Some of the internal debate and reasoning behind the social media platform's controversial "free speech suppression" around a 2020 report on President Joe Biden's son can be seen in a 37 part thread of internal documents.
There was a bombshell 2020 report on then Vice- President Joe Biden.
A series of internal communications were released to and reported on by the independent journalist Matt Taibbi, who called the internal documents a "Frankenstinian tale of a human-built mechanism grown out"
The October 2020 New York Post story that claimed that Vice President Joe Biden had ties to a Ukrainian energy company that paid money to Biden's son Hunter, and that former President Donald Trump had taken as an October Surprise, was suppressed by the staff of the social media site.
The documents show that there was a debate about whether or not to suppress the story, which claimed to be from a laptop once owned by Hunter Biden.
No evidence has ever emerged that the information was hacked, but according to the documents, it seems that the information came from the Russians.
The decision to suppress the story was made without the knowledge of Jack Dorsey, who later admitted it was a mistake.
Celebs and unknowns alike could have their accounts removed or reviewed at the request of a political party, though the system "wasn't balanced" between the parties, according to Taibbi.
It is Musk's latest plea to conservatives, one month after he promised to restore Trump's account and after he urged his followers to vote for Republicans.
Musk had teased the release of the documents pertaining to "free speech suppression" throughout the week. By the end of 2020, Dorsey had admitted to members of Congress that the suppression of the story was a mistake and that the platform had since updated its policies. The decision to suppress the story was made because of a fear that the story was a hack, according to YoelRoth, the former head of trust and safety.
Taibbi suggests in his thread that there is no evidence that the government was involved in the suppression of the laptop stories. Musk did not provide any evidence to support his claim that the government ordered the suppression of free speech.
Musk has faced criticism for his program to allow people to buy verification checkmarks without going through a vetting process. The fake accounts spread misinformation about celebrities, athletes, politicians and brands. Before he completed his $44 billion purchase of the social media giant, Musk promised advertisers that he would prevent the platform from falling into a "hellscape" where anything can be said without consequences. Advertisers left despite that plea. Musk suspended the account of the controversial rapper after he posted a number of anti-semetic posts.
Musk did not say what the content of the second episode would be, but he did say to tune in for it.
Musk says this will be awesome.
The Hunter Biden story ban was spotlighted in Musk's "Twitter Files".
Employees debated how to handle a story about Hunter Biden.
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