Trump colluding to protect one of his own? Or just to protect himself? Either way it’s obvious that “free speech” X/Twitter is just a lame rebrand.
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MooseHapney on
Twitter has fallen so much.
It was once a pretty decent platform to stay updated on events, but now it’s just Truth Social lite
chasexnasty on
It’s troubling that a billionaire can manipulate social media to suppress information during an election. This raises serious concerns about free speech and the integrity of our democracy.
atomic-space-ghost on
yeah well Smith already went through trumps twitter data so this is a mute point
Eatthehamsters69 on
And I am sure every “conservative” is absolutely outraged by this revelation.
Construction-Known on
Censorship??
PM_ME_YOUR_HONDAS on
Didn’t Vance just say a similar move by Facebook over the hunter Biden laptop cost trump a million votes?
RealCandaceO on
Looks like Musk’s whole “free speech” thing only applies when it suits him, especially when it’s protecting Trump’s interests. Kind of hypocritical
GonzoVeritas on
I am starting to resent those that hold themselves out to be decent people (or are decent, well-meaning people) that continue to pay to use X.
It should be shunned and left to die. People that pay to have a blue checkmark are part of the problem.
Some think paying to stay there to ‘fight the good fight’ is needed or admirable, but I disagree. There are alternatives, good alternatives, and supporting Musk by paying to keep the platform alive is counterproductive in every way.
autotldr on
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/12/x-twitter-jd-vance-leaked-file) reduced by 79%. (I’m a bot)
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> Donald Trump's presidential campaign worked with X to prevent information about his running mate JD Vance from being posted on the social media platform, a move that resulted in the journalist who revealed the information being kicked off the site, according to reports.
> The former president's team contacted X, owned by the billionaire Trump backer Elon Musk, about a 271-page document compiled by his campaign to vet Vance that was linked to by Ken Klippenstein, an independent journalist, the New York Times has reported.
> Musk is set to appear at further Trump rallies – and he may even knock on voters' doors for the campaign in Pennsylvania in the coming week.
This guy really is the 21st century version of Henry Ford, only much dumber.
ourredsouthernsouls on
Free speech!
DrSheetzMTO on
Biden should just read them aloud during a fireside chat and then when people bitch he should claim presidential immunity.
ZeroHourBlock on
Lol, remember The Twitter Files? Musk is a hypocrite of the highest order.
SweetGabriellaxo on
It’s ironic how Musk claims to support free speech, but shuts down info that could hurt Trump’s campaign. Feels like free speech only applies when it suits them.
lost_my_other_one on
But free speech and whatnot
Autoxquattro on
Ohhh but free speech huh?
Texas1010 on
Yet Vance is the one that is desperately spouting in his NYT interview about Facebook censorship during the 2020 election.
WHEN WILL THE PROJECTION END?!
voltagenic on
The Dossier didn’t really even have anything damning in it. Wonder why they did that.
Secretagentman94 on
That stupid jumping picture is a poster of everything going wrong in the country. Money doesn’t talk, it screams. We’re getting fucked over by people with massive bank accounts, and a great percentage of our populous wants it that way.
WomenTrucksAndJesus on
Elon Musk is a creature from outer space on a mission to infiltrate Trump’s mind. It’s YOUR job to stop Musk now! That’s why YOU are receiving this message.
Icuricub on
So did Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post
Monsterousman on
Really dangerous stuff here. Overt actions to elect candidate by a billionaire who has security clearance and government contracts. Also a massive disinformation machine.
tandoori_taco_cat on
TIL political interference on Twitter is now good, instead of bad.
KMRcanada on
Well here’s a novel idea – why dont you all get off that shitty platform. Why do you give this dumb ass oxygen??
JennJayBee on
I still say it was purposely leaked. That file was oppo research, which contains info most people likely already have heard anyway.
war_story_guy on
The one guy who had the balls to post it got his account banned but the Streisand effect kicked in and it was all over the news so didn’t work out too well for him.
NoMove7162 on
Let’s also point out that the media barely reported on it too.
SmokeyDBear on
See now *this* is the type of censorship Musk knew Twitter always needed.
ciccioig on
aren’t they the eLeCtIoN iNtErFeReNce gang?
lunex on
Is this not “election interference” and “media censorship” the Trump Campaign is always whining about?
Traditional_Fox7696 on
The ones crying about the “Deepstate” are the Deep Dark Maga red state
TanguayX on
Free speech!! Uh huh
djak on
Isn’t that kind of coordination supposed to be illegal? Why bother having federal election laws if nobody is going to enforce them?
Old-Ad-3268 on
I’m old to remember when those people.called.tbis government censorship
FeedbackFinance on
So much for neutrality. All that stuff about Hunter’s laptop, it’s almost like MAGA are giant hypocrites.
PipXXX on
Ah, so this must be where he got the idea to claim other people were giving Kamalas campaign illegal financial contributions. Because he has people doing it for him.
Surfing_Tree on
While I strongly disagree with Twitter’s and Elon’s values, those files contained very personal information like JD Vance’s social security number. Many media organizations did not publish these records because of this and some suspect this was what Iran’s hackers were shopping around to Kamala Harris’ teams.
Y’all should read the articles first, and then form an opinion before blasting off just from headline titles.
amus on
Isn’t this exactly what they falsely accused Twitter of doing?
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Twitter is a cesspool of misinformation and hate.
Trump colluding to protect one of his own? Or just to protect himself? Either way it’s obvious that “free speech” X/Twitter is just a lame rebrand.
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Twitter has fallen so much.
It was once a pretty decent platform to stay updated on events, but now it’s just Truth Social lite
It’s troubling that a billionaire can manipulate social media to suppress information during an election. This raises serious concerns about free speech and the integrity of our democracy.
yeah well Smith already went through trumps twitter data so this is a mute point
And I am sure every “conservative” is absolutely outraged by this revelation.
Censorship??
Didn’t Vance just say a similar move by Facebook over the hunter Biden laptop cost trump a million votes?
Looks like Musk’s whole “free speech” thing only applies when it suits him, especially when it’s protecting Trump’s interests. Kind of hypocritical
I am starting to resent those that hold themselves out to be decent people (or are decent, well-meaning people) that continue to pay to use X.
It should be shunned and left to die. People that pay to have a blue checkmark are part of the problem.
Some think paying to stay there to ‘fight the good fight’ is needed or admirable, but I disagree. There are alternatives, good alternatives, and supporting Musk by paying to keep the platform alive is counterproductive in every way.
This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/12/x-twitter-jd-vance-leaked-file) reduced by 79%. (I’m a bot)
*****
> Donald Trump's presidential campaign worked with X to prevent information about his running mate JD Vance from being posted on the social media platform, a move that resulted in the journalist who revealed the information being kicked off the site, according to reports.
> The former president's team contacted X, owned by the billionaire Trump backer Elon Musk, about a 271-page document compiled by his campaign to vet Vance that was linked to by Ken Klippenstein, an independent journalist, the New York Times has reported.
> Musk is set to appear at further Trump rallies – and he may even knock on voters' doors for the campaign in Pennsylvania in the coming week.
*****
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This guy really is the 21st century version of Henry Ford, only much dumber.
Free speech!
Biden should just read them aloud during a fireside chat and then when people bitch he should claim presidential immunity.
Lol, remember The Twitter Files? Musk is a hypocrite of the highest order.
It’s ironic how Musk claims to support free speech, but shuts down info that could hurt Trump’s campaign. Feels like free speech only applies when it suits them.
But free speech and whatnot
Ohhh but free speech huh?
Yet Vance is the one that is desperately spouting in his NYT interview about Facebook censorship during the 2020 election.
WHEN WILL THE PROJECTION END?!
The Dossier didn’t really even have anything damning in it. Wonder why they did that.
That stupid jumping picture is a poster of everything going wrong in the country. Money doesn’t talk, it screams. We’re getting fucked over by people with massive bank accounts, and a great percentage of our populous wants it that way.
Elon Musk is a creature from outer space on a mission to infiltrate Trump’s mind. It’s YOUR job to stop Musk now! That’s why YOU are receiving this message.
So did Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post
Really dangerous stuff here. Overt actions to elect candidate by a billionaire who has security clearance and government contracts. Also a massive disinformation machine.
TIL political interference on Twitter is now good, instead of bad.
Well here’s a novel idea – why dont you all get off that shitty platform. Why do you give this dumb ass oxygen??
I still say it was purposely leaked. That file was oppo research, which contains info most people likely already have heard anyway.
The one guy who had the balls to post it got his account banned but the Streisand effect kicked in and it was all over the news so didn’t work out too well for him.
Let’s also point out that the media barely reported on it too.
See now *this* is the type of censorship Musk knew Twitter always needed.
aren’t they the eLeCtIoN iNtErFeReNce gang?
Is this not “election interference” and “media censorship” the Trump Campaign is always whining about?
The ones crying about the “Deepstate” are the Deep Dark Maga red state
Free speech!! Uh huh
Isn’t that kind of coordination supposed to be illegal? Why bother having federal election laws if nobody is going to enforce them?
I’m old to remember when those people.called.tbis government censorship
So much for neutrality. All that stuff about Hunter’s laptop, it’s almost like MAGA are giant hypocrites.
Ah, so this must be where he got the idea to claim other people were giving Kamalas campaign illegal financial contributions. Because he has people doing it for him.
While I strongly disagree with Twitter’s and Elon’s values, those files contained very personal information like JD Vance’s social security number. Many media organizations did not publish these records because of this and some suspect this was what Iran’s hackers were shopping around to Kamala Harris’ teams.
Y’all should read the articles first, and then form an opinion before blasting off just from headline titles.
Isn’t this exactly what they falsely accused Twitter of doing?
Huh.