Hunter Biden Twitter files - New stealth bomber - Iran's morality police

Source: Twitter

1. Summary
   Internal Twitter documents published by journalist Matt Taibbi on Friday detail the company's handling of the New York Post's 2020 report on Hunter Biden. The files do not change the outline of what is already publicly known about how Twitter handled things, but do offer insight into the internal debate. The files show one executive was unconvinced that the allegation the story used hacked materials justified its suppression.
   
   Taibbi said Twitter regularly took removal requests from well-connected third parties, and that requests from both the Biden campaign and Trump White House were honored. He said the requests favored the Democratic Party because that is who most staff supported according to campaign donations, but did not provide evidence of moderation being biased.
   
   The documents do not show evidence of outright coercion of the company, and government requests do not inherently violate the First Amendment. The documents did show that Rep. Ro Khanna, a Democrat, privately warned the company it risked violating First Amendment principles.

   Highly-rated - last 48 hrs
   Twitter granted requests from both the Trump White House and the Biden campaign to remove content in 2020, report says.
   Business Insider (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 81% • 3 min read
   

1. Different political viewpoint
   The Twitter Files are interesting but contain few true surprises.
   Reason (Moderate Right) • Factual Grade 69% • 3 min read

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   Why Hunter Biden’s laptop will never go away.
   The Atlantic (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 69% • 8 min read

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