CNN Expert Downplays Big Tech Censorship of Hunter Biden’s 2020 Laptop, Calls Government Collusion ‘Nonsense’

CNN contributor Kara Swisher raised eyebrows as she downplayed Big Tech’s censorship of the Hunter Biden laptop story during the 2020 election and called allegations of collusion between tech companies and the federal government “absolute nonsense.”

On Wednesday night, a CNN panel discussion spotlighted comments made by Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, who suggested President Biden’s victory was illegitimate by showing how social media giants “verifiably” “censored Americans from talking about things like the Hunter Biden laptop story” , saying this had a “huge, huge consequence”. for the results of the previous elections.

“There is no evidence that the tech companies colluded to do this,” Swisher replied.

“This is nonsense and he knows it.”

The yellow panelist, conservative CNN political analyst Scott Jennings, pushed back, saying there was an “institutional effort” to suppress the New York Post’s bombshell reporting on the laptop.

“I have been one of the biggest critics of technology. This is nonsense. Absolutely nonsense,” Swisher doubled down.

“Wasn’t the New York Post kicked off Twitter?” Jennings asked.

As Jennings tried to refute Swisher, CNN anchor Abby Phillip stepped in to validate Swisher as a tech journalist, telling him that Swisher “did actual reporting on this” and that she “did the job.”

“I don’t know why you keep repeating things that aren’t true,” Swisher told Jennings.

“Did they get kicked off Twitter? It’s true!” Jennings reacted.

“They did, and then [Twitter] said they made a mistake and put them back, just like CNN does, just like The New York Time does,” Swisher responded.

“It wasn’t after the elections, it was during… and [then-Twitter CEO] Jack Dorsey switched.”

Swisher continued, “So I think what the issue is — do you think Twitter is the government. You think Twitter is running things. And there’s not this broad agreement. And JD Vance knows that because he’s worked in technology. He knows there is no such thing as Big Tech. There are big tech companies. They don’t cooperate on this issue.”

However, Swisher was incorrect when she claimed that the New York Post “immediately turned to Twitter” (now called X).

The New York Post account was suspended for 16 days because it refused to remove its posts related to its Hunter Biden laptop reporting, returning to the platform less than a week before Election Day 2020.

It also failed to mention how Twitter also blocked its users from sharing links through direct messages and that Twitter users, including then-White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, had their accounts terminated for sharing the Post’s reporting. , claiming they violated Twitter’s rules “against the distribution of hacker material,” despite the fact that the Biden campaign never claimed the laptop was hacked.

Additionally, Swisher’s claim that there was no collusion between the social media giants and the government is undermined by revelations from the Twitter Files, which showed how the FBI and DOJ tipped off Twitter about a possible “hack and leak” from Russia about Hunter. Biden before the New York Post published its story.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg also acknowledged in August how his company was under pressure from the Biden administration to remove content related to COVID that it deemed misinformation and that the FBI previously warned about “Russian propaganda” before Hunter Biden’s laptop came out.

Critics took aim at Swisher’s comments on social media.

“Yes, this is all a complete lie from @karaswisher at CNN – as they claim to be what they ‘know,'” freelance journalist Glenn Greenwald reacted. Twitter banned the NY Post from their account for 2 weeks – until **3 days before the election** – because the NY Post refused to remove links to 6 stories about Biden.”

“The Hunter Biden laptop story was obviously suppressed by Twitter and Facebook,” reacted Twitter Files reporter Matt Taibbi.

“Mark Zuckerberg’s letters, FBI agent Elvis Chan’s deposition, Yoel Roth’s FEC filing and other documents show that the FBI has at least falsely warned of a foreign hack operation and leak”.

“Perfect example of the arrogance of pig-headed ignorance,” said New York Post columnist Miranda Devine.

“The @nypost Twitter account was shut down for two weeks, until a few days before the 2020 election. People like @kayleighmcenany were suspended just for trying to privately send a link to our story. You don’t know what you’re talking about @karaswisher.”

CNN did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.