Twitter actively suppressed COVID lab leak discussion at the direction of government agencies β€” documented evidence
🟒 CONFIRMED

The Twitter Files, released December 2022-March 2023 by journalists given access by Elon Musk, revealed that censorship requests came from 'every corner' of government. Internal documents showed coordination to suppress the lab leak theory, with NewsGuard and the Global Disinformation Index labeling it a 'debunked conspiracy theory.' Even Chris Hayes later acknowledged people were 'too quick to shut down the lab leak theory.'

Twitter actively suppressed COVID lab leak discussion at the direction of government agencies

TECHΒ·February 1, 2021Β·By Matt Taibbi / Bari WeissΒ·3.8K upvotesΒ·167 comments
What They Said Was Crazy
β€œTwitter and other social media platforms are censoring legitimate scientific discussion about COVID origins at the behest of government agencies.”
β€” Matt Taibbi / Bari WeissFebruary 1, 2021Source

πŸ“„ The Receipts

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PRIMARYTwitter Files (Wikipedia overview)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter_Files
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PRIMARYWhy the Twitter Files Are a Big Deal (Jacobin)
jacobin.com/2022/12/twitter-files-censorship-conte...
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βš–οΈ The Record, Side by Side

What they said vs. what the evidence shows

What They Said
β€œWe enforce our COVID-19 misleading information policy to protect public health.”

β€” Twitter Trust & Safety Team Β· Mar 2021

What Actually Happened
PrimaryARTICLE

Twitter Files (Wikipedia overview)

PrimaryARTICLE

Why the Twitter Files Are a Big Deal (Jacobin)

πŸ™ˆ They Laughed At Us

β€œWe enforce our COVID-19 misleading information policy to protect public health.”
β€” Twitter Trust & Safety Team, 2021

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