Posted on 12/08/2022 8:57:00 AM PST by bitt
A Big Tech lawsuit has uncovered one of the most disturbing revelations yet about social media companies’ collusion with law enforcement agencies to police speech on the Internet. A former FBI agent, Elvis Chan, revealed during the court hearings that the bureau held weekly meetings with major social media companies prior to the 2020 and 2022 elections.
On Wednesday, the court transcript of former FBI agent Elvis Chan’s testimony was released and corroborated earlier reports.
“Mr. Chan, or Agent Chan, who do you recall on the social media platform side participating in these — in these working group meetings that you have been testifying about from 2020 and 2022?”
“The companies that I remember attending the meetings are Facebook; Microsoft; Google; Twitter; Yahoo!, which have been known as Verizon Media at the time; Wikimedia Foundation and Reddit,” Agent Chan said.
Chan was then asked why the FBI was participating in these meetings.
“And why are you included in particular?”
“The reason that I attend these meetings is because the way the FBI works is FBI field offices are responsible for maintaining day-t0-day relationships with the companies that are headquartered in their area of responsibility, which I may occasionally abbreviate AOR,” Chan responded. “And all of the companies that have been listed, with the exception of Microsoft, are all headquartered in San Francisco’s territory.”
Chan also testified that he was in regular contact with Facebook’s Steven Siegel and Twitter’s Yoel Roth, as reported by Lee Fang.
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Thank ya vury much
Now *that* is a bombshell!
We are numb to all of it now.
The outrage, the bombshells, and the “insert your hyperbole here” no longer move the needle.
I wish every citizen in America could step back and consider what these stories would be if you substituted Obama/Biden for Trump.
The media would be in a complete frenzy (and rightfully so). Congress would be falling all over themselves. The DOJ would be in high gear.
“Rule of law” and all that......
Another isolated incident.
So arrest somebody.
— Hillary Clinton
Since when is election interference a crime?
The Dems aren’t going to arrest themselves.
Elvis Chan is Charlie Chan’s #1 son.
Elvis has now left the building.
Elvis Chan? Is Elvis on 4chan? Is this story vetted? Not familiar with this news source and the name sounds like it might be one picked by a prankster that is trolling media.
John Soloman has reported on this story: https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4114804/posts
Seems Mr. Baker may have been successful in deleting the most damning evidence at Twitter.....
He may have thought it was deleted but I don’t believe it EVER is gone, Musk’s trusted engineers will find it!!!
It is a crime:
18 U.S. Code § 595 - Interference by administrative employees of Federal, State, or Territorial Governments
Whoever, being a person employed in any administrative position by the United States, or by any department or agency thereof, or by the District of Columbia or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States, or any political subdivision, municipality, or agency thereof, or agency of such political subdivision or municipality (including any corporation owned or controlled by any State, Territory, or Possession of the United States or by any such political subdivision, municipality, or agency), in connection with any activity which is financed in whole or in part by loans or grants made by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, uses his official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, Delegate from the District of Columbia, or Resident Commissioner, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/595
It's the Internet...somewhere there is an archived copy
No doubt Elon Musk and his coders can get at it.
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