China News Service, December 4th reported that after Musk took charge of Twitter, he once again set off a huge wave of public opinion on this social platform.
Musk announced on Twitter that he will announce the internal information of the rumor that "Twitter deleted posts for Biden's son Hunter".
On December 2, local time, Musk reposted a tweet by American writer Matt Taibi, disclosing to the public the internal information of the rumor that "Twitter deleted the post for Biden's son Hunter" in the form of live text.
The constantly updated revelations have stirred up the American political arena.
Former President Trump, House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy and many other Republicans slammed Twitter and the Biden administration that night, accusing Twitter of suppressing and deleting negative reports for Biden's son Hunter. "collusion" with members of the Dengmin government.
"Twitter Archives" reveals shady meddling in public opinion
The record of internal communications, dubbed the "Twitter Dossier," was posted by American author Matt Taibbi on his Twitter account and was derived from "thousands of internal documents" he obtained from Twitter. .
American writer Matt Taibbi (Matt Taibbi) publishes a "twitter profile" on his Twitter account.
The dossier is primarily about how Twitter interfered with free speech and even publicly suppressed negative reports about Hunter, the son of current U.S. President Joe Biden.
Before Tybee's first tweet, Musk took the lead in teasing the public, promising "this is going to be great."
On the eve of the 2020 general election, the US "New York Post" claimed that it had obtained information from the abandoned computer of Biden's second son, Hunter Biden, and discovered sensitive communications between Hunter and a senior executive of a Ukrainian energy company, involving corruption .
At the critical moment when the current general election is counting down, the report naturally immediately attracted widespread attention.
But what is surprising is that Facebook and Twitter have restricted the dissemination of this article on social media, and even many Twitter accounts that forwarded this article have been frozen.
Taibi pointed out that this was because Twitter immediately blocked the relevant report links and prohibited users from reposting, which caused the exposure of Hunter's scandal to plummet.
Data map: On November 7, 2020, Biden (right) hugged his son Hunter Biden (left).
According to the content posted by Taibi, at the time Twitter internally cited a policy against the dissemination of "hacking material" as a reason to suppress the Hunter scandal.
Suppression methods include restricting reposting, adding "may be unsafe" warning words, prohibiting the transmission of report links, etc.
Currently, Twitter will only activate this level of restriction when targeting content related to child pornography.
Vijaya Gadde, Twitter's former legal and policy executive, is said to have played an important role in suppressing the reports, without even Twitter co-founder Dorsey knowing.
Twitter employees expressed dissatisfaction with this, but in the end they were powerless to resist.
Taibi also pointed out that Twitter's control of speech has become the norm. In addition to the Democratic Party, the Republican Party has also asked Twitter to cooperate in deleting posts, including requests from then-President Trump.
Both celebrities and unknowns can have their accounts banned or censored at the behest of political parties.
Twitter has almost always met requests for cooperation from both parties.
The Republican Party wants to be held accountable, or to investigate Biden and his son?
A series of content revealed by Taibi quickly detonated public opinion in the American political arena.
House Republicans quickly retweeted the content, saying, "This is what collusion looks like."
House Republican leader McCarthy said that when Republicans officially gain control of the House of Representatives, they "will get the answers and the accountability they deserve from the American people," suggesting that the Bidens may be investigated.
Former US President Trump.
At the same time, Trump himself expressed anger at the disclosure on his own social platform.
"This is really big news about Twitter and all forms of US government fraud, especially election fraud."
Musk's approach is also full of controversy, and he is considered to be suspected of "turning over old accounts".
It is currently unknown how Taibi obtained Twitter’s internal secret documents. The outside world suspects that he and Musk jointly broke the news, because Musk made a preview on his account in advance and reposted Taibi’s tweets.
Musk teaser, and "Twitter Files" episode two.
However, this is just the beginning.
Musk announced again on the 2nd local time: "Please watch the second episode of 'Twitter Archives' tomorrow!"