{"id":1788287,"date":"2022-12-27T20:48:09","date_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1788287"},"modified":"2022-12-27T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T01:48:24","slug":"elon-musk-on-big-tech-censorship-google-frequently-makes-links-disappear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/elon-musk-on-big-tech-censorship-google-frequently-makes-links-disappear\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk Talks Big Tech Censorship \u2018Google Frequently Makes Links Disappear\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\">22<\/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%2Felon-musk-on-big-tech-censorship-google-frequently-makes-links-disappear%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=1788287&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-->\n<p>Twitter CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> Responding to the latest release \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d Tuesday&#8217;s Twitter announcement showed that Twitter is not the only tech company engaging in online censorship. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/google\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Google<\/a> Links disappear when they search engines are used.<\/p>\n<p>Musk&#8217;s comments were in response to Glenn Greenwald&#8217;s tweet: \u201cFor the crime of reporting that the US Security State agencies are heavily involved in Big Tech\u2019s censorship regime, and for confessing that he found this deeply disturbing, liberals have spent a full week saying that @mtaibbi has mental health problems and needs therapy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Included in Greenwald\u2019s tweet was a screenshot of one of journalist Matt Taibbi\u2019s Twitter Files threads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government was in constant contact not just with Twitter but with virtually every major tech firm,\u201d Taibbi stated. \u201cThese included Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, Reddit, even Pinterest, and many others. Industry players also held regular meetings without government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Musk responded: \u201cMost people don\u2019t appreciate the significance of the point Matt was making: *Every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement of and, at times, explicit direction of the government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGoogle frequently makes links disappear, for example,\u201d Musk also added.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Most people don\u2019t appreciate the significance of the point Matt was making: <\/p>\n<p>*Every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement of and, at times, explicit direction of the government.<\/p>\n<p>Google makes it a habit to make links disappear.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1607743022925504514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen Dems controlled both houses of Congress and the WH (and Exec Branch), they repeatedly summoned Big Tech CEOs and openly and explicitly threatened them: if you don\u2019t *censor more*, you will be punished,\u201d Greenwald replied.<\/p>\n<p>Musk wrote: \u201cExactly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi claimed that the State Department, Department of Defense and Central Intelligence Agency were also involved with contacting the platform to inquire about foreign propaganda.<\/p>\n<p>Emails from internal company accounts showed that Elvis Chan, an FBI agent, asked Twitter executives if they could invite him to a party. \u201cOGA\u201d \u2014 Other Government Agency \u2014 to an upcoming conference.<\/p>\n<p>The email referred to a Twitter employee, whose name was redacted, and said that people from the employee\u2019s \u201cformer employer,\u201d Twitter executive confirmed that it was the CIA and asked specifically about the invitation.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter Files also revealed that FBI agents helped the company get in touch with local law enforcement officials to address issues.<\/p>\n<p>Taibbi stated that the FBI was \u201cclearly tailoring\u201d It uses the platform&#8217;s search function to find potential content violations Twitter could pursue.<\/p>\n<p>Even ex-FBI lawyer Jim Baker, who was involved in a lot of controversy surrounding his involvement in different investigations into former President Donald Trump, thought that the FBI\u2019s actions were strange.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOdd that they are searching for violations of our policies,\u201d Baker stated this in an email.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/twitter-was-in-contact-with-multiple-gov-agencies-ex-fbi-lawyer-surprised-by-fbis-actions-feds-sought-action-on-foreign-narratives-on-ukraine-covid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter Was In Contact With Multiple Gov Agencies; Ex-FBI Lawyer Surprised By FBI\u2019s Actions; Feds Sought Action On Foreign Narratives On Ukraine, COVID<\/p>\n<p><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter CEO Elon Musk said in response to the latest release of \u201cThe Twitter Files\u201d Tuesday that Twitter was far from the only big tech company that engages in online censorship, going as far as to say that Google makes links disappear on their search engine. 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