Tag: Elon Musk

Elon Musk Exposes Real Reason Twitter’s Censored Former President Donald Trump

Journalist Matt Taibbi published the third volume of the so-called “Twitter files” on Friday, exposing the social media platform’s censorship and deplatforming of former President Donald Trump. The latest disclosure revealed that Twitter executives used the platform’s formidable “visibility filtering” powers against Trump ahead of the 2020 U.S. elections and that engagement with the FBI intensified…


Elon Musk Exposes Real Reason Twitter Censored Former President Donald Trump

Journalist Matt Taibbi published the third volume of the so-called “Twitter files” on Friday, exposing the social media platform’s censorship and deplatforming of former President Donald Trump. The latest disclosure revealed that Twitter executives used the platform’s formidable “visibility filtering” powers against Trump ahead of the 2020 U.S. elections and that engagement with the FBI intensified…


PREMIERING NOW: Kash’s Corner: James Baker and Perkins Coie, Russiagate Architects, Are Back as the Twitter Files Saga Unfolds

This episode will premiere on Friday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. ET. Earlier this week, Elon Musk confirmed that Twitter deputy general counsel and former FBI general counsel James Baker had been “exited” from the company. He’d reportedly been “vetting” the first batch of internal Twitter files before their release to independent journalists Matt Taibbi…


Kash’s Corner: James Baker and Perkins Coie, Russiagate Architects, Are Back as the Twitter Files Saga Unfolds

Earlier this week, Elon Musk confirmed that Twitter deputy general counsel and former FBI general counsel James Baker had been “exited” from the company. He’d reportedly been “vetting” the first batch of internal Twitter files before their release to independent journalists Matt Taibbi and Bari Weiss. While he was at the FBI, Baker played a…


NTD Evening News (Dec. 9): Twitter Blacklisted Candidates Before Elections: Musk; Biden Official Accused of 2nd Luggage Theft

Elon Musk revealed on Dec. 9 that Twitter shadow-banned certain political candidates ahead of elections. Former President Donald Trump also responded to the revelations in the latest batch of Twitter Files. Arizona’s Sen. Kyrsten Sinema said she is leaving the Democratic Party and registering as an Independent. Sam Brinton, a Biden administration nuclear official, is…


Democrats Demand Answers from Musk on China-Backed Influence Operations

Three Democrat lawmakers are calling on Twitter chief Elon Musk to divulge information related to the alleged manipulation of the platform by China-backed actors in recent weeks. Numerous Chinese-language accounts on Twitter, many of them either new or dormant, allegedly flooded the platform with spam for several hours in late November to restrict access to…


The Twitter Files: Just the Beginning

Commentary Last night was quite the ride. Bari Weiss, who left the New York Times in protest against the culture of that paper, had been given access to another tranche of inside information about the operation of Twitter before Elon Musk took over. She found vast confirmation of what we’ve suspected for years now: the platform was…


Members of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council Resign, Claim Hate Speech on the Rise Under Musk’s Leadership

Three members of Twitter’s Trust and Safety Council resigned this week, citing concerns that “the safety and wellbeing of Twitter’s users are on the decline.” Eirliani Abdul Rahman, Anne Collier, and Lesley Podesta all left the council on Thursday.  Rahman served on the council’s Child Sexual Exploitation Prevention advisory group and Collier had been serving…


PREMIERING 8PM ET: Kash’s Corner: James Baker and Perkins Coie, Russiagate Architects, Are Back as the Twitter Files Saga Unfolds

This episode will premiere on Friday, Dec. 9, at 8 p.m. ET. Earlier this week, Elon Musk confirmed that Twitter deputy general counsel and former FBI general counsel James Baker had been “exited” from the company. He’d reportedly been “vetting” the first batch of internal Twitter files before their release to independent journalists Matt Taibbi…


Elon Musk is a California Treasure—for Now

Commentary Elon Musk is keeping Twitter’s headquarters in California—for now. The Austin American-Statesman reported he “does not intend” to move it to Texas to be near his other companies. Yet some operations could move there. It’s a shot across the bow of the USS California, with its punishing taxes and regulations. The latest attack comes…