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Former Twitter 'safety' director admits banning Hunter Biden laptop story was a mistake

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"We didn’t know what to believe," he says of story two years later.

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  1. Fox News

    Ex-Twitter safety chief admits Hunter Biden laptop censorship was a ‘mistake’ (opens Fox News)

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    Yoel Roth, Twitter's former head of trust and safety, admitted that censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story from The New York Post was a "mistake."

  2. Just the News

    Former Twitter 'safety' director admits banning Hunter Biden laptop story was a mistake (opens Just the News)

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    "We didn’t know what to believe," he says of story two years later.

  3. RedState

    In a Rare Moment of Liberal Truthfulness, Twitter's Former 'Trust and Safety' Chief Admits It Was Wrong to Censor the Hunter Biden Laptop Story (opens RedState)

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    Will the rest of Big Tech finally admit they interfered in the 2020 presidential election?

  4. Insider

    Twitter's former trust and safety chief said it was a mistake to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story: 'We didn't know what to believe' (opens Insider)

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    "We didn't know what was true," Yoel Roth said, adding the Hunter Biden laptop story raised disinformation red flags but shouldn't have been removed.

  5. 21st Century Wire

    Former Twitter Official Admits Mistake in Censoring Hunter Biden Laptop Story (opens 21st Century Wire)

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    21WIRE | As with most things in the new Digital-Soviet political ecosystem, it's hard to tell where the lies end and the truth begins.

  6. Hot Air

    Twitter ex-safety chief: Yeah, we screwed up with the Hunter Biden laptop story (opens Hot Air)

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    Took him long enough. The former Twitter executive and safety chief who played a key role in censoring The Post’s October 2020 exposé on Hunter Biden’s infamous laptop has admitted it was a mistake —...

  7. Breitbart News

    Former Twitter Safety Chief Yoel Roth Now Admits Censoring Hunter Biden Laptop Story Was a 'Mistake' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Twitter's former "safety chief," Trump-hating leftist Yoel Roth, recently admitted that censoring the infamous Hunter Biden laptop story — which was published just weeks before the 2020 presidential election — was a "mistake."

  8. BizPac Review

    Twitter’s former safety exec admits it was a mistake to censor Hunter Biden laptop story (opens BizPac Review)

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    ’s former chief of trust and safety said that he opposed blocking the New York Post’s story about Hunter Biden’s laptop during the 2020 presidential campaign, a […]

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