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TWITTER’S SECRET BLACKLISTS
Bari Weiss Dec 9, 2022 31 tweets 8 min read
1. A new #TwitterFiles investigation reveals that teams of Twitter employees build blacklists, prevent disfavored tweets from trending, and actively limit the visibility of entire accounts or even trending topics—all in secret, without informing users.

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TWITTER, THE FBI SUBSIDIARY
Matt Taibbi Dec 16, 2022 45 tweets 14 min read
The #TwitterFiles are revealing more every day about how the government collects, analyzes, and flags your social media content.3. Twitter’s contact with the FBI was constant and pervasive, as if it were a subsidiary. 4. Between January 2020 and November 2022, there were over 150 emails between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth.

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HOW TWITTER LET THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY IN
Matt Taibbi Jan 3, 2023 34 tweets 13 min read
How Twitter Let the Intelligence Community In 2.In August 2017, when Facebook decided to suspend 300 accounts with “suspected Russian origin,” Twitter wasn’t worried. Its leaders were sure they didn’t have a Russia problem.

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TWITTER AND THE FBI “BELLY BUTTON”
Matt Taibbi Jan 3, 2023 40 tweets 19 min read
Twitter and the FBI “Belly Button” Image 2.By 2020, Twitter was struggling with the problem of public and private agencies bypassing them and going straight to the media with lists of suspect accounts.

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HOW TWITTER COVERED UP COVID TRUTHS
Alex Berenson Jan 9, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read
1/ My first #TwitterFiles report: how @ScottGottliebMD - a top Pfizer board member - used the same Twitter lobbyist as the White House to suppress debate on Covid vaccines, INCLUDING FROM A FELLOW HEAD OF @US_FDA!

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THE RUSSIAGATE LIES
Matt Taibbi Jan 12, 2023 40 tweets 17 min read
One: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots and the #ReleaseTheMemo Hashtag 2.At a crucial moment in a years-long furor, Democrats denounced a report about flaws in the Trump-Russia investigation, saying it was boosted by Russian “bots” and “trolls.”