NonilexJun 23, 2023

New video undercuts claim #Twitter #censored pro-#Trump views before #Jan6

In the internal video call from Jan.5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled #incitements to #violence.

- Drew Harwell
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/06/23/new-twitter-video-jan6/

New video undercuts claim Twitter censored pro-Trump views before Jan. 6

Twitter employees were told not to take down potentially threatening pro-Trump tweets on the day before rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol.

The Washington Post
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#Twitter’s current owner, #ElonMusk, commissioned a series of reports intended to reveal how the company had previously sought to squelch #conservative speech, & a #Republican-led cmte in the #House of Reps is working to build the case that the tech giants have been digitally #weaponized against #conservative ideas.

#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6 #Insurrection #PoliticalViolence #DomesticViolentExtremism #HateForProfit #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerror #MAGA #GOP #Trump

Jun 23, 2023 at 4:21pmWeb
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But the video & other newly obtained internal #Twitter recs show that, far from working to #censor pro-Trump sentiment in the days b4 the #Capitol #riot, the co’s ldrs were intent on leaving it up —despite internal #warnings that trouble was brewing.
#Congressional #Republicans, #Trump supporters & #Musk allies have condemned the co for #suspending Trump’s a/c in the riot’s aftermath,saying its employees were too quick to punish TFG bc of their #liberal #prejudice.
#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6
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But the recs reveal a co that fought until the end to give some of #Trump’s most belligerent supporters the benefit of the doubt, even as its internal teams faced an overwhelming volume of tweets #threatening #retribution in line w/Trump’s #lies that the #election had been #stolen.

#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6 #Insurrection #PoliticalViolence #DomesticViolentExtremism #HateForProfit #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerror #MAGA #GOP #Trump

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They also show that #Twitter’s ldrs were reluctant to take action against #Trump’s a/c 2 days after the #insurrection, even as lawyers inside the co argued that his cont’d praise of the #Capitol #rioters amounted to “glorification of violence,” an offense punishable then by #suspension under Twitter’s #rules.

#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6 #PoliticalViolence #DomesticViolentExtremism #HateForProfit #DomesticTerrorism #StateSponsoredTerror #MAGA #GOP

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#Trump’s 88-million-follower a/c was ultimately #suspended on the night of Jan. 8, hrs after he’d tweeted that “great American Patriots … will not be disrespected or treated unfairly in any way, shape or form!!!” The #suspension, the records show, was taken only after employees had assembled for execs a list of examples in which #Twitter users responded to Trump’s tweets w/calls for further #violence across the #UnitedStates.

#Birdsite #TwitterFiles #Jan6 #Insurrection #HateForProfit #MAGA #GOP
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The recs also undercut claims that #Twitter had worked on behalf of the #Biden admin in freezing Trump’s a/c, as #Trump claimed in a #lawsuit against Twitter that was #dismissed last year by a federal judge.

None of the recs obtained by WaPo — incl’g the 32-min video, a 5-pg retrospective memo outlining the #suspension discussions & a 114-pg agenda doc detailing the #safety policy team’s meetings & convos — show any contacts w/fed ofcls pushing the co to take any action involving Trump’s a/c.