Twitter File #420 - House Oversight Edition

[Axtremus]

These came up in the House Oversight Committee hearing on the government inappropriately telling Twitter to take down tweets about the Hunter Biden laptop story.

[George K]

tl;dw version

Trump tried to get mean tweets taken down.
FBI tried to get potential evidence of criminality taken down.

That about right?

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in Twitter File #420 - House Oversight Edition:

Trump tried to get mean tweets taken down.
FBI tried to get potential evidence of criminality taken down.

That about right?

Only half right. The Trump administration did ask Twitter to take down some tweets (side note: Matt Taibi missed that completely).

The two tweets/videos shared about says nothing about the FBI.

But the NY Post does have a new report, also coming out of the House hearing, about the FBI, Twitter, and the Hunter Biden laptop story:

https://nypost.com/2023/02/08/house-panel-seeks-out-collusion-between-fbi-twitter-execs-who-censored-hunter-biden-laptop-story/

The tl;dr version may be this:

… Baker [Twitter former executive] … : “Sitting here today, I don’t recall speaking with the FBI at all about the Hunter Biden matter — the laptop.”

[George K]

@Axtremus said in Twitter File #420 - House Oversight Edition:

@George-K said in Twitter File #420 - House Oversight Edition:

Trump tried to get mean tweets taken down.
FBI tried to get potential evidence of criminality taken down.

That about right?

Only half right. The Trump administration did ask Twitter to take down some tweets (side note: Matt Taibi missed that completely).