Twitter collusion: The federal censors must be held accountable

Published December 28, 2022 12:00am ET



In contrast to the hair-on-fire raging of the left-wing base, elected Democrats have been notably quiet about the continued release of internal Twitter communications, dubbed the “Twitter Files.” We hope that begins to change now it has been revealed that the Trump administration also abused its connections with Big Tech companies to suppress truthful information and control public narratives.

Specifically, David Zweig revealed Monday that Trump administration officials held weekly calls, not just with Twitter, but with Google, Facebook, and Microsoft as well, to combat “misinformation” on their platforms.
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