{"id":1779780,"date":"2022-12-19T07:33:29","date_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1779780"},"modified":"2022-12-19T07:33:31","modified_gmt":"2022-12-19T12:33:31","slug":"matt-taibbi-releases-new-twitter-files-info-showing-feds-pushed-twitter-over-propaganda-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/matt-taibbi-releases-new-twitter-files-info-showing-feds-pushed-twitter-over-propaganda-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Matt Taibbi Releases New \u2018Twitter Files\u2019 Info Showing Feds Pushed Twitter Over \u2018Propaganda Actors\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\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a 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     <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Journalist Matt Taibbi released additional documents in \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d Sunday night after he published a more exhaustive release late last week showing how federal law enforcement officials were in regular contact with Twitter employees flagging content for them to potentially censor on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-new-twitter-files-shows-how-federal-state-governments-monitor-americans-social-media-posts\">release<\/a> on Friday revealed 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>\u201cA surprisingly high number are requests by the FBI for Twitter to take action on election misinformation, even involving joke tweets from low-follower accounts,\u201d Taibbi said. \u201cThe FBI\u2019s social media-focused task force, known as FTIF, created in the wake of the 2016 election, swelled to 80 agents and corresponded with Twitter to identify alleged foreign 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 continued.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi noted that the newest documents discovered throughout 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>Taibbi\u2019s supplemental release on Sunday appeared to show that federal law enforcement officials were displeased with the company for suggesting that they had \u201cnot observed much recent activity from official propaganda actors on your platform.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">3.The questionnaire authors seem displeased with Twitter for implying, in a July 20th \u201cDHS\/ODNI\/FBI\/Industry briefing,\u201d that \u201cyou indicated you had not observed much recent activity from official propaganda actors on your platform.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VR3DdkRyOr\">pic.twitter.com\/VR3DdkRyOr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1604613301224316928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), the inter-agency group that deals with cyber threats, \u201cdemanded to know how Twitter came to its unpopular conclusion,\u201d Taibbi wrote. \u201cOddly, it included a bibliography of public sources \u2013 including a Wall Street Journal article \u2013 attesting to the prevalence of foreign threats, as if to show Twitter they got it wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After receiving the questions from the feds, Roth complained that he was \u201cfrankly perplexed by the requests here, which seem more like something we\u2019d get from a congressional committee than the Bureau.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">7.Roth, receiving the questions, circulated them with other company executives, and complained that he was \u201cfrankly perplexed by the requests here, which seem more like something we&#8217;d get from a congressional committee than the Bureau.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SrLrdZLREa\">pic.twitter.com\/SrLrdZLREa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1604613308778266627?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Roth] added he was not \u2018comfortable with the Bureau (and by extension the IC) demanding written answers.\u2019 The idea of the FBI acting as conduit for the Intelligence Community is interesting, given that many agencies are barred from domestic operations,\u201d Taibbi continued. \u201cHe then sent another note internally, saying the premise of the questions was \u2018flawed,\u2019 because \u2018we\u2019ve been clear that official state propaganda is definitely a thing on Twitter.\u2019 Note the italics for emphasis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">9.He then sent another note internally, saying the premise of the questions was \u201cflawed,\u201d because \u201cwe&#8217;ve been clear that official state propaganda is definitely a thing on Twitter.\u201d Note the italics for emphasis. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cNzrjcMJfD\">pic.twitter.com\/cNzrjcMJfD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1604613314054586368?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">11.This exchange is odd among other things because some of the \u201cbibliography\u201d materials cited by the FITF are sourced to intelligence officials, who in turn cited the public sources.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1604613317171023875?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FBI released a statement Friday evening in response to Taibbi\u2019s reporting, saying that the bureau \u201cregularly engages with private sector entities to provide information specific to identified foreign malign influence actors\u2019 subversive, undeclared, covert, or criminal activities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\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 the statement added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Journalist Matt Taibbi released additional documents in \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d Sunday night after he published a more exhaustive release late last week showing how federal law enforcement officials were in regular contact with Twitter employees flagging content for them to potentially censor on the 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