Before Post reported Hunter Biden laptop story, FBI contacted Twitter

According to the most recent installment of Elon Musk's "Twitter Files," a day after The Post's article was published, Twitter and other social media platforms censored it. On the evening of October 2, Special Agent Elvis Chan of the FBI's San Francisco office sent ten documents to Yoel Roth, then-head of site integrity at Twitter, and at least one other person. Journalist Michael Shellenberger said the transmission was made on January 13, 2020 via a unique one-way communications channel. Chan requested confirmation from Roth and his co-workers that they had received the papers.

What was in the emails Chan sent to Roth, who was instrumental in keeping The Post's bombshell under wraps, is unknown. However, the timing is suspicious, and as Shellenberger noted, Chan's action was consistent with a larger FBI initiative to stifle discussion on the platform to prevent "foreign interference in elections."




Additionally, Chan insisted that he was unaware of Hunter Biden's laptop or revealed it on Twitter before The Post broke the news. The new owner of Twitter, Elon Musk, shows how the social media platform handled controversial content moderation, such as the exclusion of then-President Donald Trump after his supporters attacked the US Capitol on 6 January 2021.

FAQs:

1. What are the "Twitter Files"?
   The "Twitter Files" is a collection of tweet threads that Musk and his supporters use to claim that Twitter deliberately silenced conservatives because of their political beliefs.
2. When did Trump supporters attack the US Capitol?
   6 January 2021.