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Line 27: The '''Twitter Files''' are a set of internal [[Twitter, Inc.]] documents—such as screenshots, emails, and chat logs—shared by select people chosen by CEO [[Elon Musk]] in December 2022: journalists [[Matt Taibbi]], [[Bari Weiss]] and [[Lee Fang]], and author [[Michael Shellenberger]]. [[Acquisition of Twitter by Elon Musk|Musk had purchased Twitter]] for $44 billion earlier in the year, taking over as CEO on October 27. The goal of the documents has been to scrutinize past [[content moderation]] at the company and be an [[exposé (journalism)|exposé]] of perceived left-wing bias and government influence in its moderation; the decision to share them with select individuals came amid significant layoffs at the company, including to the content moderation teams. Taibbi and Weiss coordinated the release of the documents with Twitter management, releasing the details of the files as a part of a series of Twitter threads.<ref name="Grynbaum">{{Cite news |last=Grynbaum |first=Michael M. |date=December 4, 2022 |title=Elon Musk, Matt Taibbi, and a Very Modern Media Maelstrom |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/04/business/media/elon-musk-twitter-matt-taibbi.html}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=December 4, 2022 |title="End of story": Elon Musk responds to Trump's "Twitter Files" reaction |work=[[Axios (website)|Axios]] |url=https://www.axios.com/2022/12/05/elon-musk-trump-twitter-files-constitution}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Frankel |first=Alison |date=December 5, 2022 |title=Musk is entitled to order disclosures like 'The Twitter Files.' Are states? |url=https://www.reuters.com/legal/transactional/musk-is-entitled-order-disclosures-like-the-twitter-files-are-states-2022-12-05/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.vn/3dTa5 |archive-date=December 6, 2022 |access-date=December 10, 2022 |website=[[Reuters]]}}</ref><ref name=":16"/> The first installment, presented by Taibbi on December 2, 2022, described what Taibbi said were elements of the deliberation process Twitter took regarding content moderation related to a ''[[New York Post]]'' article on the [[Hunter Biden laptop controversy]] in October 2020, as well as some other content.<ref name="auto">{{Cite news |last=Fung |first=Brian |date=December 4, 2022 |title=Released Twitter emails show how employees debated how to handle 2020 New York Post Hunter Biden story |work=[[CNN]] |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/02/tech/musk-twitter-hunter-biden/index.html}}</ref> Taibbi tweeted that the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] gave Twitter a "general" warning about foreign hacks and leaks The third installment, released by Taibbi on December 9, highlighted events within Twitter leading to Trump's suspension. The fourth installment, released on December 10 by Shellenberger, covered how Twitter employees reacted to the [[January 6 United States Capitol attack]], and the conflict within Twitter on how to moderate tweets and users who were supporting the attack. The fifth installment, released on December 12 by Weiss, covered how Twitter employees influenced the decision to ban Trump from the platform. The sixth installment, released on December 16 by Taibbi, described how the FBI contacted Twitter to suggest that action be taken against a number of accounts for allegedly spreading election disinformation.<ref name=":12">{{Cite web |last=Soave |first=Robby |date=2022-12-16 |title=Twitter Files: The FBI frequently flagged joke tweets, asked for moderation |url=https://reason.com/2022/12/16/fbi-reported-jokes-tweets-twitter-files-censorship/ |access-date=2022-12-18 |website=Reason.com |language=en-US}}</ref> In the seventh installment, posted on December 19, Shellenberger claimed the FBI and the intelligence community interacted with Twitter employees to moderate the coverage of the ''New York Post'' story about Hunter Biden's laptop.<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Cuomo |first1=Chris |last2=Wornell |first2=Tyler |date=2022-12-19 |title=Shellenberger on 'Twitter Files': Investigation necessary |url=https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/shellenberger-on-twitter-files-investigation-necessary/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221220041512/https://www.newsnationnow.com/cuomo-show/shellenberger-on-twitter-files-investigation-necessary/ |archive-date=2022-12-20 |access-date=2022-12-20 |website=[[NewsNationNow]] |language=en-US}}</ref> | |||