Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna reached out to Twitter as it suppressed the Hunter Biden laptop story to voice concerns about violating free speech and press freedom principles

Democratic Rep. Ro Khanna of California has emerged as a leading progressive voice in Congress. Tom Williams/Getty Images In October 2020, Twitter initially blocked users from sharing a New York Post story about Hunter Biden’s laptop. Rep. Ro Khanna sent Twitter concerns about the decision, according to materials published Friday. “I say this as a…

Twitter’s clumsy handling of the Hunter Biden laptop story spurred enough bipartisan criticism to risk the existence of the internet as we know it

Twitter headquarters in San Francisco, California. Tayfun Coskun/Getty Images Twitter’s decision to throttle stories about Hunter Biden’s laptop prompted bipartisan criticism. Though the laptop was authenticated, some reports about its content have not been confirmed. Some lawmakers have since called to repeal Section 230, a law “that created the internet.” Newly published internal communications regarding Twitter’s…

Elon Musk vicariously publishes internal emails from Twitter’s Hunter Biden laptop drama

Elon Musk reminded his followers on Friday that owning Twitter now means he controls every aspect of the company — including what its employees said behind closed doors before he took over. Earlier this week, Musk teased the release of what he called “The Twitter Files,” declaring that the public “deserves to know what really…