Who is Matt Taibbi? Elon Musk gets author to release Twitter files on censoring of Hunter Biden laptop scandal
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Twitter has been a battleground lately and Elon Musk just dropped some bombshell Twitter files. The billionaire CEO exposed how the social media platform suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop scandal at the behest of the Joe Biden 2020 presidential campaign. These documents were given to author and journalist Matt Taibbi who began tweeting internal emails showing the blue bird's involvement in the scandal on Friday, December 2.
Not too long before the October 2020 elections, Twitter users began sharing Hunter and President Joe Biden's involvement with a Chinese oil giant and the latter's potential multi-million-dollar deal with the foreign firm. However, the leaked emails now reveal that the platform was approached to handle the spiraling situation. Twitter then began suppressing the story. Taibbi, who had access to Twitter files, revealed how the company stopped people from sharing the story, including the White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany. One such email shared by Taibbi shows former president Donald Trump reaching out to the staffers complaining that McEnany was locked out of her account for simply sharing the New York Post story. The app allegedly used blockers, which are usually implemented to prevent distribution of child porn.
