Elon Musk’s Twitter Files series released so far has revealed how the former Twitter regime colluded with various government agencies to distort the discourse leading to the 2020 Presidential elections.
Yesterday Musk
released the sixth installment of his Twitter Files series.
https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1603859750168301569
Independent
journalist Matt Taibbi was once again at the helm.
Taibbi
revealed that the exchanges between Twitter and various federal agencies
were frequent and cordial.
There were 150 emails
between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth between
January 2020 and November 2022,
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857541414412304
Both the FBI and the DHS frequently sent
notifications to Twitter executives to act on ‘election misinformation’
A September 2020
email from Twitter's former legal executive Stacia Cardille to former deputy
general counsel who was once FBI general counsel Jim Baker was significant.
Cardille updated
Baker about various initiatives related to the 2020 elections.
Cardille mentions a
“Government-Industry Sync” meeting, where Twitter met with the FBI, DHS, and
government agencies two months prior to the 2020 elections.
Cardille wrote that
she “asked if the [U.S. government] was tracking foreign threats related to
non-presidential races” and the response was that the “government is not
tracking foreign interference or threats related to down-ballot races.”
Cardille also wrote
that she explicitly asked if
there were “impediments” to the sharing of classified information “with
industry” i.e. private players. The FBI said there were “no impediments to
sharing exist.”
The same FBI raided Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home
for allegedly storing classified information.
Cardille also listed a series of “escalations” apparently raised at the meeting,
which was already “handled.”
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857632091148288
It wasn’t just the FBI dispatching
notifications, Twitter preemptively supplied the FBI with information of
‘violative’ content
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857649153413120
These were smaller accounts that merely urged
people to get out and vote
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857656292204558
There were numerous contact
points for federal agencies to flag tweets or accounts.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857692967182336
Twitter also received
reports via the Partner Support Portal, an outlet created by the Center for
Internet Security, a partner organization to the DHS
It wasn’t only the
federal government agencies, state governments were also flagging 'violative'
tweets.
The California
officials reported a tweet from President Donald Trump.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857712638529536
Beyond
governments, think tanks and academia were also involved.
The Election Integrity Project (EIP) was setup up at Stanford “to empower
the research community, election officials, government agencies, civil society
organizations, social media platforms, and others to defend our elections
against those who seek to undermine them by exploiting weaknesses in the online
information environment” were flagging and sending notifications to Twitter.
Their
basis was information from the Center for Internet Security (CIS) which
is a
DHS contractor.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857718850240513
To summarize, agencies under the Trump administration
worked with external players to ensure the pre-election narrative was rigged
against Trump.
Under the Biden administration, the agencies pivoted from election
interference to dealing with "domestic violent extremist" threats.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857667394527251
Clearly,
the meetings were more frequent since both regimes were Sympatico both
ideologically and politically.
The proof is a March
2021 email where an FBI officer thanked a Twitter executive for the
chance to speak to “you and the team” and then delivers a packet of “products.
The
executive circulated the “products,” which are really DHS newsletters
about the need for greater collaboration between law enforcement and “private
sector partners.”
Despite Musk’s
takeover, the FBI continued to send Twitter notifications for action.
Perhaps because Yoel
Roth was still with Twitter.
Last month, before
the midterms, the FBI urged Twitter to ‘take action’ on accounts not because
they broke federal laws but because they were in violation of Twitter’s Terms
and Services.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857573219819529
Also last month, the
FBI notified Twitter about accounts ‘spreading disinformation.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857603867598859
Twitter complied by suspending most of the
requested accounts.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857596112330758
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857615456534529
The FBI and the DHS once again targeted
satire and myriad innocuous conservative accounts.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857581503569929
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857590299103232
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857622221873173
It is clear that the 2016 elections were relatively fair because
the Democrats were deceived by their own propaganda that Hillary’s victory was
inevitable They weren’t going to allow fairness to interfere in the 2020
elections.
Hence, the FBI devised ‘foreign
interference’ in the 2016 elections narrative to interfere with the
2020 elections.
The FBI set up a social media-focused task
force of around 80 agents who corresponded with Twitter to identify alleged
‘foreign influence and election tampering’.
https://twitter.com/mtaibbi/status/1603857548645318656
A Confederacy of social media firms, federal agencies,
state governments, private contractors, think tanks, academia, etc. was
cultivated.
This confederacy
operated like an Orwellian super-government that functioned as judge, jury, and
executioner to distort the social media discourse.
It is vital to not
conflate these revelations with punitive action against the culprits.
These Twitter Files change
nothing.
Federal agencies and
various actors will continue to pressure Twitter to manipulate content.
The only action the former
Twitter regime and rogue federal agents could face is they will be summoned by the GOP House for a public scolding. This will provide some gratification for
conservatives.
The accused will continue to cite foreign interference or domestic
terrorism to justify their actions.
But will anything
happen beyond that display?
Very unlikely which renders Twitter Files meaningless.
What about the public
Apart from
conservatives, few will be aware of the existence of Twitter files, if they are
it will be via media spin.
How has the media
covered it?
The WaPo called it
an exercise
in hypocrisy. Politico claims that the revelations were
falling flat. The Atlantic called it a missed
opportunity. CNN concluded that content
moderation is messy.
The only certain
outcome of these Twitter files is that Musk is a target of the establishment.
The media is already
carrying stories of Musk’s ‘inhumane’
layoffs, Musk exploiting
his employees, and Musk living at Twitter's
headquarters.
The media is reporting
that Yoel Roth was forced to leave home
due to threats amid the 'Twitter Files' release. They are stories of
Musk escalating
attacks on Roth.
So Musk, who revealed
the facts, is depicted as a monster while the likes of Roth, who censored
public opinion to rig the 2020 elections, is being portrayed as the victim.
The Twitter
suspension of a handful of liberal journalists has also become
a focus.
This build-up is
meant to give agencies a valid reason to target Musk, it isn’t a question of
if, but when Musk will face retaliation.
Back to the 2020
elections.
If that contest was
fair Trump would be President
Inflation would be under control. Gas prices would be under
control. The economy would be booming. The border would have been protected. There
would be prosperity.
Beyond the US, there would be no conflict in Ukraine which would
have saved the US more than $100 billion. Afghanistan would not be under
Taliban control. China would not be making aggressive overtures toward Taiwan.
But instead, there is chaos, confusion, hardship, and darkness all
over.
The dire consequences of rigged elections are felt not just in
the US but around the world.
Those who rigged the 2020 contest, have caused irreparable damage,
for which they are unlikely to face any consequences.
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