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Twitter files leaked by Twitter reveal how the United States government forced Twitter to increase certain content and to suppress others related to Covid-19.
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The files were shared in a series of tweets by David Zweig, a New York-based independent journalist/writer.
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They show how top-executives changed the platform's rules to suit their political agendas.
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"When the Biden admin assumed control, Covid was one of their first requests for meetings with Twitter executives.
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In one of his tweets, Zweig wrote that the focus was on "anti-vaxxer accounts," namely Alex Berenson.
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He continues to say that Joe Biden, the president of social media, stated in a tweet that
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social media companies are "killing people" by allowing misinformation about vaccines.
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Biden's comments caused the American writer to be suspended for hours. He was then kicked off Twitter the next month.
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Berenson was later sued by Twitter and settled with them.
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The files show that Twitter was forced to release internal communications during the legal process.
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These communications showed White House pressure on the company to act on Berenson.
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Zweig claims that not only Twitter was present at the meeting but also that they were under pressure from the US government.
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He writes that Microsoft, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft were all present at the meetings with Trump White House.