{"id":1768421,"date":"2022-12-08T21:48:13","date_gmt":"2022-12-09T02:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768421"},"modified":"2022-12-08T23:28:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T04:28:34","slug":"twitters-underhanded-actions-targeting-libs-of-tiktok-revealed-in-new-twitter-files-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitters-underhanded-actions-targeting-libs-of-tiktok-revealed-in-new-twitter-files-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter\u2019s Underhanded Actions Targeting \u2018Libs Of TikTok\u2019 Revealed In New \u2018Twitter Files\u2019 Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitters-underhanded-actions-targeting-libs-of-tiktok-revealed-in-new-twitter-files-release%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1768421&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The latest release of the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/twitter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter Files<\/a>\u201d Thursday evening revealed that leftists at the highest level of the company, who have all since been fired or been forced to resign, targeted one of the most popular right-wing accounts on the platform with repeated suspensions despite the fact that they secretly admitted that she did not do anything wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Bari Weiss released a long Twitter thread in which she showed how Twitter built blacklists, prevented disfavored tweets from trending on the platform, and actively limited the visibility of entire accounts and even trending topics in secret, without informing users.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss noted the different layers of censorship that existed at Twitter and that the highest level was the \u201cSite Integrity Policy, Policy Escalation Support,\u201d known as \u201cSIP-PES.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis secret group included Head of Legal, Policy, and Trust (Vijaya Gadde), the Global Head of Trust &amp; Safety (Yoel Roth), subsequent CEOs Jack Dorsey and Parag Agrawal, and others,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cThis is where the biggest, most politically sensitive decisions got made. \u2018Think high follower account, controversial,\u2019 another Twitter employee told us. For these \u2018there would be no ticket or anything.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Weiss showed how Libs of TikTok was placed on a \u201cTrends Blacklist\u201d and that a special note was placed on the account that said action could not be taken on the account \u201cwithout consulting with SIP-PES.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">16. One of the accounts that rose to this level of scrutiny was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@libsoftiktok<\/a>\u2014an account that was on the \u201cTrends Blacklist\u201d and was designated as \u201cDo Not Take Action on User Without Consulting With SIP-PES.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vjo6YxYbxT\">pic.twitter.com\/Vjo6YxYbxT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1601018810495995904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">16. One of the accounts that rose to this level of scrutiny was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@libsoftiktok<\/a>\u2014an account that was on the \u201cTrends Blacklist\u201d and was designated as \u201cDo Not Take Action on User Without Consulting With SIP-PES.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Vjo6YxYbxT\">pic.twitter.com\/Vjo6YxYbxT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1601018810495995904?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe account\u2014which Chaya Raichik began in November 2020 and now boasts over 1.4 million followers\u2014was subjected to six suspensions in 2022 alone, Raichik says. Each time, Raichik was blocked from posting for as long as a week,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cTwitter repeatedly informed Raichik that she had been suspended for violating Twitter\u2019s policy against \u2018hateful conduct.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, those at the highest level secretly admitted that they knew Libs of TikTok did not violate any of the site\u2019s rules, yet they wanted her suspended.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter said in a secret memo:<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Site Policy Recommendation<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Site Policy recommends placing @LibsOfTiktok ([LTT] 1.3M followers, not verified) in a 7-day timeout at the account level [meaning, not for a specific Tweet] based on the account\u2019s continued pattern of indirectly violating Twitter\u2019s Hateful Conduct Policy by tweeting content that either leads to or intends to incite harassment against individuals and institutions that support LGBTQ communities. At this time, Site Policy has not found explicitly violative Tweets, which would result in a permanent suspension of the account.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This type of enforcement action [repeated 7-day timeouts at the account-level] will not lead to permanent suspension, however: should LTT engage in any other direct Tweet-level violations of any of Site Policy\u2019s policies, we will move forward with permanent suspension.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Assessment<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Since its most recent timeout, while LTT has not directly engaged in behavior violative of the Hateful Conduct policy, the user has continued targeting individuals\/allies\/supporters of the LGBTQIA+ community for alleged misconduct.<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">19. But in an internal SIP-PES memo from October 2022, after her seventh suspension, the committee acknowledged that \u201cLTT has not directly engaged in behavior violative of the Hateful Conduct policy.&#8221; See here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d9FGhrnQFE\">pic.twitter.com\/d9FGhrnQFE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1601020845224128512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">19. But in an internal SIP-PES memo from October 2022, after her seventh suspension, the committee acknowledged that \u201cLTT has not directly engaged in behavior violative of the Hateful Conduct policy.&quot; See here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/d9FGhrnQFE\">pic.twitter.com\/d9FGhrnQFE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1601020845224128512?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Weiss then showed how Twitter took a much different approach when Libs of TikTok reported that she was the victim of harassment on the platform that violated its terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCompare this to what happened when Raichik herself was doxxed on November 21, 2022. A photo of her home with her address was posted in a tweet that has garnered more than 10,000 likes,\u201d Weiss said. \u201cWhen Raichik told Twitter that her address had been disseminated she says Twitter Support responded with this message: \u2018We reviewed the reported content, and didn\u2019t find it to be in violation of the Twitter rules.\u2019 No action was taken. The doxxing tweet is still up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">22. When Raichik told Twitter that her address had been disseminated she says Twitter Support responded with this message: &#8220;We reviewed the reported content, and didn&#8217;t find it to be in violation of the Twitter rules.&#8221; No action was taken. The doxxing tweet is still up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUeaBP1bS4\">pic.twitter.com\/tUeaBP1bS4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1601022887556571136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">22. When Raichik told Twitter that her address had been disseminated she says Twitter Support responded with this message: &quot;We reviewed the reported content, and didn&#39;t find it to be in violation of the Twitter rules.&quot; No action was taken. The doxxing tweet is still up. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tUeaBP1bS4\">pic.twitter.com\/tUeaBP1bS4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bari Weiss (@bariweiss) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1601022887556571136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest release of the \u201cTwitter Files\u201d Thursday evening revealed that leftists at the highest level of the company, who have all since been fired or been forced to resign, targeted one of the most popular right-wing accounts on the platform with repeated suspensions despite the fact that they secretly admitted that she did not &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1890648,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter\u2019s Underhanded Actions Targeting \u2018Libs Of TikTok\u2019 Revealed In New \u2018Twitter Files\u2019 Release","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6899,3747,6202,5665,3684,4688,6896,6248,4253,6900,6901,6195],"class_list":["post-1768421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-libs","tag-actions","tag-daily","tag-files","tag-release","tag-revealed","tag-targeting","tag-tiktok","tag-twitter","tag-twitters","tag-underhanded","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Twitter\u2019s Underhanded Actions Targeting \u2018Libs Of TikTok\u2019 Revealed In New \u2018Twitter Files\u2019 Release","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1768421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1768421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1768421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1768421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1768421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}