New Delhi: US Congresswoman Lauren Boebert on Wednesday lashed out at former officials Vijaya Gadde and Joel Roth for colluding with the FBI and banned their Twitter accounts. During a congressional hearing on Wednesday, Boebert made the allegations and blamed former Twitter executives for suppressing several important matters. stories.
“Mr. Roth, and Miss Gaddy, did either of you approve the shadow ban on my account at Lauren Robert? Yes or no? No. I didn’t. Not to the best of my recollection… Let me refresh your memory, because, on March 12th, 2021, and Mr. Ross, I know you saw this because fascist Twitter 1.0 had a public interest exception policy, which means members of Congress are not allowed to shadowban. Well, Mr. Roth, this had to go to you. I’ll ask again, did you shadow-ban my account? Yes or no?’
When Roth replied, “Again, not to the best of my recollection.” She retorted, “So the answer is Mr. Roth? Yes. You did. I learned from Twitter staff last night that you throttled my account for this tweet.” James Baker, who was fired by Elon Musk over `The Twitter Files`. He was accused of allegedly censoring important information.
Jim Baker was a former top lawyer for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), who was with Twitter since 2020. Mr Baker said there was no collusion between the federal government and Twitter. But, Mr. Baker, it’s you. You are a collusion between the federal government and the FBI. Now, it’s such a problem because we’re seeing censorship, Boebert said during a congressional hearing. During the hearing, Republicans grilled social media executives, including Twitter’s former deputy counsel James Baker, over their handling of the story about the theft of Hunter Biden’s laptop. Hunter Biden is the son of US President Joe Biden.
“You silenced members of Congress from communicating with their constituents. You silenced me from communicating with the American people over a funny joke. Now, what makes you think you’re interfering in an election. Yes , I would say it was happening because Lauren Boebert said, “All four of you are sitting here. The Hunter Biden laptop story was suppressed.” The New York Post’s account was immediately reinstated. According to CNN, Twitter’s former head of trust and safety, Joel Roth, testified that amid a growing push to combat misinformation There was a lot of confusion over how to handle the story – especially from malicious foreign actors.
Twitter executives argued that the social media platform made mistakes in its handling of the New York Post story, but stressed that the company’s decision-making process was focused on combating misinformation.