TechdirtNov 24

X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

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X’s New Feature Reveals Why Trust & Safety Work Was Never About The ‘Censorship Industrial Complex’

For the last few years, Matt Taibbi, Michael Shellenberger, and their allies have spent considerable energy attacking both academic researchers studying disinformation and the trust & safety te…

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Julie HughesApr 16, 2025

Trump's US Attorney nominee for Washington DC, spoke on Russian TV 150 times.

#Putin #ForeignInfluenceOperations
https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/04/16/ed-martin-rt-sputnik-usattorney/

Trump’s D.C. U.S. attorney pick appeared on Russian state media over 150 times

Trump nominee Ed Martin’s 100-plus appearances on Russian state-directed media RT and Sputnik from 2016 to 2024 alarm some former national security officials.

The Washington Post
NonilexFeb 20, 2025

#GiftArticle

#Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against #ForeignInfluenceOperations

The Trump admin has reassigned or forced out several dozen government employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in US #elections at multiple agencies, per current & fmr ofcls.

#disinformation #ForeignInfluenceCampaign #RussianPropaganda #Trumpaganda #RIPdemocracy #law #democracy #ReliableSources #citation #journalism #truth #facts #autocracy #tyranny #TrumpCoup
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/business/trump-foreign-influence-election-interference.html?unlocked_article_code=1.yU4.gnf-.58nsSqtp8-vw&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShar

Trump Dismantles Government Fight Against Foreign Influence Operations

Dozens of employees who had been working to fight foreign interference in U.S. elections have been reassigned or forced out, according to current and former officials.

The New York Times