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The releases have prompted debate over the nature of blacklisting,<ref>{{cite web |title=Twitter Files spark debate about 'blacklisting' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-63963779 |website=BBC News |access-date=17 December 2022 |date=14 December 2022 |archive-date=January 13, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230113154206/https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-63963779 |url-status=live }}</ref> vows for congressional investigation, calls for the full release of all documents for the sake of transparency, and calls to improve content moderation processes at Twitter.

After the first set of Files was published, many technology journalists wrote that the reported evidence haddid not demonstrateddemonstrate anythingmuch more than Twitter's policy team having a difficult time making decisionsa tough call but resolving mattersthe matter swiftly, while criticsright-wing voicedvoices their opinion thatsaid the documents confirmed Twitter's liberal bias.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="alJazeeraDec7" /> Other reports indicate that Republican officials made the same kinds and similar volumes of requests for which Democratic officials are blamed.<ref name="rscounter" />

== Background ==

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=== Journalists ===

After the first set of Files was published, many left-leaning technology journalists wrote that the reported evidence did not demonstrate much more than Twitter's policy team having a difficult time making a tough call but resolving the matter swiftly, while right wing voices said the documents confirmed Twitter's liberal bias.<ref name=":4" /><ref name="alJazeeraDec7" />

''[[Forbes]]'' reported on Taibbi's posts regarding the ''New York Post'' story that "Twitter staff took 'extraordinary steps' to suppress an October 2020 ''New York Post'' story" and appeared to indicate "no government involvement in the laptop story," contradicting a conspiracy theory that claimed the FBI was involved.<ref name=":2" /> [[Mehdi Hasan]] of [[MSNBC]] criticized Taibbi on Twitter for the appearance of performing public relations for Musk; Taibbi responded by asking how many of his critics "have run stories for anonymous sources at the FBI, CIA, the Pentagon, [and] White House."<ref name="Grynbaum" />