Thread by @emeriticus

Reposting and expanding this thread:

MTG has been banned for COVID "misinformation." The move follows the appointment of Twitter's new CEO, Parag Agrawal, who was actually installed by neocon GOP megadonor Paul Singer. Under Agrawal, Twitter's censorship regime has intensified

Before MTG's ban, a new private information policy Agrawal enacted on Nov. 30 also resulted in a Project Veritas affiliated Twitter account being banned for exposing a CNN producer who talked about sex acts with his underage step daughter and solicited pictures of another minor

Now, Agrawal had recently talked specifically about focusing on COVID-19 "misinformation," which is a problem because Agrawal is politically progressive (see the third screenshot) and that censorship will only cut one way, not against people saying we should double mask kids

On Dec. 2, Twitter "quietly" changed its terms of service to punish people for COVID-19 "misinformation" under Agrawal. My original thread didn't stress that this appears to have been done stealthily: Mediaite found it by looking at Wayback Machine archives. This is important.

Mediaite also noted that this new policy regarding vaccines actually contradicts the CDC. MTG could have a case here that Twitter went overboard with protecting vaccines from criticism

But the main story here is that the new Twitter CEO and, by extension, the new censorship regime, can be credited to Republican donor Paul Singer, who ousted Jack Dorsey and installed Agrawal

The initial concessions only bought Dorsey time--he was always going to get tossed out

Again, Singer was *directly* involved in ousting Dorsey and appointing Agrawal. This is not a Democrat, but a major GOP donor with connections to Trump, despite the Russian dossier history

See also this lawsuit for details on how Singer's fund, Elliott Management, operates

Singer reliably helps the enemies of the GOP's base

On the one hand, he supports progressive causes like gay marriage and transgenderism and is hawkish on foreign policy. On the other hand, his efforts directly helped progressives who wanted more censorship from Twitter

Singer also has a vested interest in Twitter cracking down on people who are critical of big pharma: criticism of vaccines hurts his bottom line

My article with links to all this is in @ChroniclesMag chroniclesmagazine.org/blog/don-t-lik…