{"id":1900201,"date":"2023-03-17T13:29:24","date_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-files-new-details-on-stanford-groups-push-for-censorship-on-covid-and-vaccines\/"},"modified":"2023-03-17T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-17T17:36:08","slug":"twitter-files-new-details-on-stanford-groups-push-for-censorship-on-covid-and-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-files-new-details-on-stanford-groups-push-for-censorship-on-covid-and-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Files: New details on Stanford group&#8217;s push for censorship on COVID and vaccines"},"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 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-files-new-details-on-stanford-groups-push-for-censorship-on-covid-and-vaccines%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=1900201&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<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 col-lg-8 col-xl-9 float-left body colgap-l-50\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_79061725\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Hugo 031623 Debrief\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"\">               <meta itemprop=\"duration\" content=\"PT7M22S\">               <meta itemprop=\"uploadDate\" content=\"2023-03-16 20:59:08\">               <meta itemprop=\"thumbnailURL\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/snapshot\/1264047_th_1679000348.jpg\">               <meta itemprop=\"contentUrl\" content=\"https:\/\/cdn.brid.tv\/live\/partners\/19383\/sd\/1264047.mp4\">              <\/div>\n<p>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> var _bp=_bp||[]; _bp.push({ \"div\": \"Brid_79061725\", \"obj\": {\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"16\",\"height\":\"9\",\"video\":\"1264047\"} }); <\/script>               <script type=\"text\/javascript\" async src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script>              <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">N<\/span>These internal Twitter communications, recently released, provide details on the platform&#8217;s communications and interactions with an academic project. This project advocated censoring misinformation that was COVID-19-related. <\/p>\n<p>The social platform accepted communications from the Virality project, a Stanford-based group of analysts and researchers who advocated online censorship for certain narratives and claims during the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n<p><b>TWITTER VIOLATES EU Rules BY Failing to DISPLAY ACCUATE Pricing, AGENCY SAYS<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>According to internal emails sent by Twitter under the control of Elon Musk, the communications included discussions about the &#8220;vaccine passport narrative,&#8221; A reference to the possibility that apps used to verify vaccination status might limit freedoms. <\/p>\n<p>Discussions about passports and the project were alleged to be in progress &#8220;have driven a larger anti-vaccination narrative about the loss of rights and freedoms.&#8221; Many of these emails were used to inform Twitter&#8217;s policies regarding the subject. This included echoing the language used in briefings by the project. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetEmbed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">15. VP addressed its concerns in one email to Twitter. &#8220;vaccine passport narrative,&#8221; It is possible to say &#8220;concerns&#8221; over such programs &#8220;have driven a larger anti-vaccination narrative about the loss of rights and freedoms.&#8221; <br \/>This was done as a &#8220;misinformation&#8221; event. pic.twitter.com\/ZdbKE1tFac<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) March 17, 2023               <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Virality project also stated that it was &#8220;honing in&#8221; On an &#8220;increasingly popular narrative about natural immunity&#8221; In a June 2021 email was a reference to people becoming immune to COVID-19, rather than vaccinations. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter was among six social platforms that were partnered with this project to manage misinformation arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. <\/p>\n<p>Taibbi described Twitter&#8217;s collaboration as an &#8220;anonymous&#8221; project. &#8220;Orwellian proof-of-concept&#8221; Collaboration between government, academia, and corporations &#8220;control political messaging.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>The Virality Project is a &#8220;coalition of research entities focused on supporting real-time information exchange between the research community, public health officials, government agencies, civil society organizations, and social media platforms,&#8221; According to its website. <\/p>\n<p><b>CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>Taibbi was called before the Select Subcommittee on the WMD of the Federal Government on March 9. He testified and defended his work on the Twitter Files. He also discussed the government\u2019s relationship with Twitter. <\/p>\n<p>Taibbi and other journalists had access to Twitter&#8217;s personal communications. They created the Twitter Files, a collection of reports. These reports detail the company\u2019s decision-making process surrounding Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop, the January 8 banning of former president Donald Trump, as well as its relationship to federal agencies such the FBI.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/technology\/twitter-files-virality-project-covid-19\">Twitter Files &#8211; New details about the Stanford group&#8217;s push towards censorship of COVID\/vaccinates<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newly released internal Twitter communications provide details about the platform&#8217;s communications with an academic project that advocated censoring topics deemed COVID-19-related misinformation during the pandemic. 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