{"id":1774715,"date":"2022-12-14T06:07:10","date_gmt":"2022-12-14T11:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1774715"},"modified":"2022-12-14T09:33:34","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T14:33:34","slug":"twitter-employee-from-china-warned-colleagues-against-censoring-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-employee-from-china-warned-colleagues-against-censoring-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Employee From China Warned Colleagues Against Censoring Trump"},"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\">18<\/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%2Ftwitter-employee-from-china-warned-colleagues-against-censoring-trump%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=1774715&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>A Twitter employee from China, where the Chinese Communist Party rules with an iron fist through surveillance and censorship, spoke out against banning former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s account, according to the fifth installment of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-elon-musk\">Elon Musk<\/a>-endorsed \u201cTwitter Files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/twitter-files-reveals-exact-moment-donald-trump-was-banned-last-year_4918969.html\">latest installment<\/a>, published by The Free Press founder and editor <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1602364197194432515\">Bari Weiss<\/a> on Dec. 12, exposed more internal details at Twitter that ultimately led to the suspension of Trump\u2019s Twitter account on Jan. 8, 2021. Weiss revealed that was an internal discussion a day earlier, particularly how there were \u201cdissenters inside Twitter\u201d who preferred not banning Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMaybe because I am from China, I deeply understand how censorship can destroy the public conversation,\u201d a Chinese Twitter employee said to co-workers on Jan. 7, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1602365655595962368\">according to<\/a> the screengrab.<\/p>\n<p>In response, another employee said, \u201cI understand this fear, but I also think it\u2019s important to understand that censorship by a government is very different than censorship of the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first amendment in the U.S.\u2014and similar legislation in other countries with similar concepts\u2014exist specifically to prevent the government from silencing the people,\u201d the employee added.<\/p>\n<p>Weiss wrote that the Chinese employee was among the few that had opposed a ban on Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut voices like that one appear to have been a distinct minority within the company,\u201d Weiss wrote. \u201cAcross Slack channels, many Twitter employees were upset that Trump hadn\u2019t been banned earlier.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4883914\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/11\/24\/Elon-Musk-3-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4883914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Elon-Musk-3-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4883914\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Elon-Musk-3-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> SpaceX owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk laughs as he arrives on the red carpet for the Axel Springer Awards ceremony, in Berlin, Germany, on Dec. 1, 2020. (Hannibal Hanschke\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Musk shared a synopsis of the latest batch of internal Twitter communications on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder pressure from hundreds of activist employees, Twitter deplatforms Trump, a sitting US President, even though they themselves acknowledge that he didn\u2019t violate the rules,\u201d Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1602387025855885312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1602387025855885312%7Ctwgr%5E534fd3d3595850238552d1ced5626ac8eb9ca0f2%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Ftech%2F2022%2F12%2F12%2Ftwitter-files-chinese-employee-told-coworkers-censorship-is-bad-got-shut-down%2F\">wrote<\/a> on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>After retweeting Musk\u2019s tweet, Rep. Troy Nehls (R-Texas) took to Twitter to voice support for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump didn\u2019t break any rules on Twitter, and activist employees banned him anyways,\u201d Nehls <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTroyNehls\/status\/1602392606155354114\">wrote<\/a>. \u201cThe left hates free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>Whistleblower<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Peiter \u201cMudge\u201d Zatko\u2014a whistleblower who served as Twitter\u2019s head of security before being fired in January\u2014was mentioned in the latest installment of files.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter\u2019s COO Parag Agrawal\u2014who would later succeed Dorsey as CEO\u2014told Head of Security Mudge Zatko: \u2018I think a few of us should brainstorm the ripple effects\u2019 of Trump\u2019s ban. Agrawal added: \u2018centralized content moderation IMO has reached a breaking point now,\u2019\u201d Weiss <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bariweiss\/status\/1602376215742263296\">wrote<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In August, Zatko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/whistleblower-says-twitter-lied-to-musk-about-spam-bots-with-possible-implications-for-trial_4682624.html\">filed a complaint<\/a> (<a href=\"https:\/\/s3.documentcloud.org\/documents\/22186683\/twitter-whistleblower-disclosure.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) to federal regulators, alleging that Twitter had \u201cengaged in acts and practices operating as deceit upon its users and shareholders, regarding security, privacy, and integrity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The complaint claims that Chinese entities gave money to Twitter, raising concerns that these entities could learn sensitive information about Twitter users around the world.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTwitter executives knew that accepting Chinese money risked endangering users in China,\u201d the complaint says.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4728118\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/13\/Peiter-Zatko-1-1200x786.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4728118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Peiter-Zatko-1-600x393-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4728118\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/Peiter-Zatko-1-600x393-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"393\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Peiter \u201cMudge\u201d Zatko, former head of security at Twitter, testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on data security at Twitter, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Sep. 13, 2022. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>In September, during a congressional hearing, Zatko <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/twitter-was-notified-at-least-1-chinese-spy-was-on-companys-payroll-whistleblower-testifies_4727528.html\">revealed<\/a> that at least one agent of China\u2019s top intelligence agency, the Ministry of State Security, was on Twitter\u2019s payroll.<\/p>\n<p>Zatko also said that Twitter would be a \u201cgoldmine\u201d for any foreign intelligence agency that could embed agents within the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you place somebody on Twitter \u2026 as we know has happened, it would be very difficult for Twitter to find them,\u201d Zatko said. \u201cThey will probably be able to stay there for a long period of time and gain significant information to provide back on either targeting people or on information as to Twitter\u2019s decisions and discussions and \u2026 the direction of the company.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2><b>Previous Revelations<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>Independent journalist Matt Taibbi unveiled the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/elon-musk-unveils-twitters-censorship-of-hunter-biden-laptop-story-in-2020_4901498.html\">first batch<\/a> of the \u201cTwitter Files\u201d on Dec. 2, exposing how the social media giant\u2019s efforts to suppress the New York Post\u2019s Hunter Biden laptop story published just weeks before the 2020 presidential election.<\/p>\n<p>Emails from the laptop\u2019s hard drive and Treasury records <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/hunter-bidens-china-business-deals-should-raise-alarm-bells-author-says_4410029.html\">revealed<\/a> how Joe Biden, his brother James, and Hunter Biden were involved in various foreign business ventures, in countries such as Ukraine, Russia, and China. At the time, many media outlets discredited the revelations as \u201cRussian disinformation\u201d and the news was blocked by social media platforms.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4014695\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2021\/09\/24\/chuck-grassley-1200x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4014695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/chuck-grassley-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4014695\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/chuck-grassley-600x400-1.jpg\" alt=\"Epoch Times Photo\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) speaks during a congressional hearing in Washington on Feb. 24, 2021. (Greg Nash\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figure>\n<p>Speaking on the Senate floor on Dec. 7, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grassley.senate.gov\/news\/remarks\/twitter-and-2020-election-interference\">criticized<\/a> Twitter over revelations made by the first installment of files.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe documents make clear that Twitter was effectively an arm of the Democratic Party and the Biden campaign. Twitter essentially gave the Biden campaign a massive in-kind campaign contribution,\u201d Grassley said. \u201cWhat Twitter and other Big Tech companies did in 2020 with respect to censorship was as much an outrage then as it is today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Grassley added, \u201cSimply put, what they did is expected of communist China not the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Dec. 8, Weiss reported on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/elon-musk-releases-twitter-files-ii-exposing-secret-blacklists_4913258.html\">second installment<\/a> of files, exposing how Twitter created \u201csecret blacklists\u201d and deployed \u201cvisibility filtering\u201d to shadow-ban certain users.<\/p>\n<p>In the two ensuing days, the third and fourth installments, both dealing with Trump\u2019s ban, were released. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/elon-musk-exposes-twitters-censorship-of-former-president-donald-trump_4915308.html\">third batch<\/a> exposed Twitter activities from before the 2020 election up to the Capitol breach on Jan. 6, 2021. Meanwhile, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/twitter-files-part-4-released_4916407.html\">fourth batch<\/a> exposed how Twitter executives built their case and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/twitter-deviated-from-longstanding-policy-to-justify-trump-ban-part-4-of-twitter-files-reveals_4916557.html\">deviated<\/a> from a longstanding company policy to ban trump.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-frank-fang\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/16012286f4bb1eaf_ttl7dayTVf_WEB_FrankFang1.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Fang\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>journalist<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based journalist. He covers US, China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master&#8217;s degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Twitter employee from China, where the Chinese Communist Party rules with an iron fist through surveillance and censorship, spoke out against banning former President Donald Trump\u2019s account, according to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1774718,"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":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[5458,8297,4501,4272,4317,3819,3634,4253,4271],"class_list":["post-1774715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-bongino","tag-censoring","tag-china","tag-colleagues","tag-employee","tag-report","tag-trump","tag-twitter","tag-warned"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774715","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1774715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1774715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1774718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1774715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1774715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1774715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}