• The fourth entry in the ongoing “Twitter Files” series of explosive revelations dropped on Saturday night, focusing on the removal of Donald Trump from the popular social media platform in early 2021.
• The latest thread, published by writer Michael Shellenberger, details the process that “Twitter executives” took as they were “build[ing] the case for a permanent ban” against the former Republican president.
• “On Jan 7 [2021],” Shellenberger wrote, Twitter executives “create[d] justifications to ban Trump … [sought] a change of policy for Trump alone, distinct from other political leaders” and “…express[ed] no concern for the free speech or democracy implications of a ban.”

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