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Jun 9 • 8 tweets • 3 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Scoop: I found some extremely curious counting in the Southern Poverty Law Center's latest report on hate groups, which now includes the conservative org Moms for Liberty. But the issues go way beyond that one group. THREAD 1/x
For the SPLC, Moms for Liberty doesn't count as one hate group. It counts as dozens and dozens of hate groups. Each chapter is listed separately. By itself, this is leading to massive hate group inflation. reason.com/2023/06/09/sou…
But the problems actually go way beyond that. In 2020, the number of hate groups actually declined. The SPLC can't have that. So they added in "antigovernment extremist" groups, which were previously labeled separately.
The 2022 report combines these two "hate groups" and antigovernment groups" into one with little acknowledgement that this is what happened. It makes it seem like there's been a huge increase year over year, when actually there was a decrease.
Spot the difference! ImageImage
Anyway, the SPLC takes the position that even if hate groups decrease, that's just because hate is going mainstream. Heads they win, tales you lose.
reason.com/2023/06/09/sou… Image
On Moms for Liberty, the SPLC makes clear that it's not just group members' incendiary statements about LGBT, race, etc., but also generic opposition to covid mandates, teachers unions, and Ed Dept that qualifies as extremist.
I certainly think some people affiliated with the group have said extremist things, but the SPLC is painting with a broad enough brush for us all to be labeled extremists on a future report. Read for yourself: reason.com/2023/06/09/sou…

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Feb 28
SCOOP: The Global Disinformation Index's own website hosted disinformation about its advisory board. Anne Applebaum tells me she never advised GDI in any official capacity and did not consent to be included on its website. reason.com/2023/02/28/glo… via @reason
Yesterday, I called out Applebaum, an Atlantic journalist, for smearing lab leak proponents. I was also curious whether she influence GDI's efforts to blacklist news sites that engaged in lab leak talk.
GDI portrayed news sites as "harming specific groups" if they expressed concern about a Chinese cover-up.
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Jan 19
1. THREAD: THE FACEBOOK FILES
Twitter is not the only social media site to face pressure to censor content. I obtained emails showing that the CDC had significant influence over covid moderation at Facebook and Instagram. Here’s what I found.
2. The CDC had significant input on pandemic-era policies at Meta. The CDC was consulted frequently, at times daily, receiving constant updates about which topics were trending, and giving recommendations on what content to flag as false or misleading. reason.com/2023/01/19/how…
3. For instance, in May 2021, CDC officials began routinely vetting claims about COVID-19 vaccines that had appeared on Facebook. The platform left it up to the federal government to determine which assertions were accurate. Image
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Sep 27, 2022
Exclusive: The lawsuit that could stop Biden's student loan forgiveness plan has arrived. @PacificLegal believes it has found a solution to the standing problem. Thead:
"Only Congress has the power to pass laws and spend money under the Constitution," PLF tells Reason. "The administration's actions here are flagrantly illegal."
reason.com/2022/09/27/bid…
PLF's plaintiff is an attorney at the firm who has student loans—these loans will eventually be forgiven under the public service program. But Biden's forgiveness plan will take precedence over that.
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Jul 2, 2022
Scoop: I obtained an email from the equity manager of Oregon's state health agency—she delayed a community meeting and then justified this on grounds that "urgency is a white supremacy value."
This is a teaching of Tema Okun, a (white) activist educator who claims that preferring quantity over quality, wanting things to be written down, perfectionism, becoming defensive, and yes, possessing a sense of urgency, are all white supremacist.
Okun's work appears every so often in activist workshop materials for schools; this is the first time I've seen a government health official cite it as an excuse to not be prepared for a meeting. Read the article here: reason.com/2022/07/02/urg…
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May 18, 2022
Nina Jankowicz was a partisan operative with a bad record of spotting disinformation, and DHS is right to "pause" the new governance board. reason.com/2022/05/18/dis… via @reason
The WaPo article about her resignation is very curiously framed. It focuses entirely on the so-called "coordinated" "rightwing" campaign of "harassment" against her. It does not mention any legitimate criticism of her whatsoever.
The Hunter Biden laptop story was the test for disinformation experts, and most of them failed it. Jankowicz failed it badly. That's the case against her. It isn't mentioned one. single. time. in the WaPo article.
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May 16, 2022
This just makes me furious. Law enforcement WAS ALERTED! Everybody was like, hey this kid is disturbed, please help, and the state police let him go. More broadly, social media sites ROUTINELY report violence and criminal behavior.
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The problem is not that we are inattentive to frightening speech. People saw something, and said something! The problem is law enforcement didn't act (or couldn't act, given practical limitations).
Hochul is doing classic blame-shifting. State police had Gendron but he "fell off their radar." Oops. Who to blame, I know, it's the internet's fault!
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