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Africa-Press – Sierra-Leone. <\/strong><\/span>Elon Musk said in a tweet that he had fired Twitter\u2019s deputy general counsel over concerns about his role in information suppression under the previous management.<\/p>\n

“In light of concerns about Baker\u2019s possible role in suppression of information important to the public dialogue, he was exited from Twitter today,” Musk said on Tuesday, referring to Jim Baker, who also served as former FBI general counsel.<\/p>\n

Last week, journalist Matt Taibbi in collaboration with Musk published the so-called “Twitter Files” – Twitter\u2019s internal communications to disclose links with political actors and with a focus on how the social network blocked stories related to Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop in the lead-up to the 2020 US presidential election.<\/p>\n

The published files alleged that the previous management of Twitter took extraordinary steps to suppress reporting regarding Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop ahead of the 2020 US presidential election.<\/p>\n

According to the Twitter Files published by Taibbi, Baker played a role in the discussion about whether the laptop story fell under Twitter\u2019s “hacked materials” policy.<\/p>\n

Hunter Biden reportedly abandoned his laptop at Isaac’s repair shop in 2019, while his father, Joe Biden, was running to become US president. The contents of the laptop were later made public. Emails obtained by Western media from the laptop proved Russia’s claims that the US president’s son helped fund bioweapon research in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The Bidens have faced scrutiny and criticism from Republicans and others for their alleged misconduct in Hunter Biden\u2019s foreign business dealings, which came into the public spotlight following the release of the emails.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Sierra-Leone<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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