FBI was in constant contact with Twitter

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The new Twitter Files, part six drop from journalist Matt Taibbi on Friday sheds new light on an otherwise unfolding landscape of how the FBI was in “constant” contact with the tech giant to censor, in a “pervasive” manner, almost unilaterally users on the right, some on the left, but nonetheless both users big and small.

“The #TwitterFiles are revealing more every day about how the government collects, analyzes, and flags your social media content,” Taibbi writes. “Twitter’s contact with the FBI was constant and pervasive, as if it were a subsidiary.”

“Between January 2020 and November 2022, there were over 150 emails between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth… a surprisingly high number are requests by the FBI for Twitter to take action on election misinformation, even involving joke tweets from low-follower accounts.”

Read more at Newsmax.com

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Chuck comes from a lineage of journalism. He has written for some of the webs most popular news sites. He enjoys spending time outdoors, bull riding, and collecting old vinyl records. Roll Tide!