Introduction

The Twitter files have generated more hype in the past few weeks than most other media events in 2022. Many are lauding the trio as heroes and now view Twitter as a quote unquote free speech platform. But is this really so? Like most things that seem too good to be true, the same probably holds when it comes to the Twitter files. And looking at the main players as well as the main effects of the Twitter files phenomenon, it becomes quickly apparent that there is a lot to say about the whole affair that is sadly largely absent from even independent media coverage of the files.