Twitter boss and tech billionaire Elon Musk has launched another attack on the US Democrats. This time, he shared tweets via internal Twitter documents about the controversy surrounding a New York Post article that appeared just before the 2020 presidential election.
The article contained an email from the son of the current US President, Hunter Biden, in relation to his foreign business dealings. “What really happened to the Hunter Biden story suppressed by Twitter will (…) be published on Twitter!” Musk announced earlier on Friday (local time) and continued: “It’s going to be great”.
Twitter then blocked the newspaper’s article and account because the report allegedly violated rules prohibiting the dissemination of information obtained through illegal hacks.
Twitter boss Jack Dorsey later admitted that the platform’s actions against the New York Post were a mistake. Twitter then changed its rules.
Musk shared a series of tweets from journalist Matt Taibbi. Among other things, they showed in several screenshots of internal communication that the blocking of the “New York Post” article was also the subject of controversial debates within the company. Taibbi also wanted to prove an alleged influence of the Democrats on the platform.
Biden’s son Hunter’s foreign dealings had made headlines in the past and given Republicans political attacks on Democrat Joe Biden.
Business in Ukraine, for example, raised questions: Between 2014 and 2019, Hunter Biden held a lucrative post on the board of directors of the Ukrainian gas company Burisma, while Joe Biden, as US Vice President, was responsible for Ukraine.
Musk announced further releases. He bought Twitter for around $44 billion at the end of October.
Before the midterm elections in November, Musk campaigned for the Republicans on the platform. He later said on the platform that he would support a presidential nomination from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He also unlocked the account of former US President Donald Trump. (dpa)
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Source: Tagesspiegel
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