GOP lawmakers called Twitter’s Post censorship ‘tipping point’ for big tech

Republican lawmakers referred to as Twitter’s suppression of The Put up’s groundbreaking Hunter Biden laptop computer story the “tipping level” of massive tech shortly after the social media large’s censorship.

The remarks, revealed in inner emails made public Friday, and shared by Twitter CEO Elon Musk, got here after 12 congressional members, together with 9 GOPers, had been informally polled by NetChoice, a lobbying agency for main tech firms together with Twitter, Meta, TikTok, and Google shortly after the exposé was censored.

“Excessive degree takeaway — each Republican stated, ‘It is a tipping level. It’s simply an excessive amount of,'” NetChoice boss Carl Szabo informed Twitter’s public coverage chief Lauren Culbertson in an electronic mail, warning her that the social media firm may very well be in for a “blood bathtub” in congressional hearings, in accordance with the inner electronic mail obtained by journalist Matt Taibbi.

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Szabo stated some members on the Hill had been calling the censoring “tech’s Entry Hollywood second.”
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A picture from Hunter Biden’s laptop computer.

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“Tech is screwed and rightfully so,” one of many lawmaker’s staffers is quoted as saying in an electronic mail.

The identities of the politicians or their staffers weren't revealed, however the electronic mail claimed they ranged from Home Judiciary Committee members to Rep. Judy Chu’s workplace.

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