Former President Trump's campaign reported last month that it worked with Elon Musk's X to stop links to hacked campaign materials from circulating on social media platforms. new york times.
After independent journalist Ken Klippenstein shared a link to material allegedly obtained in the Iranian hack of the Trump campaign, X suspended his account and posted a link to Substack, where Klippenstein posted the material. Blocked.
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Following news that X and the Trump campaign had coordinated to remove links to the dossier, a 271-page document compiled by the campaign to vet Vance, one Democratic lawmaker expressed concern.
“So @Jim_Jordan and @SpeakerJohnson, when will the @weaponization hearings on Trump and @ElonMusk censoring free speech on this platform happen?” Rep. Dan Goldman, DN.Y. ) wrote about X.
The House Judiciary's Weaponization Subcommittee has held multiple hearings focused on the Biden administration's alleged online censorship of conservative speech.
The documents Krippenstein released last month appear to have been obtained in a hack by the Trump campaign earlier this year. The campaign revealed it had been hacked in August, and the FBI later admitted that Iran was behind the intrusion.
The document was shared with several media outlets, but they refused to publish it. Iran also tried to share materials with the Biden campaign, but staffers ignored what appeared to be phishing emails sent to personal accounts.
The Times' revelations come as Musk, the world's richest man, is throwing his weight behind the Trump campaign.
The tech billionaire appeared with the former president at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend and plans to return to the battleground state several times in the coming weeks leading up to the election.
His appearance in the Keystone State will be backed by America PAC, a pro-Trump super PAC he founded with millions of dollars from close allies in Silicon Valley. Super PACs are playing a key role in the Trump campaign's ground battles in battleground states.
