(03.01.2023)
2.In August 2017, when Facebook decided to suspend 300 accounts with âsuspected Russian origin,â Twitter wasnât worried. Its leaders were sure they didnât have a Russia problem.
3.âWe did not see a big correlation.â
âNo larger patterns.â
âFB may take action on hundreds of accounts, and we may take action on ~25.â
4. The files show the FBI acting as doorman to a vast program of social media surveillance and censorship, encompassing agencies across the federal government â from the State Department to the Pentagon to the CIA.
5. The operation is far bigger than the reported 80 members of the Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), which also facilitates requests from a wide array of smaller actors – from local cops to media to state government.
6. Thousands upon thousands of official âreportsâ flowed through the FITF and the FBIâs San Francisco field office.
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Thune, who was just reelected to a fourth Senate term, noted that federal officeholders take an oath to uphold the Constitution and added that he takes his seriously.
âOf course I disagree with that. I swear an oath to uphold the Constitution, and it is a bedrock principle â it is the principle, the bedrock of our country. So I couldnât disagree more,â Thune said.
(03.12.2022)
Beep boop beep.
(December 4, 2022)
Hand it to ex-President Donald Trump to present exactly the wrong takeaway to The Twitter Files: âA Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution,â he posted Friday night.
No, it doesnât. In fact, the Constitution was written with full awareness of humanityâs imperfections, including election cheating (which is as old as democracy itself). The Electoral College count is the final word, no matter how messy the process that leads to it.
(Dec 3, 2022)
Former President Donald Trump reacted to the release of âThe Twitter Filesâ on Saturday by saying, âA Massive Fraud of this type and magnitude allows for the termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.â
(03.12.2022)
2. What youâre about to read is the first installment in a series, based upon thousands of internal documents obtained by sources at Twitter.
3. The âTwitter Filesâ tell an incredible story from inside one of the worldâs largest and most influential social media platforms. It is a Frankensteinian tale of a human-built mechanism grown out the control of its designer.
(Dec 2, 2022)
Those of you whoâve been here for years know how seriously I take my obligation to this siteâs subscribers. On this one occasion, Iâm going to have to simply ask you to trust me. As it happens, there may be a few more big surprises coming, and those will be here on Substack. And there will be room here to to discuss this, too, in time. In any case, thanks for your support and your patience, and please hold me to a promise to make all this up to you, and then som