{"id":32060,"date":"2020-10-15T16:47:19","date_gmt":"2020-10-15T20:47:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=32060"},"modified":"2020-10-15T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-15T20:47:45","slug":"twitter-and-facebook-goes-all-in-with-the-biden-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=32060","title":{"rendered":"Twitter and Facebook Goes All In With The Biden Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Twitter, Facebook Go Full Tilt Protecting Biden Just Weeks After Execs Join Transition Team<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>As if anyone needed more evidence of Silicon Valley&#8217;s overt political bias &#8211; just weeks before Twitter and Facebook nuked Biden corruption revelations from their platforms with the intensity of a thousand suns,\u00a0<strong>executives from both companies joined the Biden transition team<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=07M-I0hs\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=07M-I0hs\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=HzTs36Cv 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=HzTs36Cv 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=HzTs36Cv 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=HzTs36Cv 2x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=HzTs36Cv 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=07M-I0hs 1x\" type=\"image\/jpeg\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<figure class=\"caption caption-img\" role=\"group\"><a href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=07M-I0hs\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=07M-I0hs\" data-link-option=\"0\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"286\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"6d976abe-1cf0-4727-8139-5ff561fb1b08\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=07M-I0hs\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/twitter-censors-hunter-biden-story-696x398.jpg?itok=07M-I0hs\" data-link-option=\"0\"><em>Illustration via\u00a0<\/em><\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/trishintel.com\/twitter-censors-nypost-report-on-hunter-biden-curtailing-americans-access-to-a-free-press\/\">trishintel.com<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a bombshell report from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/10\/14\/senate-committee-investigating-hunter-biden-hard-drive-email\/\"><em>New York Post<\/em><\/a>, leaked emails reveal that<strong>\u00a0Hunter Biden introduced his father to a Burisma executive less than a year before then-VP Joe Biden pressured the Ukrainian government into firing its chief prosecutor<\/strong>\u00a0investigating the company &#8211; something Biden openly bragged about on tape.<\/p>\n<p>As soon as the news hit,\u00a0<strong>social media cracked down<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0<strong>suspending accounts who shared the story &#8211; including the\u00a0<em>NY Post<\/em>, and preventing people from tweeting it or sharing it in Direct Messages (DMs).\u00a0<\/strong>Twitter defended itself, claiming in a nebulous statement that they do not allow &#8216;content obtained through hacking that contains private information, may put people in physical harm or danger, or contains trade secrets.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Biden emails weren&#8217;t hacked<\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; they were found on a laptop reportedly dropped off at a Delaware computer repair store. Yet, Twitter had no problem allowing President Trump&#8217;s\u00a0<em>leaked tax records<\/em>\u00a0on the platform.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1316501350658707456&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Ftwitter-facebook-go-full-tilt-protecting-biden-just-weeks-after-execs-join-transition&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1316501350658707456\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Perhaps the selective enforcement of content which is politically harmful to Democrats can be explained by\u00a0<strong>recent hires by the Biden transition team<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2020\/10\/15\/facebook-and-twitter-censor-biden-bombshells-weeks-after-execs-join-his-transition-team\/\"><em>Breitbart<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0<strong>Twitter Public Policy Director Carlos Monje left the social media giant to join Biden&#8217;s transition team<\/strong>\u00a0in September. He will reportedly serve as co-chair of Biden&#8217;s infrastructure policy committee, and\u00a0<strong>helped organize a fundraiser for the former VP this week<\/strong>, according to an invitation from\u00a0<em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Monje has worked in the world of presidential transition politics in the past,\u00a0<strong>previously serving as the director of agency review on the team that prepared for Secretary of State Hillary Clinton\u2019s administration<\/strong>, which failed to take flight.\u00a0<strong>Monje also worked on the Obama administration team\u2019s 2008 national security working group<\/strong>\u00a0according to his\u00a0<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carlos-monje\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external noreferrer\">LinkedIn profile<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Monje also acted as deputy policy director during Obama\u2019s first run for office and subsequently served as a senior policy advisor and special assistant to the president on the Domestic Policy Council. Monje\u2019s final years in the administration were spent in the Transporation Department before he departed for Twitter. &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2020\/10\/15\/facebook-and-twitter-censor-biden-bombshells-weeks-after-execs-join-his-transition-team\/\"><em>Breitbart<\/em><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Meanwhile in October,\u00a0<strong>Biden&#8217;s transition team hired Facebook executive Jessica Hertz to its general counsel<\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>to deal with &#8216;ethics&#8217; issues. Notably, Facebook was the first platform to ban the\u00a0<em>Post<\/em>\u00a0article &#8211;\u00a0<strong>with former Democrat staffer and Facebook communications team member Andy Stone tweeting that the company would be &#8216;reducing its distribution.&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1316395902479872000&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Ftwitter-facebook-go-full-tilt-protecting-biden-just-weeks-after-execs-join-transition&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1316395902479872000\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>So, does anyone believe Jack Dorsey when he says the company doesn&#8217;t shadowban content based on political beliefs?<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1316537705023578115&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Ftwitter-facebook-go-full-tilt-protecting-biden-just-weeks-after-execs-join-transition&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=ed20a2b%3A1601588405575&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1316537705023578115\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Really?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=TegVSCqa\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=TegVSCqa\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=6RJzWaEu 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1280px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=6RJzWaEu 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 480px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=6RJzWaEu 1x, https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=6RJzWaEu 2x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 1024px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_desktop\/public\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=6RJzWaEu 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" media=\"all and (min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png?itok=TegVSCqa 1x\" type=\"image\/png\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/zh-prod-1cc738ca-7d3b-4a72-b792-20bd8d8fa069.storage.googleapis.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/2020-10-15_0.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"48b8e749-2d21-4aed-a81a-bd2ff486624d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Oh, look who sponsored Playbook this morning. <\/p>\n<p>To be clear, this is not a grand conspiracy wherein Sherman is taking bribes to dutifully obey Tech. They are nakedly a collaborative ideological monolith, and that makes it worse. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R2zfxVkH4o\">pic.twitter.com\/R2zfxVkH4o<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Emily Jashinsky (@emilyjashinsky) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/emilyjashinsky\/status\/1316787815921913863?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/twitter-facebook-go-full-tilt-protecting-biden-just-weeks-after-execs-join-transition\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/twitter-facebook-go-full-tilt-protecting-biden-just-weeks-after-execs-join-transition<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter, Facebook Go Full Tilt Protecting Biden Just Weeks After Execs Join Transition Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32060","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32060","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32060"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32060\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32060"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32060"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32060"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}