Uh, the Hunter Biden laptop story was/is a real event, not a conspiracy, and was overtly suppressed and gas lighted by the media, including twitter. Probably was an important part of the election outcome. For the record, I am very happy Trump lost, but this does not change the fact that Hunter is a criminal piece of trash, and (as most fathers would) the president is supporting him - and probably broke laws in this support.
Suppressing the laptop affair (just like suppressing the discussion of the possibility that the covid virus is an accidental leak from a Chinese lab) should never have happened in a free society.
Such suppression creates a (justified) feeling of being manipulated, and decreases trust in the authorities. Such a situation is very dangerous and can escalate into difficult to control events. The only way to avoid it is to have a media that you can trust will present the truth, from all sides, even if you do not agree with it. Elon is trying to achieve that with twitter - and this is not a distraction from his mission - it is in fact central to his mission. For without media you can trust in the long term you will not have freedom, progress, and the support to, for example, go to Mars and beyond.