ZNet (unofficial)Feb 3, 2024

#ElonMusk bought #Twitter for $44 billion in 2022, emphasizing free speech. #TheTwitterFiles, internal communications released after the purchase, sparked hearings.

Republicans alleged bias against MAGA populism, while Democrats focused on Trump's threat to #democracy. Journalists faced bullying during hearings.

Reforms discussed mainly involve limited measures, overlooking more radical proposals for democratic control in a non-democratic society.

https://znetwork.org/znetarticle/the-twitter-files-some-observations/

The Twitter Files: Some Observations

In late 2022, the world’s richest man, white nationalist fellow traveler and military contractor Elon Musk, purchased Twitter for $44 billion. He declared

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Show threadpancake 🌱🥞Jul 27, 2023
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G. GibsonMar 9, 2023

Matt Taibbi: My Statement to Congress

In testimony to the House Judiciary Committee about the Twitter Files, a few words about why state-funded "anti-disinformation" and free speech can't coexist

https://open.substack.com/pub/taibbi/p/my-statement-to-congress?r=evxg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

#TwitterFiles #TheTwitterFiles

My Statement to Congress

In testimony to the House Judiciary Committee about the Twitter Files, a few words about why state-funded "anti-disinformation" and free speech can't coexist

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Eric DomondJan 13, 2023
Coldewey has done an *exceptional* job and taken exactly zero prisoners with this #TheTwitterFiles piece. #Tech #Journalism https://techcrunch.com/2023/01/13/deconstructing-the-twitter-files/
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BunkuninDec 30, 2022
FBI COINTELPRO Is Back, And Worse Than Ever
"At this point, it is difficult to know whether the scant reaction to the Twitter Files is the result of political bias, collective amnesia, or simply a total ignorance of American history. he history of the FBI provides the best guide to the abuses that may be now occurring." https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/fbi-cointelpro-is-back-and-worse-than-ever/
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FBI COINTELPRO Is Back, And Worse Than Ever | The Libertarian Institute

Elon Musk has opened the floodgates to expose the FBI’s latest war on Americans’ freedom of speech. The FBI massively intervened to pressure Twitter to suppress accounts and tweets from individuals the FBI disapproved of, including parody accounts. The FBI and other federal agencies also browbeat Facebook, Instagram, and many…

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Fabian A. ScherschelDec 21, 2022

My second episode on #TheTwitterFiles, discussing how the FBI manipulated Twitter, Facebook and media organisations to censor a factually correct journalistic story to manipulate the political discourse.

https://privatecitizen.press/episode/136/

The Private Citizen — Episode 136: The Twitter Files, Part 2

The Twitter Files show how the factually accurate Hunter Biden laptop story was suppressed. They also reveal the secret FBI operation targeting social media executives and high-level journalists that led to this suppression.

Episode 136: The Twitter Files, Part 2
Alaric Aloor🐕🏎⚽️🥃Dec 20, 2022

Here's another devastating piece by @mmasnick on #thetwitterfiles drama that 🤡boy and his stooges, Taibbi, Weiss & Shellenberger have been hyping up over the 🐦
Taibbi should know better but he's made his bed with the likes of Greenwald & Maté.

Anyway, read this about the cancel culture warriors who perpetually lie, lying again👇🏾

https://www.techdirt.com/2022/12/20/no-the-fbi-is-not-paying-twitter-to-censor/

No, The FBI Is NOT ‘Paying Twitter To Censor’

Sigh. Look. I want to stop writing about Twitter. I want to write about lots of other stuff. I have a huge list of other stories that I’m trying to get through, but then Elon Musk does someth…

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Bruce MirkenDec 12, 2022

"But #TheTwitterFiles is also one of the largest targeted harassment campaigns I’ve ever seen. Organized by the CEO of a major tech platform! The communications between former staffers were leaked, and names weren’t redacted. Congressman Ro Khanna’s personal email address was also leaked."

https://medium.com/ctrlaltrightdelete/twitter-is-now-elons-personal-harassment-engine-199c879decc6

Twitter Is Now Elon’s Personal Harassment Engine - CtrlAltRightDelete - Medium

Elon Musk paid $44 billion and put himself in debt to some super shady actors, all so that he could make himself the main character on Twitter every day. Musk isn’t even talented enough to do it for…

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Melissa RyanDec 11, 2022
New from me: #TheTwitterFiles is a large-scale harassment campaign, organized by a tech CEO exploiting his company's resources to put former employees in harm's way. My analysis: https://medium.com/ctrlaltrightdelete/twitter-is-now-elons-personal-harassment-engine-199c879decc6
Twitter Is Now Elon’s Personal Harassment Engine - CtrlAltRightDelete - Medium

Elon Musk paid $44 billion and put himself in debt to some super shady actors, all so that he could make himself the main character on Twitter every day. Musk isn’t even talented enough to do it for…

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Show threadsms2smsDec 10, 2022
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