Twitter's former trust and safety chief said it was a mistake to censor the Hunter Biden laptop story: 'We didn't know what to believe'
"It's widely reported that I personally directed the suppression of the Hunter Biden story. That is not true. It is absolutely, unequivocally untrue," Roth said, adding that the story did set off some of his"We didn't know what to believe. We didn't know what was true. There was smoke," he said."Ultimately for me, it didn't reach a place where I was comfortable removing this content from Twitter.
Representatives from Twitter did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment on Roth's remarks. Musk, who took ownership of Twitter in a $44-billion deal last month, has suggested he will release details about Twitter's decision-making regarding the laptop. The Tesla and SpaceX billionaire has decried Twitter's previous content moderation policies, restoring previouslyIn response to a tweet requesting Musk"make public all internal decisions" about censoring the laptop story, Musk replied on November 23:"This is necessary to restore public trust.
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