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Twitter Blocks Biden Laptop Story

In October 14, 2020, New York Post published Biden's secret emails and expose based on the contents of Hunter Biden's abandoned laptop. Twitter took extraordinary steps to suppress the story, removing links and posting warnings that it may be unsafe. The decision was made at the highest level of the company, but without the knowledge of Jack Dorsey. Several employees noted that there was tension between the comms policy teams who had little less control over moderation and the safety trust teams.

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