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Musk exposed constitutional law violations on the part of the [[United States Government]] to interfere in elections. While a private entity does not have to respect free speech, the [[First Amendment]] to the [[Constitution]] prohibits the United States Government from silencing free speech.  Twitter, under Jack Dorsey, prohibited free political speech at the behest of the United States Government.

Musk exposed constitutional law violations on the part of the [[United States Government]] to interfere in elections. While a private entity does not have to respect free speech, the [[First Amendment]] to the [[Constitution]] prohibits the United States Government from silencing free speech.  Twitter, under Jack Dorsey, prohibited free political speech at the behest of the United States Government.

On December 2, 2022 journalist Matt Taibbi of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine began releasing the #TwitterFiles,<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/03/peter-roff-musks-twitter-files-confirm-everything-we-already-knew-opinion/ PETER ROFF: Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ Confirm Everything We Already Knew], ''Daily Caller'', Dec 3, 2022.<br><font size=1><i>A former UPI political writer and U.S. News and World Report columnist, Peter Roff is a Trans-Atlantic Leadership Network media fellow</i></font></ref> otherwise known as Twitter’s internal communications related to [[censorship]], targeting, and political interference. Twitter was working in conjunction with then-Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s team, removing tweets that team Biden wanted deleted.  According to Andrew Kerr of the ''Washington Free Beacon'', those tweets were either drug-related photos of Hunter Biden or pornographic photos of him.

On December 2, 2022 journalist Matt Taibbi of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' magazine began releasing the #TwitterFiles,<ref>[https://dailycaller.com/2022/12/03/peter-roff-musks-twitter-files-confirm-everything-we-already-knew-opinion/ PETER ROFF: Musk’s ‘Twitter Files’ Confirm Everything We Already Knew], ''Daily Caller'', Dec 3, 2022.<br><font size=1><i>A former UPI political writer and U.S. News and World Report columnist, Peter Roff is a Trans-Atlantic Leadership Network media fellow</i></font></ref> otherwise known as Twitter’s internal communications related to [[censorship]], targeting, and political interference. Twitter was working in conjunction with then-Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden’s team, removing tweets that team Biden wanted deleted.  According to Andrew Kerr of the ''Washington Free Beacon'', those tweets were either drug-related photos of Hunter Biden or pornographic photos of him.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/musk-releases-hunter-biden-files-tweets-deleted-at-behest-of-team-biden-exec-was-key-behind-censorship-decision</ref>

This initial document dump focused on the decision making process that Twitter invoked to suppress the [[Laptop from Hell]] in the run up to the [[2020 Presidential election]]. The internal emails released show that Twitter was absolutely engaging in political manipulation and, after they suspended the ''New York Post'', the oldest newspaper in the United States, looking for some sort of policy justification for their political actions.   

This initial document dump focused on the decision making process that Twitter invoked to suppress the [[Laptop from Hell]] in the run up to the [[2020 Presidential election]]. The internal emails released show that Twitter was absolutely engaging in political manipulation and, after they suspended the ''New York Post'', the oldest newspaper in the United States, looking for some sort of policy justification for their political actions.