Twitter Kept Database Of GOP Censorship Demands

Rolling Stone reports:

The voluminous requests often came from high-ranking political appointees working in different departments, offices, and agencies in the Trump administration. But during both the Trump and Biden presidencies, these types of moderation requests or demands were routinely sent to Twitter by the staff of influential GOP lawmakers — ones with names like Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik.

And over the years, the knowledgeable sources say, staffers for Republican officials would regularly flag to Twitter content that they believed violated the app’s terms of service or other policies, including on spreading “misinformation” or “disinformation.” Despite their own past behavior, Republicans are using their newfound control of the House to probe Democrats’ and federal law enforcement agencies’ interaction with Twitter.

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NEW: @elonmusk‘s #TwitterFiles focused almost exclusively on Democrats, But ex-Trump admin officials and Twitter staffers say aides to Trump and influential Republicans like Kevin McCarthy and Elise Stefanik routinely demanded posts be taken down. https://t.co/C68u6TmwGJ

— Noah Shachtman (@NoahShachtman) February 8, 2023