‘Twitter Files’ 3 highlights internal dialogue on banning Donald Trump: ‘Moral imperative’

The third installment of Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files” was released Friday night, shining a light on the social media giant’s internal discussions leading to former President Donald Trump’s ban from the platform in January 2021 while he was still in office.

Journalist Matt Taibbi, a former Rolling Stone politics reporter who released the first installment of “Twitter Files,” posted the third installment in a Twitter thread based on information he obtained from Musk, who purchased the company in October for over $44 billion.

“We’ll show you what hasn’t been revealed: the erosion of standards within the company in months before [Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot], decisions by high-ranking executives to violate their own policies, and more, against the backdrop of ongoing, documented interaction with federal agencies,” Taibbi wrote.

“Whatever your opinion on the decision to remove Trump that day, the internal communications at Twitter between January 6th-January 8th have clear historical import. Even Twitter’s employees understood in the moment it was a landmark moment in the annals of speech.”.. (Excerpt from The Christian Post)