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‘Twitter Files’ Hearing Further Exposes How It ‘Bent and Broke’ Rules for the Trump Administration

A former official testified that the platform stymied attempts to stop former U.S. President Donald Trump from inciting violence.

The tech company was accused of “prioritizing profits over public safety.”

The far right uprising in Brasilia strongly resembled the January 6 2021 violence at the United States Capitol for a variety of reasons.

Twitter’s new chief executive officer Elon Musk met up with Jared Kushner at the World Cup in Qatar in December 2022.

In December 2022, Elon Musk joined Dave Chappelle on stage — and the audience was not impressed.

In the aftermath of Queen Elizabeth II’s death, reports of protesters arrested in the UK circulated on social media.

In a viral TikTok video, a woman claimed she was cited for “indecent exposure” in Winnfield, Louisiana in June 2022.

The June 16 2022 hearing covered Donald Trump’s attempts to strongarm former vice president Mike Pence to call the election in his favor.

The second set of House hearings focused on the role of false narratives in motivating the United States Capitol insurrection in January 2021.

Labeling a claim as a “new” TikTok trend helps it go viral, as was the case with a claim involving IRS tax-exempt statuses for churches.