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    Die Trump-Kampagne arbeitete mit Musks X zusammen, um die durchgesickerte JD-Vance-Datei von der Plattform fernzuhalten


    Die Trump-Kampagne arbeitete mit Musks X zusammen, um die durchgesickerte JD-Vance-Datei von der Plattform fernzuhalten

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/12/x-twitter-jd-vance-leaked-file

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    2. uncrushable on

      Trump colluding to protect one of his own? Or just to protect himself? Either way it’s obvious that “free speech” X/Twitter is just a lame rebrand.

    3. MooseHapney on

      Twitter has fallen so much.

      It was once a pretty decent platform to stay updated on events, but now it’s just Truth Social lite

    4. chasexnasty on

      It’s troubling that a billionaire can manipulate social media to suppress information during an election. This raises serious concerns about free speech and the integrity of our democracy.

    5. atomic-space-ghost on

      yeah well Smith already went through trumps twitter data so this is a mute point

    6. Eatthehamsters69 on

      And I am sure every “conservative” is absolutely outraged by this revelation.

    8. PM_ME_YOUR_HONDAS on

      Didn’t Vance just say a similar move by Facebook over the hunter Biden laptop cost trump a million votes?

    9. RealCandaceO on

      Looks like Musk’s whole “free speech” thing only applies when it suits him, especially when it’s protecting Trump’s interests. Kind of hypocritical

    10. GonzoVeritas on

      I am starting to resent those that hold themselves out to be decent people (or are decent, well-meaning people) that continue to pay to use X.

      It should be shunned and left to die. People that pay to have a blue checkmark are part of the problem.

      Some think paying to stay there to ‘fight the good fight’ is needed or admirable, but I disagree. There are alternatives, good alternatives, and supporting Musk by paying to keep the platform alive is counterproductive in every way.

    11. autotldr on

      This is the best tl;dr I could make, [original](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/12/x-twitter-jd-vance-leaked-file) reduced by 79%. (I’m a bot)
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      > Donald Trump's presidential campaign worked with X to prevent information about his running mate JD Vance from being posted on the social media platform, a move that resulted in the journalist who revealed the information being kicked off the site, according to reports.

      > The former president's team contacted X, owned by the billionaire Trump backer Elon Musk, about a 271-page document compiled by his campaign to vet Vance that was linked to by Ken Klippenstein, an independent journalist, the New York Times has reported.

      > Musk is set to appear at further Trump rallies – and he may even knock on voters' doors for the campaign in Pennsylvania in the coming week.

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    12. _antisocial-media_ on

      This guy really is the 21st century version of Henry Ford, only much dumber.

    14. DrSheetzMTO on

      Biden should just read them aloud during a fireside chat and then when people bitch he should claim presidential immunity.

    15. ZeroHourBlock on

      Lol, remember The Twitter Files? Musk is a hypocrite of the highest order.

    16. SweetGabriellaxo on

      It’s ironic how Musk claims to support free speech, but shuts down info that could hurt Trump’s campaign. Feels like free speech only applies when it suits them.

    19. Secretagentman94 on

      That stupid jumping picture is a poster of everything going wrong in the country. Money doesn’t talk, it screams. We’re getting fucked over by people with massive bank accounts, and a great percentage of our populous wants it that way.

    20. Monsterousman on

      Really dangerous stuff here. Overt actions to elect candidate by a billionaire who has security clearance and government contracts. Also a massive disinformation machine.

    21. war_story_guy on

      The one guy who had the balls to post it got his account banned but the Streisand effect kicked in and it was all over the news so didn’t work out too well for him.

    23. SmokeyDBear on

      See now *this* is the type of censorship Musk knew Twitter always needed.

    24. djak on

      Isn’t that kind of coordination supposed to be illegal? Why bother having federal election laws if nobody is going to enforce them?

    25. FeedbackFinance on

      So much for neutrality. All that stuff about Hunter’s laptop, it’s almost like MAGA are giant hypocrites.

    26. PipXXX on

      Ah, so this must be where he got the idea to claim other people were giving Kamalas campaign illegal financial contributions. Because he has people doing it for him.

    27. Surfing_Tree on

      While I strongly disagree with Twitter’s and Elon’s values, those files contained very personal information like JD Vance’s social security number. Many media organizations did not publish these records because of this and some suspect this was what Iran’s hackers were shopping around to Kamala Harris’ teams.

      Y’all should read the articles first, and then form an opinion before blasting off just from headline titles.

    34. alpharowe3 on

      Ah yes, political parties, former heads of state, and billionaires owning social media platforms working together to censor freedom of the press looks like free speech absolutism to me.

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