I work in big tech. People have no idea how this “conspiracy” is anything but. If people think this tomfoolery is localized to Twitter, they are sadly mistaken. “The Reality” is being fed to you.
After weeks of “Twitter Files” reports detailing close coordination between the FBI and Twitter in moderating social media content, the Bureau issued a statement Wednesday.
3.They must think us unambitious, if our “sole aim” is to discredit the FBI. After all, a whole range of government agencies discredit themselves in the #TwitterFiles. Why stop with one?
5.The operation is far bigger than the reported 80 members of the Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), which also facilitates requests from a wide array of smaller actors – from local cops to media to state governments.
7.A chief end result was that thousands of official “reports” flowed to Twitter from all over, through the FITF and the FBI’s San Francisco field office.
9.OGA, or “Other Government Organization,” can be a euphemism for CIA, according to multiple former intelligence officials and contractors. Chuckles one: “They think it's mysterious, but it's just conspicuous."
13.Senior legal executive Stacia Cardille, whose alertness stood out among Twitter leaders, replied, “I know” and “I thought my silence was understood.” pic.twitter.com/SkBObgCQZG
17. These included Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, Reddit, even Pinterest, and many others. Industry players also held regular meetings without government.
19.The FITF meeting agendas virtually always included, at or near the beginning, an “OGA briefing,” usually about foreign matters (hold that thought). pic.twitter.com/Yx0721VyXI
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“Timed to vanish” doesn’t sound like a very transparent approach. It’s designed to vanish to avoid accountability if they’re caught, and they were caught. If you still trust anything this admin or the FBI tell you, you should seek professional help.
It’s unfortunate the Twitter files are interpreted on a party basis. The “files” confirm nothing more than what Marxists have been saying for decades. There are formal and informal means for mass media and government to collude and maintain a message which satisfies the elite. And of course this isn’t confined to Twitter or Big Tech but has been prevalent in radio, television and print. All engaged in maintaining the dominant message to discredit socialism and embrace capitalism and then neo-liberal economics (free trade, markets, anti-gov’t).
Matt Tabbi has long been confined to Rolling Stone and similar publications where he’s been ignored by others and disparaged by Republicans as a leftist journalist with an agenda. His message has been consistent and still is. For those who insist on interpreting the files by party miss the point. Both parties called and appealed to Twitter; the directors came from the security state (FBI, CIA, etc) who normally have a bias towards Republicans. The only reason Democrats had more success in suppressing certain stories relates to the shared values of young university graduates who were employed in the actual monitoring of content. Socially liberal and economically conservative describes many who worked there. The other issue is that Trump supporters tended to create more unsourced materials and were thus easy to dismiss. And right wing propagadna is more common in the US than economic leftist messages.
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And there’s twice that amount of tweets to go. Click a tweet and keep reading.
“Timed to vanish” doesn’t sound like a very transparent approach. It’s designed to vanish to avoid accountability if they’re caught, and they were caught. If you still trust anything this admin or the FBI tell you, you should seek professional help.
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It’s unfortunate the Twitter files are interpreted on a party basis. The “files” confirm nothing more than what Marxists have been saying for decades. There are formal and informal means for mass media and government to collude and maintain a message which satisfies the elite. And of course this isn’t confined to Twitter or Big Tech but has been prevalent in radio, television and print. All engaged in maintaining the dominant message to discredit socialism and embrace capitalism and then neo-liberal economics (free trade, markets, anti-gov’t).
Matt Tabbi has long been confined to Rolling Stone and similar publications where he’s been ignored by others and disparaged by Republicans as a leftist journalist with an agenda. His message has been consistent and still is. For those who insist on interpreting the files by party miss the point. Both parties called and appealed to Twitter; the directors came from the security state (FBI, CIA, etc) who normally have a bias towards Republicans. The only reason Democrats had more success in suppressing certain stories relates to the shared values of young university graduates who were employed in the actual monitoring of content. Socially liberal and economically conservative describes many who worked there. The other issue is that Trump supporters tended to create more unsourced materials and were thus easy to dismiss. And right wing propagadna is more common in the US than economic leftist messages.
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And a belated Merry Christmas to everyone here
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Thanks HRW, Merry Christmas to you, too.
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Belated. But still …
And a happy new year.
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