Twitter head Elon Musk told his predecessor Jack Dorsey on Wednesday that some of his “most important data” has been hidden from him, and some “may have been deleted.” ‘ he suggested.
Musk fired Twitter’s deputy general counsel Jim Baker on Tuesday, which came to his attention after Baker unwittingly published the first article in the so-called “Twitter Files” shared by Substack journalist Matt Taibbi last week. This is something that we have investigated thoroughly.
Baker’s involvement in curating files related to Twitter’s suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop story has caused an uproar on the platform, especially since Baker served as FBI general counsel during the Russian collusion investigation. I got
Dorsey, who stepped down as Twitter’s CEO last year and left the company’s board in May, demanded full transparency in the release of the “Twitter files.”
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“If transparency to build trust is your goal, don’t expose everything without filters and let people decide for themselves. Publish everything now, including all discussion of current and future behavior.” Please,” Dorsey wrote Wednesday.
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“The most important data has been hidden (from you too), some may have been deleted, but whatever is found will be made public,” Musk replied.
It is unclear whether Baker was directly involved in suppressing or deleting the “Twitter files.”
Musk announced on Tuesday that he had fired deputy general counsel Jim Baker “in light of concerns that Baker may play a role in suppressing information critical to public discourse.”
Also, when asked by a Twitter user if Baker was able to explain himself, Musk replied, “His explanation was… unconvincing.”
Some time later, Taibbi started his own Twitter thread, which he called “Twitter Files Supplemental.”
“On Friday, the first installment of Twitter Files went live here. “We are now able to share some of the reasons why. Twitter Deputy General Counsel (and former FBI General Counsel) Jim Baker was fired on Tuesday. One of the reasons why?” Twitter It is to scrutinize the first batch of files “ – without the knowledge of new management.”
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Taibbi explains: When dealing with a new search obstacle, it was @BariWeiss who discovered that the person responsible for publishing the files was a person named Jim. At that time, the answer was “Jim Baker”.
“‘Jaw hit the floor,’ says Weiss,” Taibi wrote.
A Substack writer shared a screenshot of the first batch of files that both he and Weiss received.
“Baker is a controversial figure. He was something of a zelig for the FBI controversy dating back to 2016, from the Steel dossier to the Alpha server chaos. I resigned in 2018,” Taibi told his follower. “The news that Baker was reviewing his ‘Twitter files’ surprised everyone involved, to say the least. Elon Musk, the new Twitter chief, was quick to ‘quit’ Baker on Tuesday. acted on
“Reporters resumed searching for Twitter Files material today, much of it today. The next article from ‘The Twitter Files’ will appear on @bariweiss. Stay tuned,” Taibbi teased.
Weiss later added, “It’s been quite the weekend.”
Baker was revealed in the first article of the so-called “Twitter file” shared by Taibi on Friday night.
While revealing an internal discussion about how Twitter accounted for the suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop story during the 2020 election, Baker said, “We are evaluating whether the material was hacked. I support the conclusion that more facts are needed to do so,” but added, “That is reasonable.” For us to assume they could have been and deserve that attention. ”
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Taibbi’s original thread similarly revealed that the decision to censor the New York Post’s coverage was made at the highest levels of the company. “
Additionally, Taibbi initially said, “Several sources recalled hearing about ‘generic’ warnings from federal law enforcement about possible foreign hacks that summer, but the laptop story There is no evidence of government involvement in
Whether Baker’s involvement in scrutinizing “Twitter files” led Taibi to that conclusion, and Baker’s omission of files showing federal intervention in Twitter’s suppression of Hunter Biden’s laptop story It is unknown whether
Musk has been vocal about being transparent regarding Twitter’s past and current actions regarding the curation of content on its platform, including censored content.
Twitter infamously blocked users from sharing the New York Post’s 2020 Hunter Biden laptop report in tweets and direct messages.
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At the time, Twitter Safety claimed that the article violated its “hacked material policy.” Since then, Dorsey and former Twitter safety chief Yoel Roth have admitted the company made a mistake.
Some critics believe the suppression of the Hunter Biden scandal by big tech and the media at large was enough to swing the presidential election in his father’s favor.