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2022-12-21 Government Corruption

Twitter Files: Company Allowed Government to Wage Influence Operations Abroad

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[Breitbart] Twitter maintained a strict ban on foreign influence operations over the past half-decade — except in the case of the U.S. government, which was permitted to use the platform for "psychological influence operations" abroad, according to a new installment in the Twitter Files.

The Twitter Files are a series of disclosures of internal documents to journalists, a project championed by the platform’s new owner, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. The latest batch was published by Lee Fang, a journalist at the Intercept.

According to Fang, despite public pledges to shut down all government-backed platform manipulation, Twitter made an exception for the U.S.

"Twitter gave approval & special protection to the U.S. military’s online psychological influence ops," wrote Fang. "Despite knowledge that Pentagon propaganda accounts used covert identities, Twitter did not suspend many for around 2 years or more. Some remain active."

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-21 01:53|| || Front Page|| [11140 views ] Top

#1 Goes a bit deeper than originally thought does it? How shocking.

All of this activity conducted by Twitter employees/'former' USG personnel as an ad hoc additional duty? Security clearance billets involved or passed? Facility Security officer (FSO) questioned ?

Asking for a friend.

Posted by Besoeker 2022-12-21 02:01|| 2022-12-21 02:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Twitter is the preferred platform that our government uses to influence the world to hate us and screw us over.

Posted by Super Hose 2022-12-21 05:48|| 2022-12-21 05:48|| Front Page Top

#3 It's nice to know that it wasn't just Americans they tried to take out.

Posted by Vernal Panda8567 2022-12-21 09:35|| 2022-12-21 09:35|| Front Page Top

I feel bad for Elon Musk.

He bought Twitter for way more than the FBI did.
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) December 20, 2022

Posted by Whusoger Shavish7113 2022-12-21 14:23|| 2022-12-21 14:23|| Front Page Top

#5 ^ Ow!

Posted by M. Murcek 2022-12-21 15:36|| 2022-12-21 15:36|| Front Page Top

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