Elon Musk's "Twitter files": Emails show fight over Hunter Biden laptop

By Madhupriya December 4,2022 Metalnation.org Image Credit:-Google

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Musk, who last month pushed his followers to support Republicans, appeared to push the information in an effort to reveal what he believes to be the political left's hold on Big Tech.

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To report on the story, Taibbi claimed he had to "agree to certain terms," although he did not specify what they were.

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The majority of Taibbi's reporting is based on screenshots of emails and other documents,

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but USA TODAY was unable to confirm their veracity. The White House chose not to respond.

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The emails centre on the discussion within Twitter over the propriety of blocking tweets promoting a 2020 New York Post article on Hunter Biden's laptop.

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Sensitive material was supplied in The Post story, which at the time USA TODAY and other news organisations were unable to independently verify.

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