Former Attorney General Bill Barr responds to testimony from Twitter Files authors Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger during a House hearing.
during the 2020 presidential election, with some management struggling to explain how it violated its"hacked materials" policies.Trump and Biden White HousesOther installments showed Twitter"blacklisting" prominent conservatives and gave an inside look at Trump being suspended from the platform and put a spotlight on Twitter's close ties with the FBI.
Others including Michael Shellenberger joined Taibbi in releasing Twitter threads detailing various internal communications from Twitter. While Thursday's hearing focused on the"Twitter Files," the GOP-led House has been vocal about investigating broader censorship efforts and the suppressing of the Hunter Biden story beyond Twitter. Republicans specifically have considered the actions as government weaponization.
Twitter files witnesses are questioned during the United States House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on March 9, 2023.in regards to his company's contact with the FBI during an appearance on"The Joe Rogan Experience." He shared that the FBI approached Facebook warning the platform about"Russian propaganda" ahead of the bombshell Hunter Biden laptop story.
"Did Zuckerberg, was Facebook really just being good citizens here and doing what the FBI said?" Barr asked."My guess is, like every other company, they received general briefings and then when they were caught doing what they did, they are hiding behind the general 'oh, we thought that we're just responding to this general briefing.'"
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