According to an internal Twitter email, “The Biden campaign” petitioned for tweets to be deleted by Twitter, and both major US parties had access to these tools to flag tweets. Taibbi notes that “Because Twitter was and is overwhelmingly staffed by people of one political orientation, there were more channels, more ways to complain, open to the left (well, Democrats) than the right.”
Taibbi, also cited OpenSecrets, a nonprofit website that tracks campaign finance and lobbying. It shows a majority of political donations made by Twitter employees go to Democrats. On its face, this political imbalance is evidence that Twitter suppressed the New York Post story for political reasons, and it certainly led any sane people drawing a conclusion that there was bias within the company. The FEC-sourced numbers are notable, too: 99.73% to Democrats and just 0.27% to Republicans. It’ll be very interesting to see how this extremely lopsided ratio plays out in 2024 among employees who stick with Twitter under the direction of Elon Musk.
What's good for the goose is good for the gander. It'll be interesting to see if you're whistling the same tune when the shoe is on the other foot.