Thread by @ChildrensHD

NEW in #TwitterFiles:

COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, including @Pfizer @moderna_tx and BioNTech, lobbied Twitter and other social media platforms to set moderation rules that would flag purported “misinformation,” according to journalist Lee Fang (@lhfang).

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The new documents revealed efforts by
✔️ lobbying groups
✔️ nonprofits
✔️ the German government

to influence Twitter to more aggressively limit purported COVID-19 “misinformation.”

Read the full story here (8-min read): childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/twitt…

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The lobbying efforts also focused on censoring posts that urged #BigPharma to renounce their intellectual property rights over COVID-19 vaccines.

These IP rights BLOCK the development of low-cost generic equivalents which would potentially cost them BILLIONS in profits 💰

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Pfizer & Moderna’s lobbying group, Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) “fully funded a special content moderation campaign designed by a contractor called Public Good Projects" to censor COVID "misinformation."

Who are BIO & PGP @ResearchPGP? Let's find out:

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@ResearchPGP Fun facts about BIO & PGP:

✔️ PGP CEO Joe Smyser, PhD completed a postdoc study at the CDC and interned at the FDA
✔️ BIO promotes the development of "innovative healthcare, agricultural, INDUSTRIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOTECH PRODUCTS” 🤨
(Emphasis ours, probably nothing)

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As previously reported in #TheDefender, The Rockefeller Foundation partnered with nonprofits to fund behavioral psychology research intended to “nudge” more people to get vaccines. 🚩🚩🚩

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childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/rocke…

BIO funded the “nudge” campaign to the tune of $1.275 million.

PGP “regularly communicated with Twitter on regulating content related to the pandemic” and helped “develop bots to censor vaccine misinformation."

More from Fang here:

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https://twitter.com/lhfang/status/1615019469516197891

The “Stronger” campaign censorship did not apply to Big Pharma companies, such as when they “wildly exaggerated the risks of creating low-cost generic COVID vaccines.”

Shocking, we know.

📢 “The rules applied only to critics of industry,” Fang wrote.

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Check out the rest of our article for:

👉 Fauci’s thoughts on @ElonMusk
👉 BioNTech asking Twitter to censor tweets about affordable generic vaccines
👉 How our elected officials are reacting to #TwitterFiles
👉 + MORE

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childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/twitt…

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