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Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by slg on Thursday October 15, 2020 @11:18PM (#24797091)
I wasn't saying definitively that the documents are fake. I simply have no idea whether they are authentic or not. These documents originate with Rudy Giuliani who was just revealed to be the target of a Russian disinformation campaign regarding Hunter Biden.[1] I will view anything that is coming from Giuliani with a healthy dose of skepticism until there is some outside confirmation.

However the authenticity of the documents isn't even relevant to the overall point. If they are fake, there is a crime of fraud. If they are authentic, it is likely a crime to release this information. There also doesn't appear to be any evidence of a crime committed by either Hunter or Joe Biden. Even if a meeting took place, which no one is able to confirm, that alone isn't a crime. That lack of crime would seemingly eliminate this as an example of whistleblowing. The end result is that it appears that a crime was committed just to make Biden look bad and try to turn the election in Trumps favor. I don't know why Twitter or Facebook need to allow their platforms to be a pawn in that game.

[1] - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/giuliani-bi...

Re:Twitter and Facebook's action over Joe Biden article reig... by Fjolsvith on Friday October 16, 2020 @10:11AM (#24800974)
> Even if a meeting took place, which no one is able to confirm, that alone isn't a crime.

Except, if it did take place, Joe would be caught in another big lie because he stated he never had any dealing with Hunter's business.