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INFOGRAPHIC: Key Revelations of the ‘Twitter Files’
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Documents revealed by #Twitter’s new owner, tech billionaire @ElonMusk, show the social media company intertwined with a government-private censorship apparatus. (Thread👇)
Full resolution image here: https://t.co/JNOzxD9FqR pic.twitter.com/Q0yCjWkWAv
#Twitter, under government pressure, suppressed or removed content on various subjects, though most of the time it was cooperating with the #Censorship requests willingly, the documents indicate.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Musk took over #Twitter in October, taking the company private.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
He then fired around half of the staff and much of the upper management. The “#TwitterFiles” releases have been part of @ElonMusk's promised focus on transparency for the company. pic.twitter.com/z3EhSTNAOk
Musk allowed several independent journalists to submit search queries that were then used by #Twitter staff to search through the company’s internal documents, sometimes under the condition that the resulting stories would be first published on the platform itself.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The two journalists primarily responsible for the releases have been journalists @MTaibbi and @BariWeiss.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Both are liberals who have expressed disillusionment with the more extreme currents of progressivism and neoliberalism.
Others involved in the releases have been independent journalists @LHFang and @DavidZweig, former New York Times reporter @AlexBerenson, as well as author and environmentalist Michael @ShellenbergerMD.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The journalists have only released a fraction of the documents they reviewed. They’ve also redacted the names of employees involved, other than some high-level executives.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The documents show that the #FBI and other agencies have been scrutinizing the political speech of Americans on a significant scale, and trying to get lawful speech suppressed or removed online.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Many have deemed that a violation of the First Amendment.
The #FBI had its sweep #Twitter to identify content and accounts that it tried to get removed, even though the content didn't necessarily violate any laws.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Elvis Chan coordinated communication with Twitter leadership for the FBI and the broader intelligence community. pic.twitter.com/w1SL2IMisI
Members of the Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF) regularly met with #BigTech executives.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
FTIF allegedly employed dozens of #FBI agents to sift through social media to find content supposedly coming from malicious foreign actors and flagging such content for censorship. pic.twitter.com/lAGsFVziUo
[Redacted], a Twitter executive who previously worked for the #CIA, wrote an email suggesting that #Twitter wouldn't dare to disobey a takedown request, because the media fallout of the government publicly labeling the account in question as run by Russian intelligence. pic.twitter.com/xIDM2W6MiD
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The @StateDept's Global Engagement Center (GEC) would flag thousands of accounts for #Twitter.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
For many of the accounts, Twitter couldn't find any association with foreign government actors, the documents indicate. pic.twitter.com/HGznfKbz6W
In 2017, the @DeptofDefense asked #Twitter to give preferential treatment to dozens of accounts used for influence operations in Arab countries.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The DoD also sent #Censorship requests to Twitter, according to @MTaibbi. pic.twitter.com/J7IzTaZQnY
The @NSAGov was one of the agencies that requested to listen in on industry calls between social media companies and the #FBI. pic.twitter.com/HCoIZM776A
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The @USTreasury also made content-related requests to #Twitter, according to @MTaibbi. pic.twitter.com/vhdxE5CRFr
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Some local police departments were also implicated in making #Censorship requests to #Twitter.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
In one example supplied by @MTaibbi, the Minnesota Police Dept. reached out to Twitter via the local #FBI—the request was funneled through by Elvis Chan. pic.twitter.com/5fQvroV925
State governments also submitted content takedown requests to #Twitter via the #FBI, according to @MTaibbi. pic.twitter.com/FVDJet0s8q
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Corporate media also appear to have been a part of an indirect enforcement mechanism for #Censorship.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Content and accounts claimed by the government would be provided to the media, which would then pressure #Twitter to act. pic.twitter.com/sHAOlzfkSs
The @DHSgov runs the @CISAgov and finances the Elections Infrastructure Information Sharing and Analysis Center, a system that allows state officials to share data on election misinformation and facilitate removal of such content online. pic.twitter.com/Z0gZOhSqxM
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
In 2020, @CISAgov partnered with EIP, a group that would flag election "misinformation" to social media companies.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
A CISA official acknowledged the agency forwarded to social media companies content moderation requests submitted to EI-ISAC by state and local election officials. pic.twitter.com/CuRirCPfSc
EI-ISAC encourages election officials to report "misinformation" or "disinformation," which is then forwarded to @CISAgov, which "will submit it to the relevant social media platform(s) for review." pic.twitter.com/l1C17zi7gH
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The @EI_Partnership (EIP) comprises 4 organizations: @StanfordIO, @UWCIP, @DFRLab and @Graphika_NYC.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
EIP leader Alex Stamos said the group would "fill the gap" in countering election disinformation that the government wasn't authorized to address. pic.twitter.com/hXcCRCIERM
The @EI_Partnership took credit for facilitating the removal of suppression of 22 million pieces of online content and dozens of entire "narratives." pic.twitter.com/moOCkaXRFB
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The "Twitter Files" indicate that #Twitter executives felt pressured to find more accounts that could be attributed to foreign interference and to comply with takedown requests in order to avoid costly new legislation and negative media coverage spurred by lawmakers. pic.twitter.com/iq07dPaok3
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The Senate Intelligence Committee put pressure on #Twitter to remove foreign accounts, especially Russian accounts.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The Committee's head, Sen. @MarkWarner, was displeased with Twitter's inability to find substantial Russian interference in the 2016 election. pic.twitter.com/I7ndbmsFgX
One notable revelation from the "Twitter Files" was the involvement of the office of @RepAdamSchiff in the removal of journalist @paulsperry_'s Twitter account. https://t.co/mel0lnDuLf pic.twitter.com/xwGrwFZ17u
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Officials from the @WhiteHouse sent a significant but unspecified number of #Censorship requests to #Twitter.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
The documents show the Biden White House was putting pressure on Twitter to censor more. pic.twitter.com/XHL3mTgwpF
#Pfizer has earned tens of billions of dollars in the past 2 years through its #COVID19 vaccine.@Pfizer board member Dr. Scott Gottlieb sent #Twitter at least 3 censorship requests, targeting… pic.twitter.com/naoSNiNjQv
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
1) … a doctor who argued that natural immunity was superior to vaccination. #Twitter suppressed the tweet, even though the doctor was correct.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
2) … @Justin_Hart, who argued against school closures.
3) … @AlexBerenson over his criticism of Dr. #AnthonyFauci. pic.twitter.com/6dlC4zC0KS
The "Biden team" sent #Twitter multiple requests for removal of content. pic.twitter.com/IBgTIM57l6
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
After the @NYPost's #HunterBidenLaptop story was suppressed, accounts of those sharing in—including then press secretary @KayleighMcEnany—were suspended.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Trump campaign manager Mike Hahn demanded answers from Twitter. pic.twitter.com/oXpZCGXXgm
#COVID19 guidelines by the @CDCgov were used as a measure for what could and couldn't be said on the platform.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Yet the guidelines themselves has been guesswork to some degree as the scientific understanding of the virus has been a matter of ongoing debate and remains incomplete. pic.twitter.com/n2Ol5BpplB
Reported @DavidZweig "found countless instances of tweets being labeled as 'misleading' or taken down entirely, sometimes triggering account suspensions, simply because they veered from CDC guidance or differed from establishment views."
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Since the start of the Biden administration, the @NSF has given nearly $40 million to universities to counter "disinformation" or "misinformation."
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
At least one of the grants reportedly targets "populist communication" to determine "how to best counter populist narratives." pic.twitter.com/VGjngEAQle
Some of the targeted accounts include:
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
- @DrJBhattacharya
- @MartinKulldorff
- Euzebiusz Jamrozik @ID_ethics
- Chaya Raichik @libsoftiktok
- @DBongino
- @CharlieKirk11
- @PaulSperry_ pic.twitter.com/3KiiV44VRP
"Twitter Files" authors: @MTaibbi, @BariWeiss, @ShellenbergerMD, @LHFang, @DavidZweig and @AlexBerenson.
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
These were the journalists that @ElonMusk allowed to query #Twitter's internal files for responsive documents. pic.twitter.com/jOMLlt6nXT
After @elonmusk purchased Twitter, he enabled key details on its inner workings & interactions w/ gov't to be revealed by @mtaibbi @bariweiss @ShellenbergerMD @lhfang @davidzweig & @AlexBerenson…
— The Epoch Times (@EpochTimes) January 17, 2023
Here we capture it in a comprehensive INFOGRAPHIC. 🧵👇https://t.co/Fu9yc4Y0O8
