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'It was a mistake': Ex-Twitter safety chief FINALLY admits censoring Hunter Biden's laptop story was a huge error - but claims it was because 'we did not know what was true'
2022-12-01
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Yoel Roth, the former head of trust and safety at Twitter, said it was a mistake for the company to censor the 2020 Hunter Biden laptop story

  • The story revealed Hunter's private life and controversial business ties to Ukraine in the run-up to his father's presidential race against Donald Trump

  • Roth said the story set off 'hack and leak' alarms, but he did not believe it should have ever been censored

  • He said the uncertainty over the story was ultimately what led to it being suppressed for 24 hours, a decision slammed by new Chief Twit Elon Musk
  • 24 hours? Another lie.
  • Musk has vowed to release files detailing the company's decision to censor the story as Roth and former CEO Jack Dorsey appear to have passed the buck
Related:
Yoel Roth: 2022-11-12 Twitter in peril as key executives quit, Musk warns workers of financial ruin
Yoel Roth: 2020-05-28 Upping the ante: Trump Threatens to 'Close Down' Social Media after Tweets Tagged
Yoel Roth: 2019-06-15 Twitter deletes thousands of accounts linked to Iran government
Related:
Jack Dorsey: 2022-11-27 Elon Musk-eteer
Jack Dorsey: 2022-11-08 Jack Dorsey Blames Musk for Tracking Codes Implemented While He Was CEO
Jack Dorsey: 2022-05-06 Head of watchdog founded by 'Democrats' attack dog' that's trying to force advertisers off Twitter over Musk takeover DEFENDS decision to ban Hunter Biden laptop story - and says there's nothing suspicious about him selling his paintings for $500k
Posted by:Skidmark

#8  Election interference by an American is treasonous. I'm not sure what the crime for a foreign individual but I think we should have the right to lock some folks up while we figure it out. Mistake or not.
Posted by: ruprecht   2022-12-01 12:45  

#7  ZERO - Musk: Twitter Has "Interfered In Elections"

In a discussion over a Reuters article in which the company's former head of trust and safety says Twitter is 'not safer' under Musk, user @EvaFoxU posted: "Twitter has shown itself to be not safe for the past 10 years and has lost users’ trust. The past team of "trust and safety” is a disgrace, so it doesn’t have any right to judge what is being done now," adding "They had a chance, but they sold their souls to a corporation."

To which Musk replied, "Exactly. The obvious reality, as long-time users know, is that Twitter has failed in trust & safety for a very long time and has interfered in elections."

Musk then said that "Twitter 2.0 will be far more effective, transparent and even-handed."
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-12-01 10:03  

#6  "Honest mistake" Erred out of caution, no "bad faith" involved.

My ass.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-12-01 09:28  

#5  Roth said the story set off 'hack and leak' alarms, but he did not believe it should have ever been censored

... says the guy responsible for censoring stories on Twitter.
Posted by: Raj   2022-12-01 09:23  

#4  Admits mistake ...
Or hoping to avoid being charged with conspiracy to cover up International Criminal Activities that reach deep into the DC Swamp?
Posted by: NN2N1   2022-12-01 09:10  

#3  If it was intentional its not a "mistake".
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-12-01 08:07  

#2  My guess is Twitter was a host for government and political censorship embeds.

The silent partner of censorship is disinformation.

Once discovered, Musk's mass termination program may have possibly been a technique to flush the platform of these embeds and bot makers.
Posted by: Besoeker   2022-12-01 05:45  

#1  It wasn't "uncertainty". They were 100% certain that this exposed Biden for what he really is: a corrupt insider who is up to his eyeballs in behavior the rest of the world considers contemptible.

This would have led to him losing votes and is hence unacceptable. Thus, the censorship campaign.

Censors don't censor lies, they censor the truth. They don't want the world knowing the truth because it is too damaging to their diseased and corrupt cause. Think of that next time you censor anyone.
Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811   2022-12-01 01:39  

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