The managing director of Chirping, Elon Muskpromoted in the early hours of this Sunday a alleged leak of a number of internal deliberations of the former Twitter administration in relation to the controversy that broke out in 2020 over the personal files of Hunter Biden, son of the president of the United States, Joe Biden.
The resolutions, last published by journalist Matt Taibbi, come out a week after the South African tycoon warned to reveal what happened inside the company. Hunter Biden’s lifestyle has been denounced for months by supporters of the former president Donald Trump and remains the subject of a Justice Department criminal investigation that has focused on its tax affairs and foreign economic operations, Ukraine in particular.
Elon Musk retweeted Taibbi’s thread throughout last night, proving that such a leak would be necessary.”to restore people’s confidence“In organization.
News portal Politico recalls that when the Post refused to remove a tweet about the story, Twitter suspended the media’s account for more than two weeks, before lifting his suspension on October 30, 2020. Then-Twitter chief Jack Dorsey explained that he regretted the platform’s decision to censor the story.
What the Twitter thread reveals
The thread that Taibbi posts on Twitter it revealed both internal and external conversations, including Democrat Rep. Ro Khanna on Twitter’s decision not to allow access to the Post article. Khanna would question Twitter’s reasoning for blocking the story, and the congressman defends his comments in the leak to NBC News. “Our democracy can only thrive if we are open to a market of ideas and engage with people we disagree with,” he said.
