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The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat

Twitter logo through broken glass on Jan. 25, 2023. Dado Ruvic/Reuters

2/9/2023|Updated: 2/14/2023

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The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on Feb. 7, 2023.

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter last October and the subsequent reporting on the Twitter Files by journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and a handful of others beginning in early December is one of the most important news stories of our time.

John Daniel Davidson

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John Daniel Davidson is a senior editor at The Federalist, where he covers politics, immigration, culture, and religion. He is a graduate of Hillsdale College, a former Lincoln Fellow at the Claremont Institute, and a senior fellow at the Texas Public Policy Foundation. His writings have appeared in numerous publications, including The Wall Street Journal, the Claremont Review of Books, the New York Post, and The Guardian. He is the author of the forthcoming book, “Pagan America: The Decline of Christianity and the Coming Dark Age.”