Elon Musk says Twitter 'has interfered in elections'

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Wednesday promised that 'Twitter 2.0' would be more 'effective' and 'transparent' under his leadership than in the past.

Texas Rep. August Pfluger unpacks the White House's decision to monitor Twitter and the relationship between Big Tech and politics on 'The Evening Edit.'on Wednesday acknowledged that prior to his takeover, the "obvious reality" was that Twitter "has interfered in elections" through its content moderation policies.

"One of my limits was if Twitter starts being ruled by dictatorial edict rather than by policy... there's no longer a need for me in my role, doing what I do," Roth said, per Reuters. As the head of trust and safety, Roth was responsible for key content moderation decisions including banningfrom the platform and suppressing the New York Post's coverage of the Hunter Biden laptop story. His decision to leave the company was part of a mass exodus of Twitter employees who left over disagreements with Musk's free-speech absolutist vision or were laid off in harsh cost-cutting measures enforced by the billionaire.

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