{"id":1778181,"date":"2022-12-16T19:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-12-17T00:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1778181"},"modified":"2022-12-16T19:33:23","modified_gmt":"2022-12-17T00:33:23","slug":"fbi-responds-to-latest-release-of-the-twitter-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-responds-to-latest-release-of-the-twitter-files\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI Responds To Latest Release Of \u2018The Twitter Files\u2019"},"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%2Ffbi-responds-to-latest-release-of-the-twitter-files%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=1778181&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 FBI released a statement Friday evening in response to the newest release of \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d which showed that federal law enforcement officials were regularly flagging content for Twitter to take action against.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Matt Taibbi <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-new-twitter-files-shows-how-federal-state-governments-monitor-americans-social-media-posts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> that between January 2020 and November 2022, then-Twitter Senior Director of Trust &#038; Safety Yoel Roth had exchanged more than 150 emails with the FBI.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi showed numerous emails between federal law enforcement agencies and Twitter officials where agents repeatedly flagged election-related tweets from small accounts for the company to censor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe FBI regularly engages with private sector entities to provide information specific to identified foreign malign influence actors\u2019 subversive, undeclared, covert, or criminal activities,\u201d the FBI <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/twitter-files-part-6-reveals-fbis-ties-tech-giant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> in a statement. \u201cPrivate sector entities independently make decisions about what, if any, action they take on their platforms and for their customers after the FBI has notified them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi\u2019s report revealed that the FBI\u2019s social media-focused task force, known as FTIF, has 80 agents that focus on threats involving \u201cforeign influence and election tampering of all kinds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFederal 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,\u201d he <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1603857551287730176\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">continued<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi noted that the newest documents discovered throughout the course of the investigation showed that the FBI and DHS were \u201cregularly sending social media content to Twitter through multiple entry points, pre-flagged for moderation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stacia Cardille, then-director and associate general counsel for Twitter\u2019s global policy\u00a0<em>legal<\/em>\u00a0team, emailed then-Twitter Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker saying that she was having regular meetings with the FBI, DOJ, DHS, and ODNI about election threats.<\/p>\n<p>Other internal company emails showed employees processing a list of tweets that were flagged by the FBI for \u201cpossible violative content.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Greg Steube (R-FL) responded to the news by indicating that the incoming Republican-majority Congress will investigate the revelations that have been made in the release of \u201cThe Twitter Files.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c@FBI has a lot to answer for after the latest drop of #TwitterFiles6,\u201d Gaetz <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattgaetz\/status\/1603884157490315265?cxt=HHwWgoCywZeJksIsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201c@Jim_Jordan, @RepMikeJohnson, @RepAndyBiggsAZ, @RepDanBishop, and I will be asking the questions. Clear your calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c80 @FBI agents were colluding with Twitter to police content and moderate Americans\u2019 speech?\u201d Steube <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepGregSteube\/status\/1603901363695632387?cxt=HHwWhoC-3dvymcIsAAAA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a>. \u201cSounds like Communist China to me. Investigations are coming!\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FBI released a statement Friday evening in response to the newest release of \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d which showed that federal law enforcement officials were regularly flagging content for Twitter to take action against. 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