FEC documents show that it has dismissed accusations by Republicans that Twitter violated election laws by blocking a NY Post article about Hunter Biden
> https://www.nytimes.com/... Aaron Mat / @aaronjmate : It's only fair. We all remember when Twitter blocked every major media outlet from sharing unsubstantiated articles about Trump being a Russian asset/blackmail victim virtually every day for 3+ years. https://twitter.com/... Mollie / @mzhemingway : FEC rules that Twitter's brazen election meddling, in which it banned a factual article about the corruption of the Biden family business, was legal. https://www.nytimes.com/... Nu Wexler / @wexler : “The [FEC's] ruling ... provides further flexibility to social media giants like Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat to control what is shared on their platforms regarding federal elections.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Shane Goldmacher / @shanegoldmacher : The suppression of the Hunter Biden story prompted a fury of conservative outrage. But FEC, per document obtained by NYT, found that such decisions — when driven by commercial reasons — were allowed under the law. https://www.nytimes.com/... Anna Massoglia / @annalecta : Scoop by @ShaneGoldmacher: FEC dismissed RNC complaint claiming Twitter violated election law by blocking users from posting an article about Hunter Biden & dismissed other claims that Twitter “shadow banned” GOP users by suppressing anti-Joe Biden content https://www.nytimes.com/... Shane Goldmacher / @shanegoldmacher : NEW: Per FEC doc, Twitter says it was warned by federal law enforcement that “malign state actors” might hack and release materials — and that Hunter Biden might be a specific target https://www.nytimes.com/... Andrew deGrandpre / @adegrandpre : FEC dismisses GOP claims Twitter violated election law by barring people from sharing links to unsubstantiated New York Post report about Hunter Biden. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/... Shane Goldmacher / @shanegoldmacher : NEWS: The FEC has dismissed claims that Twitter acted illegally when it blocked users from posting an unsubstantiated Hunter Biden article. Decision not public yet but sets a precedent for future cases involving social media sites and federal campaigns. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Breaking News: The FEC ruled that Twitter's decision in October to block an unsubstantiated article about President Biden's son, Hunter Biden, did not violate election laws, according to a document obtained by The New York Times. https://www.nytimes.com/...
This stuff happens in Third World countries. His laptop was not Russian disinformation and yet DC media dismissed it as such. Another low for DC media. https://twitter.com/...
NEW w/@kateconger: The FEC has sided with Snapchat in a similar case to the Twitter decision, saying company had commercial reason to stop including Trump on its Discover platform. More precedent empowering social media firms. More here —> https://www.nytimes.com/...
It's only fair. We all remember when Twitter blocked every major media outlet from sharing unsubstantiated articles about Trump being a Russian asset/blackmail victim virtually every day for 3+ years. https://twitter.com/...
FEC rules that Twitter's brazen election meddling, in which it banned a factual article about the corruption of the Biden family business, was legal. https://www.nytimes.com/...
“The [FEC's] ruling ... provides further flexibility to social media giants like Twitter, Facebook and Snapchat to control what is shared on their platforms regarding federal elections.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
The suppression of the Hunter Biden story prompted a fury of conservative outrage. But FEC, per document obtained by NYT, found that such decisions — when driven by commercial reasons — were allowed under the law. https://www.nytimes.com/...
Scoop by @ShaneGoldmacher: FEC dismissed RNC complaint claiming Twitter violated election law by blocking users from posting an article about Hunter Biden & dismissed other claims that Twitter “shadow banned” GOP users by suppressing anti-Joe Biden content https://www.nytimes.com…
NEW: Per FEC doc, Twitter says it was warned by federal law enforcement that “malign state actors” might hack and release materials — and that Hunter Biden might be a specific target https://www.nytimes.com/...
FEC dismisses GOP claims Twitter violated election law by barring people from sharing links to unsubstantiated New York Post report about Hunter Biden. https://www.nytimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
NEWS: The FEC has dismissed claims that Twitter acted illegally when it blocked users from posting an unsubstantiated Hunter Biden article. Decision not public yet but sets a precedent for future cases involving social media sites and federal campaigns. https://www.nytimes.com/..…