Category: Censorship

Memorializing the Twitter Files – VI. Twitter, the FBI, & FBI Response to Twitter Files

The relationship between Twitter and the FBI in 2019 and thereafter can best be described as a close — and criminal — partnership focused on censoring of individuals and organizations The FBI criminally partnered with Twitter to abridge the free speech of Americans.  The FBI, in response to the release

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Memorializing the Twitter Files – V. Twitter & Trump 8 Jan. 2021

Documenting the decision to ban the sitting President, Donald Trump, from Twitter on 8 January, including internal and external pressure to do so. The decision further emboldened Twitter to dive headlong into censorship, both with and without government partners. THREAD: THE TWITTER FILES PART FIVE. THE REMOVAL OF TRUMP FROM

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Memorializing the Twitter Files – IV. Twitter & Trump 7 Jan. 2021

The internal debate among deeply progressive Twitter staff whether to deviate from their rule and ban President Trump 7 Jan. 2021 1. TWITTER FILES, PART 4 The Removal of Donald Trump: January 7 As the pressure builds, Twitter executives build the case for a permanent ban — Michael Shellenberger (@ShellenbergerMD)

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Memorializing the Twitter Files – III. Pres. Trump / FBI / DHS

Twitter’s interaction with the FBI and their build-up to censorship of President Trump with the 6 January Capitol walk-through 1. THREAD: The Twitter Files THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP Part One: October 2020-January 6th — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 9, 2022 2.  The world knows much of the story of

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Memorializing the Twitter Files – II. Shadowbanning

Twitter Files Part 2 by Bari Weiss, 8 Dec. 2022 Shadowbans:  Twitter Applies a Double Standard to Secretly Censor Conservative Speech / Lies To Congress 1. A new #TwitterFiles investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavored tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire

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Memorializing the Twitter Files – I. Twitter Censors the Hunter Biden Story

Twitter Files Part 1 by Matt Taibi, 2 Dec. 2022 Twitter Suppress the Hunter Biden Laptop Story / Congress Reacts with Some Unnamed Democrats Demanding More Censorship   1. Thread: THE TWITTER FILES — Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 2, 2022 2.  What you’re about to read is the first installment in

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