New Twitter Files Release Shows How Adam Schiff Staffers Harassed The Company With Absurd Ban Requests

Matt Taibbi, independent journalist, released a supplementary edition of the Twitter Friday’s files contained details of the numerous requests made by Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA), to ban posts that criticize Joe Biden or purportedly advance conspiracy theories.

Independent reporters revealed previous editions of this project based on internal documents and emails from Twitter CEO. Elon MuskFederal law enforcement agencies have been shown to be effective. Policing content on the platform, and requested executives to remove certain posts. The most recent Release It was shown that former Chair of the House Intelligence Committee, Schiff, had written to Twitter from his staff. “quite often” Asking for the removal of posts

One such request involved an edited GIF of Biden. He was running for the Oval Office at that time. Former President Donald Trump tweeted the image. One staffer claimed that the image, which featured Biden sticking out his tongue, and making faces, was in violation of federal law. “manipulated media” Policies in an email to Yoel Roth (ex-Twitter safety chief), who replied by saying that the photo was “pretty clearly edited” With “humorous intent.”

Roth also added “any reasonable observer” The image was not a violation of rules, as the staffer from Schiff could clearly see through it. Yet another Schiff staffer insisted that Twitter remove the post, claiming the edited GIF was a violation of rules. “slippery slope concern.” Twitter executives insisted that the image would not be taken down.

A Twitter executive stated that the Schiff team would not request sweeping removals of any content regarding the lawmaker or his staff. “conceivable.”

Personnel “repeatedly complained about ‘QAnon related activity’ that were often tweets about other matters, like the identity of the Ukraine ‘whistleblower’ or the Steele dossier,” Taibbi said that Twitter was a good option for him. “deamplified” Such accounts. “We can internally confirm that a number of the accounts flagged are already included in this deamplification,” In an email, a Twitter executive stated that.

However, the Schiff team expressed concern that deamplification could be dangerous. “inadvertently impede the ability of law enforcement to search Twitter for potential threats” Sean Misko, an ex-staffer on the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

Twitter Files’ latest release comes just a few months after an earlier version. Edition showed that Schiff’s office asked executives to ban Paul Sperry, a journalist who had written A conversation his sources overheard about how to remove Trump. Twitter initially refused Sperry’s request, but then suspended Sperry.

Another Edition According to the Twitter Files, federal agencies, especially the FBI, had contacted Twitter regarding the censorship and so many posts. Employees congratulated one another in company communications. “monumental undertaking” You can review them.

The social media company was frequently contacted by other agencies at different levels of government. “Federal intelligence and law enforcement reach into Twitter included the Department of Homeland Security, which partnered with security contractors and think tanks to pressure Twitter to moderate content,” Taibbi’s story was retold.

Another Release The Twitter Files revealed that the FBI paid Twitter over $3.4 million to help them. “legal process response,” It was apparently an indication of the time spent by executives coordinating with the agency. There was. “an organized effort by representatives of the intelligence community” This is the goal “senior executives at news and social media companies” to discredit “leaked information about Hunter Biden before and after it was published,” According to Michael Shellenberger, an independent journalist