NEW: FBI lashes out at 'conspiracy theorists' over 'Twitter Files' criticism
The FBI slammed the Elon Musk-allied journalists who have released internal documents relating to censorship decisions at Twitter, calling them"conspiracy theorists" for alleging that the agency had encouraged the platform to censor news about Hunter Biden.
The FBI published a statement on Wednesday responding to Monday's release of what Musk and his allies are calling the Twitter Files, which elaborated on the company's communications with the FBI. The journalist who released the files, Michael Shellenberger, said they showed the agency secretly influencing Twitter to remove the New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop in 2020.
"It is unfortunate that conspiracy theorists and others are feeding the American public misinformation with the sole purpose of attempting to discredit the agency," the agency added.The FBI said in the past that it had not forced Twitter to remove any content."Private sector entities independently make decisions about what, if any, action they take on their platforms and for their customers after the FBI has warned them," the agency said in a Dec. 16 statement.
The Twitter Files, which Musk authorized, comprise internal documents from the platform under the previous ownership detailing Twitter's"blacklisting" practices, its content moderation decisions regarding former President Donald Trump, and its communications with federal agencies.
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