Dan GillmorJun 6, 2023

"Basically, Twitter’s own lawyers are admitting in a court filing that the guy who owns their company is spewing utter nonsense about what the Twitter Files revealed. I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything quite like this."

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/05/twitter-admits-in-court-filing-elon-musk-is-simply-wrong-about-government-interference-at-twitter/

As usual, @mmasnick is doing the reporting that Big Journalism can't be bothered to do in a timely way. In this case, he explains what a legal document says.

Twitter Admits in Court Filing: Elon Musk Is Simply Wrong About Government Interference At Twitter

It is amazing the degree to which some people will engage in confirmation bias and believe absolute nonsense, even as the facts show the opposite is true. Over the past few months, we’ve gone throu…

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Show threadnewsorpigalJun 6, 2023

@dangillmor @mmasnick

Musk is a disgusting person. But he's right about one thing: Twitter conspired with the US government to influence what's on Twitter.

This is absolutely horrifying.

Show threadMike Masnick ✅Jun 6, 2023
@newsorpigal um. no. there is zero evidence to support that. @dangillmor
Show threadnewsorpigalJun 6, 2023

@mmasnick @dangillmor

American social media is infiltrated with US spies. here is just one example: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11562433/Facebook-riddled-ex-CIA-agents-ex-FBI-agents-work-Twitter.html

I don't know about you, but I prefer my social media to be free of CIA-thugs.

The only good thing about Musk is that he's taking a sledgehammer approach to American spies. It's fun to watch.

Facebook is riddled with ex-CIA agents while many ex-FBI agents work at Twitter

Former CIA agents made up some of the top ranks in almost every politically sensitive department at Meta, as former FBI agents migrated over to Twitter in droves before the 2020 election.

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Show threadMike Masnick ✅
@newsorpigal that is a massive leap from what you said, and you're citing an infamously silly tabloid. You're spreading utter fucking nonsense and you should stop. @dangillmor
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Show threadnewsorpigalJun 6, 2023

@mmasnick
@dangillmor

What nonsense? That companies in the US are forced to comply with the FISA courts and other similar legislation? And that they are hiring ex-intelligence people to comply?

This is nothing different than Goldman Sachs hiring ex SEC regulators.

Avoiding American social media and cloud companies is a must for privacy.

Show threadMike Masnick ✅Jun 7, 2023

@newsorpigal @dangillmor you're mixing and matching lots of different stuff and it shows you have NO CLUE what you're talking about.

The FISC has NOTHING to do with content moderation decisions.

You started out with a falsehood. You should educate your ignorant self.