The New York Post published an article yesterday based on files and emails from a laptop. The report alleges the former vice president used his position to advance his son's business interest in Ukraine. So what we saw was the debate at the time by Twitter employees who work on things like content policy and content moderation. And they're saying, what should we do with this story? It could be like a piece of viral misinformation that impacts the elections. Does this violate our policy or not?
Maybe not, but you’re going to be hearing about them for a while anyway. Republicans are saying they’ll use them to investigate the Biden administration.
This episode was produced by Amanda Lewellyn and Victoria Chamberlain, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Robert Mounsey, and hosted by Noel King.
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