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Executives bent the rules to ban Trump, newest ‘Twitter Files’ dump reveals

Headline from Washington Times, from the development of Dec 12, 2022

Newest development Dec 13, 2022 · 4 reportsTwitter twisted its rules, ignoring objections from numerous executives in banning Trump

The latest tranche of internal communications offers a behind-the-scenes look at top Twitter executives’ push to change the company’s speech policing guidelines specifically targeting Mr. Trump.

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  1. Twitter Files: Leftist Executives Twisted Rules to Blacklist Donald Trump

    Headline from Breitbart News ·

  2. Names this update

    Executives bent the rules to ban Trump, newest ‘Twitter Files’ dump reveals

    Headline from Washington Times ·

  3. Newest

    Twitter twisted its rules, ignoring objections from numerous executives in banning Trump

    Headline from Fox News ·

Reports & sources

29 articles, oldest first.

  1. BizPac Review

    Latest installment of "Twitter Files" show Trump was being censored long before his Jan. 6th ban (opens BizPac Review)

    Published

    BizPac Review's feed description

    The latest installment of the "Twitter Files" show that Twitter was censoring Donald Trump long before his Jan. 6th ban.

  2. Hot Air

    Third "Twitter files" installment finally shows FBI involvement in censorship (opens Hot Air)

    Published

    Hot Air's feed description

    Last night, Matt Taibbi unleashed the third installment of the Twitter files. The main topic of this batch was the inside history of how Twitter wound up banning Donald Trump’s account, a proces...

  3. The Daily Caller

    Twitter Files Reveal Internal Dialogues On Why Trump Was Banned From Platform (opens The Daily Caller)

    Published

    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Internal Twitter conversations showed the deliberations that Twitter executives had when deciding to ban Trump from the platform in January of 2021.

  4. The Christian Post

    ‘Twitter Files’ 3 highlights internal dialogue on banning Donald Trump: ‘Moral imperative’ (opens The Christian Post)

    Published

    The Christian Post's feed description

    The third installment of Elon Musk s Twitter Files was released Friday night, shining a light on the social media giant s internal discussions leading to former President Donald Trump s ban from the ...

  5. NewsBusters

    THE TRUMP FILES: Musk Exposes Twitter’s Decision to Ban Former President from Twitter (opens NewsBusters)

    Published

    NewsBusters's feed description

    Twitter owner Elon Musk released through journalist Matt Taibbi yet another batch of documents revealing the sordid decision process by former executives to ban former President Donald Trump from the platform.

  6. Gopusa

    Elon Musk Exposes Twitter’s Censorship of Former President Donald Trump (opens Gopusa)

    Published

    Gopusa's feed description

    Journalist Matt Taibbi published the third volume of the so-called “Twitter files” on Friday, exposing the social media platform’s censorship and deplatforming of former President Donald Trump. The latest disclosure revealed that Twitter executives used the platform’s formidable “visibility filterin…

  7. Townhall

  8. RedState

    The Twitter Files Part III: The Banning of Donald Trump (opens RedState)

    Published

    RedState's feed description

    Twitter Files part 3 details the decision to ban the former president.

  9. Breitbart News

    Twitter Files: Executives Were Looking for Any Excuse to Ban President Donald Trump (opens Breitbart News)

    Published

    Breitbart News's feed description

    Elon Musk's Twitter released another batch of internal discussions on Friday night, which revealed that executives at the social media company had established the "framework" for banning Donald Trump's account before the events of January 6, and used the Capitol riots as their excuse to finally blac…

  10. Breitbart News

    Twitter Files: Leftist Executives Twisted Rules to Blacklist Donald Trump (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The fourth part of the "Twitter Files" series was published Saturday night by journalist Michael Shellenberger, outlining how Twitter executives twisted the platform's rules with the intention of blacklisting former President Donald Trump on January 7, 2020.

  11. PJ Media

    The Latest Twitter Files Drop, Revealing How Trump Was Banned (opens PJ Media)

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    PJ Media's feed description

    “Twitter is both a social media company and a crime scene,” Elon Musk said Saturday, and he wasn’t exaggerating. The third installment of the Twitter files drops proved that the gove...

  12. Legitgov

  13. RedState

    Twitter Files, Part 4: How Trump Got Banned (opens RedState)

    Published

    RedState's feed description

    The decision to ban Trump was (surprise!) an arbitrary one.

  14. BizPac Review

    Latest 'Twitter files' dump shows change of policy pursuit 'for Trump alone,' execs 'create justification' to ban him (opens BizPac Review)

    Published

    BizPac Review's feed description

    The next installment of the "Twitter Files" details how Twitter changed its policies after the Jan. 6th riot to justify banning Donald Trump.

  15. BizPac Review

    Twitter Files shows Trump's permanent ban came after Michelle Obama, others called for his removal (opens BizPac Review)

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    BizPac Review's feed description

    Michelle Obama, and others, pressured Twitter ahead of then-President Donald Trump's ban, "Twitter Files" revealed.

  16. Hot Air

    Twitter Files dump number 4. How Donald Trump was banned (opens Hot Air)

    Published

    Hot Air's feed description

    The third installment of the “Twitter files” gave us some of what we were looking for in terms of government involvement in censoring free speech, though many questions remain. Tonight, cl...

  17. The Daily Caller

    Twitter’s Safety Team Found Trump’s Final Tweets Did Not Violate Policy, But He Was Banned Anyway (opens The Daily Caller)

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    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Twitter's safety team initially declined to ban then-President Donald Trump for tweets on Jan. 8, according to messages published by journalist Bari Weiss.

  18. Washington Times

    Executives bent the rules to ban Trump, newest ‘Twitter Files’ dump reveals (opens Washington Times)

    Published

    Washington Times's feed description

    The latest tranche of internal communications offers a behind-the-scenes look at top Twitter executives’ push to change the company’s speech policing guidelines specifically targeting Mr. Trump.

  19. The Daily Caller

    Here’s How Twitter Execs Reinterpreted Trump Tweets To Justify Banning Him (opens The Daily Caller)

    Published

    The Daily Caller's feed description

    Twitter executives reinterpreted Trump's final Jan. 8, 2021, tweets to overrule the initial finding of the site's safety team that they were within the rules.

  20. Gopusa

    New Set of Twitter Files Detail Events Surrounding Trump’s Permanent Ban From Platform (opens Gopusa)

    Published

    Gopusa's feed description

    Independent author Michael Shellenberger published Part 4 of the “Twitter Files” on Saturday night, following a week of significant revelations about the political activities that transpired under the former leadership of the influential social media company.

  21. Fox News

    Twitter twisted its rules, ignoring objections from numerous executives in banning Trump (opens Fox News)

    Published

    Fox News's feed description

    The 'Twitter Files' most recent bombshell concerns the suspension of former President Donald Trump's account after the events on January 6, 2020.

  22. Hot Air

  23. NewsBusters

    Twitter Files Part Five: How Twitter Twisted Rules to Justify Banning Trump (opens NewsBusters)

    Published

    NewsBusters's feed description

    The latest release of Twitter Files reveals how the platform banned then-President Donald Trump in January 2021, as employees compared him to Hitler, despite internal assessments that Trump had not violated the platform’s rules.

  24. The Federalist

    Twitter Found Trump Didn't Violate Policy, But Banned Him Anyway (opens The Federalist)

    Published

    The Federalist's feed description

    Even after Twitter’s safety team concluded that Trump’s tweets did not violate any policies, Twitter banned the sitting president on Jan. 8.

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