The Hunter Biden laptop story was actively suppressed on Twitter and Facebook specifically because the FBI told them it was Russian information, despite the fact that the FBI had verified it was legit.
The link you’ve provided does not back up the assertion you’ve made.
> Twitter, along with Facebook, implemented measures to block its users from sharing links to the story, and Twitter further imposed a temporary lock on the accounts of the New York Post and White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany, citing violations of its rules against posting hacked content. The Washington Post reported that this was a result of the company's scenario-planning exercises to combat disinformation campaigns
> Musk tweeted that Twitter had acted "under orders from the government", though Taibbi reported that he found no evidence of government involvement in the laptop story,
> Musk tweeted that Twitter had acted "under orders from the government", though Taibbi reported that he found no evidence of government involvement in the laptop story, tweeting, "Although several sources recalled hearing about a 'general' warning from federal law enforcement that summer about possible foreign hacks, there's no evidence—that I've seen—of any government involvement in the laptop story."[22][27] His reporting seemed to undermine a key narrative promoted by Musk and Republicans that the FBI pressured social media companies to suppress the Hunter Biden laptop stories.[22][36]
It was stolen revenge-porn of the President's son. Come on, do you remember how bad "The Fappening" went for Reddit? How Hulk Hogan's stolen sex tape went for Gawker? Twitter didn't need FBI to tell them that they didn't want Hunter Biden's cock all over their site.
You're right, which is why it's insane Saudi Arabia handed $2 billion in investment funds to Jared Kushner months after he left the White House as a "Senior Advisor", against the advice of the fund's advisors.
> Jared Kushner Held Contacts With Foreign Officials He Did Not Officially Report Or Clear With The National Security Council. “H.R. McMaster, President Trump’s national security adviser, learned that Kushner had contacts with foreign officials that he did not coordinate through the National Security Council or officially report.” [Washington Post, 02/27/18]
> Jared Kushner’s Family Courted “State-Connected Investors” To Bail Out A Kushner Property In Regions In His Government Portfolio While Working In The White House. “And since Mr. Kushner entered the White House, his family has courted state-connected investors in China and the Middle East — both regions that were in Mr. Kushner’s government portfolio — to bail out the firm’s headquarters at 666 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.” [New York Times, 10/11/19]
I think it's despicable that Hunter Biden had a position on the board of a company heavily involved with a foreign government that US foreign policy affects, while having no qualifications and while his father was vice president. Even though Joe biden's actions as VP toward Ukraine were consistent with foreign policy of the US and its allies, it still smacks of influence peddling. I would love to see a federal law prohibiting federal judges and federal elected officials families from serving on the boards of foreign operated companies.
That said,
It is insanely frustrating that people like the person you responding to come out of the woodwork to complain about aspects of the Biden presidency that pale in comparison to the obvious treason in misbehavior of the Trump presidency and of his family. It shows just how partisan people's mindsets are.
That behavior didn't occur, as the Twitter Files themselves indicated. FBI gave a general warning prior to the election around hacked materials, Twitter (and many others) thought the laptop story might be one such example and reacted according to their own corporate policies/scenario planning. There is zero evidence that the government acted on the laptop story in any way, and even the Biden campaign/Biden family (private parties) only made requests specifically on posts sharing images of Hunter's penis, not on articles about the laptop itself.
James Baker was Deputy General Counsel at Twitter lol. His official job was to be involved in exactly these types of decisions. He left the FBI in 2018.
Raise complaints about the revolving door between govt and industry if you want, but this is cut-and-dry not about a government official pressuring a private company. It's about a private company hiring a former government official (years out of service) and then that person doing the job they were hired to do.
> former government official (years out of service) and then that person doing the job they were hired to do.
You honestly believe that “retired” Intelligence Community members just “retire,” so naive. I’m sure he was hired for his law qualifications and not his IC network, reach, or influence. Did he get read out of every program and give up his clearance upon leaving the FBI? Very doubtful.
FBI seems schizophrenic at times, confirming and denying based on politics. Remember the e-mail server in 2016? First advising against criminal charges, only to open an investigation months later. Epstein was covered up and considered a conspiracy theory until it wasn't a few years later. Everything is politics today and the people in charge seem to have difficulties navigating in this context, and it's only getting worse.
Not at all. Remember that FBI is also a political entity subject to the whims of congress and its willingness to appropriate funds for it. In other words, they are always walking a tightrope of expectations from opposing sides; there is always pressure.
I am not sure if you remember Comey saga, but remember how carefully some of the statements were worded to satisfy those various sides ( iirc, he wasn't supposed to say Clinton was a suspect and he didn't but instead said something that sounded close to it so press ran with it anyway -- and he could placate both sides saying he did their bidding ).
Its not schizophrenic when you understand how much of a political capital is spent there.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files