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Andrew Lowenthal | Digital Civil Liberties | CEO: https://t.co/n8cTk3Yegj |
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Jul 21, 2023 10 tweets 4 min read
1. TWITTER FILES EXTRA: RFK, Jr. edition 2. Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. testified in the House Weaponization of Government Hearing yesterday. Committee Democrats attacked in a bloodthirsty scene reminiscent of 28 Days Later or World War Z Image
Jun 6, 2023 13 tweets 7 min read
1. #TwitterFiles Extra: How the World's "No-Kidding Decision Makers" and the "Anti-Disinformation" Field Got Organized Image 2. In Costa Rica and Latvia today, the Atlantic Council is hosting its 360/OS Summit. We dug into the #TwitterFiles to further reveal the participation of their anti-disinformation arm, the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab) in disinformation initiatives of its own Image
May 23, 2023 10 tweets 5 min read
1. Twitter Files Extra: The Covid Censorship Requests of Australia's Department of Home Affairs (DHA). The #TwitterFiles confirm a Monday report in "The Australian," showing the Australian government worked overtime to monitor Covid-related speech ImageImage 2. In the #TwitterFiles, Racket found 18 DHA emails, collectively requesting 222 tweets be removed. Jokes & true information were included in censorship requests, which came from the “Social Cohesion Division” of the DHA’s “Extremism Insights and Communication” office.
Apr 25, 2023 36 tweets 20 min read
"1.TWITTER FILES #20

The Information Cartel" ImageImageImage 2. My name is Andrew Lowenthal. For almost 18 years, I was Executive Director of @EngageMedia, an NGO devoted to protecting digital rights and freedoms. In recent years, I watched with concern and then despair as a dramatic change swept through my field.