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Former Twitter executives are testifying before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday in what is expected to be one of the most contentious GOP-led hearings of the new Congress, as its right-wing members will question the witnesses about a key red-meat issue: the social media giant’s decision to censor content about Hunter Biden’s laptop.

Twitter’s former Head of Trust and Safety Yoel Roth, former Chief Legal Officer Vijaya Gadde and former Deputy Counsel James Baker appeared before the committee for a hearing at 10 a.m. ET titled: “Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story.”

Democrats on the committee, meanwhile, called Anika Collier Navaroli, a former Twitter employee-turned-whistleblower, as a witness, and highlighted Twitter’s role in allowing former President Donald Trump and “MAGA extremists” to promote false claims that the 2020 presidential election was stolen from Trump, Ranking Member Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) said in his opening statement.

Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) saluted newfound right-wing hero, Twitter owner Elon Musk, in his opening remarks: “Big Tech autocrats wield their unchecked power to suppress the speech of Americans to promote their preferred political opinions . . .Twitter was once one of these platforms – until Elon Musk purchased the company a few months ago,” he said.

Republicans will also seek answers about their claims that the FBI encouraged...

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