@twitter.com>, Twitter Government & litics <gov@twitter.com> 2,188 ↑ ayleigh McEnany (@Kayleigh McEnany) has been locked out from her account for simply talking about the New ork Post story. I she did was cite the story and firsthand reporting that has been reported by other outlets and not disputed by e Biden campaign. heed an answer immediately on when/how she will be unlocked. also don't apricate how nobody on this team called me regarding the news that you'll be censoring news articles. ke I said, at least pretend to care for the next 20 days. 1 23.5K 115K

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The Twitter Files (12-17)


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The Twitter Files (9-11)

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 9. Celebrities and unknowns alike could be removed or reviewed at the behest of a political party: Oct 25, 2020 at 9:58 AM the first one under SI... defer to Safety on the high profile second or Oct 24, 2020 at 6:54 PM onal report from DNC. witter.com/stephen_liuhuan/status/1320153232006676484 witter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1320171179504644098 :le 3,716 22 Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 10. 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: 3,163 18 24.9K $185.267 20 $968.749 Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 11. 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. opensecrets.org/orgs/twitter/s... ntributions by Party of Recipient O Total Democrats 0 14.9K $309.394 $165.969 $909.431 % to Dems 99.73% 111.7K 98.47% $295.722 96.38% Otwitter.com> wrot 84.7K twitter.com Republicans $451 $14.137 $11,100 % to Repubs 0.27% 1.53% 3.62%
Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 9. Celebrities and unknowns alike could be removed or reviewed at the behest of a political party: Oct 25, 2020 at 9:58 AM the first one under SI... defer to Safety on the high profile second or Oct 24, 2020 at 6:54 PM onal report from DNC. witter.com/stephen_liuhuan/status/1320153232006676484 witter.com/RealJamesWoods/status/1320171179504644098 :le 3,716 22 Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 10. 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: 3,163 18 24.9K $185.267 20 $968.749 Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 11. 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. opensecrets.org/orgs/twitter/s... ntributions by Party of Recipient O Total Democrats 0 14.9K $309.394 $165.969 $909.431 % to Dems 99.73% 111.7K 98.47% $295.722 96.38% Otwitter.com> wrot 84.7K twitter.com Republicans $451 $14.137 $11,100 % to Repubs 0.27% 1.53% 3.62%

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The Twitter Files (6-8)

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 6. As time progressed, however, the company was slowly forced to add those barriers. Some of the first tools for controlling speech were designed to combat the likes of spam and financial fraudsters. 2 11.2K 822 Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 7. 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. 3,530 On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 5:39 PM 15.4K Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 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." More to review from the Biden team: Thanks all. On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 8:28 PM handled these. 85.6K https://twitter.com/jared87983561/status/1320159679700373504 https://twitter.com/let3481/status/1320154175481626624 https://twitter.com/JSJX_2/status/1320152593742614529 https://twitter.com/ozwenya/status/1320151083692388352 https://twitter.com/GuySquiggs/status/1320149308625145856 7,469 98.2K 46.1K @twitter.com> wrote: 153.4K @twitter.com> wrote: ↑
Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 6. As time progressed, however, the company was slowly forced to add those barriers. Some of the first tools for controlling speech were designed to combat the likes of spam and financial fraudsters. 2 11.2K 822 Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 7. 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. 3,530 On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 5:39 PM 15.4K Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi Dec 2 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." More to review from the Biden team: Thanks all. On Sat, Oct 24, 2020 at 8:28 PM handled these. 85.6K https://twitter.com/jared87983561/status/1320159679700373504 https://twitter.com/let3481/status/1320154175481626624 https://twitter.com/JSJX_2/status/1320152593742614529 https://twitter.com/ozwenya/status/1320151083692388352 https://twitter.com/GuySquiggs/status/1320149308625145856 7,469 98.2K 46.1K @twitter.com> wrote: 153.4K @twitter.com> wrote: ↑

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What really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression by Twitter will be published on Twitter at 5pm ET!

Elon Musk @elonmusk What really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression by Twitter will be published on Twitter at 5pm ET! 3:39 PM Dec 2, 2022
Elon Musk @elonmusk What really happened with the Hunter Biden story suppression by Twitter will be published on Twitter at 5pm ET! 3:39 PM Dec 2, 2022

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