Posted on 10/31/2020 3:44:11 PM PDT by John Semmens
In testimony before a Senate hearing this week Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg both admitted that they had no evidence that the New York Post story about Hunter Biden's laptop computer was Russian disinformation.
"Why then did you censor the story and block the Post's account?" Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wisc) wanted to know.
"I think we were hacked by a Russian agent," Dorsey replied. "Let me remind everyone that the Post hasn't been the only account that has been censored by our platform. Numerous conservative voices have been silenced or muted on Twitter for many years now. I didn't order any of this. None of my employees would have abused our customers in such a way. Only the Russians would stoop so low. Their history is rife with censorship. There is your 'smoking gun.'"
"Same here," Zuckerberg chimed in. "Facebook is a happy and tolerant place for people of all stripes to share thoughts and opinions on any topic they choose. I would never abide it becoming some sort of gatekeeper to exclude anyone's opinions. Logically, then, it had to be the Russians that hacked and took control of our algorithms multiple times since Trump started running for president. Considering how hard Trump has been on the Russians we shouldn't be surprised that they would seize whatever means they could to silence the President and his supporters. Frankly, I am amazed by the ease with which they have been able to accomplish taking control over my company."
"Well, what are you going to do to stop this claimed Russian invasion of your businesses?" Johnson asked.
"What can we do?" Dorsey lamented. "They are so insidious and persistent that it has been impossible for us to stop them. And we aren't the only ones. We all saw how the Russians completely buffaloed the FBI with that Steele dossier. The Agency spent four years spying on and trying to take down the Trump Administration. To this day Director Wray is still suspicious of Trump and would like to see him ousted from office."
"I'm with Jack on this," Zuckerberg agreed. "We have the power to crush any individual who displeases us, but we're no match for the Russians. In fact, it was the FBI who warned us about a Russian hack before the Post story was published and recommended we revise our algorithms to censor anything negative about the Bidens. We shouldn't be blamed for the misdeeds of these two powerful governmental entities."
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