Last night Bari Weiss dropped a fresh batch of “Twitter files” and part 2 focused on “Twitter’s secret blacklists.”
After the 2nd batch of Twitter filed dropped, Musk started getting follow-up questions. This was one of them:
So here’s a question for @elonmusk and @bariweiss: were any political candidates — either in the US or elsewhere — subject to shadowbanning while they were running for office or seeking re-election?
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) December 9, 2022
Before Musk’s answer, remember that former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey told a congressional committee under oath that the social media platform did not engage in censoring or shadowbanning. That clearly was not the case (though they referred to shadowbanning as being a much more Orwellian “visibility filtering”):
However, Musk’s reply makes it clear that not only was Twitter shadowbanning, but they would do it to the accounts of people running for public office:
Yes
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2022
Well, there it is!
Turns out the election interference we needed to worry about came from within. pic.twitter.com/4L0oGRFaXz
— Kristina Wong 🇺🇸 (@kristina_wong) December 9, 2022
Election Inteference.
— Tom Fitton (@TomFitton) December 9, 2022
Seth Dillon has a good follow-up question:
Were any of them Democrats?
— Seth Dillon (@SethDillon) December 9, 2022
Frankly we’d be surprised.
Click and read what this was in response to…absolutely shocking and if you're not livid, you're not paying attention or your party fealty has overshadowed any semblance of ethics you may have once had. https://t.co/cy8hx8QlBi
— CarolinaConservative3 (@1776Carolina3) December 9, 2022
Unreported in-kind corporate donations are illegal https://t.co/E8Uqi1pUub
— Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 (@julie_kelly2) December 9, 2022
Isn't this technically illegal? https://t.co/eWRKU9XyHx
— General Spalding (@robert_spalding) December 9, 2022
This story deserves a “Scooby Doo ending”:
— The Redheaded libertarian (@TRHLofficial) December 9, 2022
Perfect.
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Related:
NBC News’ Ben Collins offers an emoji to express his disinterest in Twitter Files Part 2
Report: Elon Musk has given Bari Weiss access to Twitter systems typically given only to employees
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