Fact check
Is it true: Hunter Biden laptop suppression (Oct 2020)?
Partly — it's more complicated than the claim suggests.
Twitter locked the New York Post account and blocked sharing of the laptop story Oct 2020. Facebook reduced reach. 51 intel officials' letter called it Russian disinformation without specific intelligence. WaPo/NYT authenticated laptop contents March 2022. Twitter Files Dec 2022 documented suppression decision-making. FBI Foreign Influence Task Force communications with platforms documented. SCOTUS dismissed Murthy v. Missouri on standing in June 2024 without reaching the merits.
The claim
On 14 October 2020, the New York Post published a story based on a laptop dropped by Hunter Biden at a Delaware repair shop operated by John Paul Mac Isaac. Twitter locked the Post's account and block
Key evidence
Twitter locked New York Post account and blocked sharing
WaPo and NYT authenticated laptop contents March 2022
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