The Lacuna Project

lacuna (n.) a gap in a record where something should be

Independent research. Not affiliated with any government, agency, or company.

Political committee

Biden for President (2020 campaign committee)

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • INF-4.1: FBI, DHS and ODNI officials met regularly with platform staff about election content from 2017 and 2018, under the Trump administration, and the meetings continued through the 2022 midterms under the Biden administration.
  • INF-4.4: Twitter's chief executive told the Senate Judiciary Committee on 17 November 2020 that Twitter's 2018 hacked-materials policy was informed by conversations with the U.S. government. Twitter's head of Site Integrity stated in a declaration to the Federal Election Commission that Twitter's Trust and Safety leadership decided on 14 October 2020 to enforce the policy against the New York Post articles.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 1103 2 December 2022. Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi), Twitter thread: The Twitter Files, Part One: How and Why Twitter Blocked the Hunter Biden Laptop Story (thread, 2 December 2022)
  • Exhibit 1104 24-25 October 2020. Twitter, Inc. (internal email, as screenshotted by Matt Taibbi): Twitter internal emails of 24-25 October 2020: 'More to review from the Biden team' and 'An additional report from DNC' (screenshots in Twitter Files Part 1, posts 8 and 9)
  • Exhibit 1119 17 December 2020 (response letter of 21 December 2020). Twitter, Inc. (counsel Covington & Burling) to the Federal Election Commission: Declaration of Yoel Roth (Twitter Head of Site Integrity), 17 December 2020, Exhibit A to Twitter's response in FEC MUR 7821 / MUR 7827