{"id":1454741,"date":"2022-04-26T19:44:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T23:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454741"},"modified":"2022-04-26T19:44:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-26T23:44:40","slug":"elon-musk-weighs-in-on-twitter-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story-during-2020-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-weighs-in-on-twitter-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story-during-2020-election\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Weighs In On Twitter Censoring Hunter Biden Laptop Story During 2020 Election"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Felon-musk-weighs-in-on-twitter-censoring-hunter-biden-laptop-story-during-2020-election%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1454741&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/EMHB-scaled.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>New incoming Twitter boss Elon Musk responded to one of the most controversial aspects of the 2020 presidential election on Tuesday after the company unanimously approved his offer to acquire the social media platform for $44 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Musk weighed in on Twitter\u2019s decision to censor an explosive story that was published by the New York Post about then-Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden\u2019s son, Hunter Biden, and a laptop that purportedly belongs to Hunter that is filled with content that was problematic for his father\u2019s campaign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVijaya Gadde, the top censorship advocate at Twitter who famously gaslit the world on Joe Rogan\u2019s podcast and censored the Hunter Biden laptop story, is very upset about the @elonmusk takeover,\u201d political commentator Saagar Enjeti wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded a short time later, writing: \u201cSuspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Suspending the Twitter account of a major news organization for publishing a truthful story was obviously incredibly inappropriate<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1519073003933515776?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The head of Twitter\u2019s Site Integrity Team told the Federal Election Commission (FEC) that the company censored the story because U.S. intelligence officials <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/twitter-blocked-hunter-laptop-story-after-intelligence-officials-shared-hack-rumors\/amp\/\">shared<\/a> \u201crumors\u201d that Biden would be the target of a hack, despite no evidence emerging that the information in the New York Post\u2019s reporting came from a hack.<\/p>\n<p>Then-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/11\/17\/jack-dorsey-admits-lockout-of-the-post-was-a-mistake\/\">told<\/a> the House Energy and Commerce Committee during a hearing last year that the company made a \u201cmistake\u201d by censoring the story.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize it as a mistake that we made, both in terms of the intention of the policy and also the enforcement action of not allowing people to share it publicly or privately,\u201d Dorsey said. \u201cWe made a quick interpretation, using no other evidence, that the materials in the article were obtained through hacking and, according to our policy, we blocked them from being spread.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. 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