THE TWITTER FILES - by Matt Taibbi - The Twitter Files - Substack 1 Thread: THE TWITTER FILES 2 What you’re about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter 3 The “Twitter Files” tell an incredible story from inside one of the world’s largest and most influential social media platforms
THE CENSORSHIP-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX - by Matt Taibbi - Substack Asked if Twitter’s marketing department could say the company detects “misinfo” with help of “outside experts,” a Twitter executive replied: 10 We came to think of this grouping – state agencies like DHS, FBI, or the Global Engagement Center (GEC), along with “NGOs that aren’t academic” and an unexpectedly aggressive partner
TWITTER, THE FBI SUBSIDIARY - by Matt Taibbi - Substack Twitter Files researchers are moving into a variety of new areas now Watch @bariweiss , @ShellenbergerMD , and this space for more, soon 022, there were over 150 emails between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth
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TWITTER FILES Extra: The Defaming of Brandon Straka and #Walkaway 16 As noted in previous Twitter Files reports, Roth exposed the Hamilton 68 method as “bullshit” in October of 2017 The “dashboard” that purported to track 600 accounts linked to “Russian influence was actually “pure bluster,” tracking ordinary people, not Russians 17
NEW KNOWLEDGE, THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER, AND STATE . . . - Substack 27 Roth was referring to the fact that the ASD created Hamilton 68, another guilt-by-association scheme detailed in Twitter Files #15 The Hamilton “dashboard” claimed to track accounts linked to “Russian influence activities,” but the list was largely made up of Americans
STANFORD, THE VIRALITY PROJECT, AND THE CENSORSHIP OF TRUE STORIES By the 17th, Twitter agreed to join and got its first weekly report on “anti-vax disinformation,” which contained numerous true stories 11 February 22, 2021: Stanford welcomed Twitter veterans like Yoel Roth and Brian Clarke, instructing them on how to join the group JIRA system
TWITTER AND OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES - by Matt Taibbi - Substack Original formatting preserved 1 THREAD: The Twitter Files TWITTER AND "OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES" After weeks of “Twitter Files” reports detailing close coordination between the FBI and Twitter in moderating social media content, the Bureau issued a statement Wednesday