Twitter CEO defends blocking report on Biden laptop emails: ‘It was unclear how they were obtained’

Published October 28, 2020 4:09pm ET



Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey defended the social media giant’s decision to block the New York Post’s reporting about Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s son Hunter and the use of his father’s position to make deals with Ukraine and Chinese businesses.

Dorsey told the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee that Twitter initially blocked the story, which centered on three of Hunter Biden’s alleged laptops, because “it was unclear how they were obtained.”

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