Twitter CMO claims Project Veritas audio leaked from company meeting was 'edited and misrepresented'

Following Project Veritas' release of both a clip and the full leaked audio of a Twitter all-hands meeting held in the wake of Elon Musk buying the social media platform, the company’s chief marketing officer, Leslie Berland, claimed that the clip that was released ahead of the full audio "leaked, edited and misrepresented" her and the the company's views.

"Hi! At every Twitter global all-hands, I read real-time Qs that come in from our employees. It’s always open and unfiltered. An audio clip of me reading was leaked, edited and misrepresented as my (and the company’s) views," Berland wrote in a Tuesday evening tweet.

"Transparency and openness is core to who we are and I’m going to continue to give a platform for questions and feedback from employees," she wrote in a subsequent tweet.

The full audio of the meeting, released late Tuesday evening, showed Berland asking Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal and Twitter Independent Board Member Bret Taylor questions posed by staff members and others.

Ahead of the release of the full 45 minute meeting audio, Project Veritas released a nearly one minute long clip of an exchange between Berland and Agrawal.

In the clip, Berland is heard saying: "Elon made it clear in public that a large part of the reason he bought the platform was because of our moderation policies and disagreements in how we deal with health. This puts Twitter service and Trust and Safety, as well as anybody who cares about health on the platform, in a very difficult position."

In the full audio, it shows that there were some segments dropped in the clip, mainly phrases pointing the question to Agrawal, as well as the line, "something that we place in value very highly within the company," in reference to health.

"Question back to you, Parag. Elon made it clear in public that a large part of the reason he bought the platform was because of our moderation policies and disagreements in how we deal with health, something that we place in value very highly within the company. This puts Twitter service and Trust and Safety, as well as anybody who cares about health on the platform, in a very difficult position. Can you speak your thoughts on this and how those teams will be supported?" Berland said.

At the onset of the meeting, Taylor recognized that staff may be shocked as to how quickly the deal with Musk unfolded, which occurred over just a few weeks.

"I also just want to acknowledge all the emotions of today. It is an emotional day. I want to acknowledge it," Taylor said.

Explaining the move to sell, Taylor noted, "and as a board and a Delaware company, we have a fiduciary obligation to our shareholders, which means by law, we're required to act in the best interest of our shareholders."

Agrawal expressed similar sentiments, stating, "Before I talk about what lies ahead, it's important to acknowledge that all of you have many different feelings about what is happening. Some of you are very concerned. Some of you are very excited, and others are somewhere in between, are waiting to see how this goes. I know this impacts each of you, personally, professionally, and has you wondering about the future of Twitter."