Twitter Blocks True Hunter Stories & Talk Of Election Theft, But Lets This?

Written By BlabberBuzz | Friday, 11 June 2021 01:30 AM
7
Views 9.5K
Twitter Blocks True Hunter Stories & Talk Of Election Theft, But Lets This?

Twitter is attracting criticism over the seeming differences with which it handles certain topics. It blocks any article about election theft, or the New York Post's Hunter Laptop story but it allows an article that gives away leaked, confidential tax records of billionaires to be tweeted freely.

ProPublica declined to reveal how it got the tax data announced on Tuesday, saying it only said it was given the IRS data in "raw form" by a party it did not identify.

In October, Twitter suspended users from sharing a New York Post article reporting damaging information from Hunter's laptop, which had been abandoned in a repair store.

The social media site said at the time that the article violated its policy against writing private information, as well as its ban on sharing hacked stuff.

Critics scourged out at the obvious hypocrisy, with some even considering that ProPublica chose not to investigate into the finances of Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to avoid bans from the social media giants.

 WATCH:ELON MUSK TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SELF DRIVING CARSbell_image

"So on what basis should BigTech have censored the NYPost story on Hunter Biden's emails, but allow free sharing of the ProPublica tax report?" tweeted Andy Grewal, a law professor at the University of Iowa. "I don't think either should be censored … I'm just wondering about BigTech's distinction," he added.

 WATCH ALAN DERSHOWITZ: "THERE IS NO CRIME IN MANHATTAN"bell_image

The collection of records published by ProPublica showed that Amazon founder Jeff Bezos paid no income tax in 2007 and 2011, while Tesla boss Elon Musk's income tax bill came to zero in 2018.

Investor George Soros went three straight years - between 2016 and 2018 - without paying federal income tax, according to the records.

 PUTIN'S LATEST POWER MOVE: RUSSIA DISPLAYS "WAR WINS" IN EYE-OPENING EXHIBITIONbell_image

Nevertheless, the secret tax records showed no government fraud or illegal conduct and primarily helped to show how the tax code works -- namely that capital gains are not taxed until stocks are sold.

"Many will ask about the ethics of publishing such private data. We are doing so — quite selectively and carefully — because we believe it serves the public interest in fundamental ways, allowing readers to see patterns that were until now hidden," ProPublica explained.

 HOW DEMOCRATS' ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTS ARE TURNING INTO THEIR WORST NIGHTMAREbell_image

Some critics cited ProPublica with issuing the report to advance an ideological agenda, possibly using the information to gather support for Democratic tax policies.

ProPublica itself noted the report comes at a "crucial moment" politically, noting President Biden's will to hike taxes on the wealthy.

 "BITCOIN JESUS" BUSTED: $48 MILLION TAX EVASION SCHEME UNRAVELSbell_image

"This is really seedy," Wall Street Journal columnist Bill McGurn remarked in an interview with Fox News. "It's also a crime to leak or hack into confidential information, and to do it for political purposes is really slimy."

"It is not an investigative journalism piece to expose illegal activity or government corruption, but rather uses illegally leaked private information of citizens to make ideological and political points," tweeted journalist Jeryl Beier.

X