We're seriously still doing this? https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/12/the-core-argume...
The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence community and Twitter
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#12It's like the boy who cried wolf, except the wolf never comes. But we should keep an open mind, perhaps part 27 will be the bombshell.
BREAKING: tech companies usually cooperate with law enforcement and government when requested. Data shows they are more than 100 times more likely to continue to respond to requests when paid.
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#13The people trying to minimise every intelligence agency working with every tech company on behalf of the Democratic Party are the same people calling this a dangerous far right conspiracy theory not long ago.
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#15I’ve been trying to read these Twitter files threads thoughtfully, and maybe it’s just a sign of the current average level of comfort with government involvement with social media platforms, but I’m generally not seeing much issue with the stuff being revealed. the worst thing about this particular thread seems like the govt agencies talking to Twitter about foreign influence are overreaching a bit (eg asking them to…
Yeah, these people are just desperately trying to generate outrage over nothing. It’s really really dumb. No need to give them too much thought
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#16We're seriously still doing this? https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2022/12/the-core-argume...
Yes, this website full of brain dead right wingers.
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#17I think it's pretty reasonable to worry about a system of punishment (depriving someone of the right to use a communication platform) administered by the government, which doesn't obey the normal rules of justice: 1) right to see evidence 2) right to confront your accuser 3) right to judgement by a jury of your peers.
OFC there is a role for private info and possibly preventing malicious, foreign government manipulation attacks on us - but the power is so strong and so easily misused that we need better checks on it.
Don't forget the NYT and most lefty thought leaders were onboard with the 2nd Iraq war based on phony evidence.
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#18I am still baffled by the radio silence about any of that in the mainstream media. My prediction is that this, the Rittenhouse trial coverage, and the attempts to shut down the discussion about the lab Leak theory are going to be viewed in a few years the same way as the mainstream media's complicity and collusion with the government before the Iraq war.
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#19The argument that "it's not censorship if a private company does it" was always weak.
What these revelations show is that a lot of so-called moderation was done at the explicit direction of government employees. How do you defend this? "it's not censorship if the private company willingly complies with government requests"? A refusal by twitter would have had quite high costs for the company.
The cooperation between private companies and government censors is so deep that this is barely distinguishable from direct censorship.
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#20People on the right are just now figuring out the connections between Silicon Valley and the security state?