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Elon Musk Drops Bomb on Big Tech, Claims This Woke Company “Makes Links Disappear”
American Tribune ^ | December 28, 2022 | Staff

Posted on 12/28/2022 5:47:05 AM PST by Red Badger

Glenn Greenwald dropped the latest updated in the Twitter Files saga on Tuesday night, showing Americans that Twitter was far from the only Big Tech company or social media service in on working with the US government and agencies within it to censor dissidents.

Posting about that in a Twitter files thread, Greenwald said “For the crime of reporting that the US Security State agencies are heavily involved in Big Tech’s censorship regime, and for confessing that he found this deeply disturbing, liberals have spent a full week saying that @mtaibbi has mental health problems and needs therapy.”

A post of Greenwald’s also included a post from Matt Taibbi, one of the other journalists involved in reporting on the Twitter files, in which Taibbi said “The government was in constant contact not just with Twitter but with virtually every major tech firm. These included Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, Reddit, even Pinterest, and many others. Industry players also held regular meetings without government.”

Elon Musk, commenting on the matter, said “Most people don’t appreciate the significance of the point Matt was making: *Every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement of and, at times, explicit direction of the government. Google frequently makes links disappear, for example.“

Greenwald, in response, then said “When Dems controlled both houses of Congress and the WH (and Exec Branch), they repeatedly summoned Big Tech CEOs and openly and explicitly threatened them: if you don’t *censor more*, you will be punished. And DHS/FBI/CIA applied immense pressure“. Elon responded by saying “Exactly“.

That wasn’t all Elon had to say recently about the Twitter Files and the horror show behind the curtain that they exposed. He also blasted the corporate press, saying “Why is corporate journalism rushing to defend the state instead of the people?” That was in response to a tweet saying “On my substack: Establishment journalists’ response to the Twitter Files is that of a profession committed to protecting the state instead of exposing it.”

Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton, adding yet more color to what was going on, said “When @Twitter and other Big Tech companies “meet” with the FBI and other fed agencies — they are meeting with their judge, jury, and executioner all at once.”

Similarly, a conservative commentator named Nick Flor said “It goes beyond censorship. Censorship is just the weapon. The goal of the Democrat party (and whoever controls them) is the manipulation of minds. And social media companies are willing, & gleeful, soldiers in the mass brainwashing of society in the name of The Greater Good™”

Elon also said that he was “open to the idea” of buying Substack in response to a post from Wall Street Silver saying “Would it make sense for Twitter to buy Substack and more tightly connect the two platforms. Twitter plus Substack creates instantly massive competition for obsolete legacy corporate media.”

Similarly, Elon responded to a tweet from Ronny Starbuck by saying “How did this shift happen? Feels like the conventional media used to be more balanced.” Starbuck had said, in response to Elon’s question about the corporate press “Because corporate journalists are the PR arm of the left wing ruling class and have been for over a decade. They did this because the left understands the value of owning cultural institutions like media, film, music, etc. Their billionaires invest tons into this. Ours do not.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; Government
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To: cymbeline

Nope. It was a FR post. It had several key words in it that probably caught the attention of somebody. The FBI guy said I was reported but not by whom.


21 posted on 12/28/2022 6:38:25 AM PST by DeplorablePaul ("..)
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To: one guy in new jersey

You can’t search for them via google. The URL still exists but if you can’t find it......


22 posted on 12/28/2022 6:39:24 AM PST by pas
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To: Red Badger

“How did this shift happen? Feels like the conventional media used to be more balanced.”

Donald Trump happened.


23 posted on 12/28/2022 6:39:45 AM PST by DeplorablePaul ("..)
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To: DeplorablePaul

What did you say in the post?


24 posted on 12/28/2022 6:41:00 AM PST by wewereright
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To: Red Badger

Use Brave browser and search. Even DuckDuckGo is compromised these days.


25 posted on 12/28/2022 6:46:07 AM PST by refreshed (But we preach Christ crucified... 1 Corinthians 1:23)
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To: Red Badger

I want to see the Twitter Files expose all the tweets from various political, media, Black Lies Matter, and Antifa, during the run-up to January 6th and the weeks immediately after. It would also be nice to see all the tweets between politicians of both parties, and media figures during the Russia Collusion hoax.


26 posted on 12/28/2022 6:47:50 AM PST by euram
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To: wewereright

Ha! I’m not going to repeat it. It had words associated with white nationalism. I was commenting on an article about militias. The post was made during the J6 hysteria.


27 posted on 12/28/2022 6:51:18 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: one guy in new jersey

How does Google make links disappear?

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They did it to me back in the mid 2000s.
Said my site wasn’t complying with all their standards. Usually wouldn’t offer any specifics.

They can do this mostly through search result exposure, but also they lower your google analyitics stats. But what hurt most then was they devalued their (then called) Ad-sense revenue. I had to find other sources of ad revenue.
My site’s traffic was primarily organic (direct linking) rather than search based, so I wasn’t as badly harmed as most people.

They have all the monopolistic power. There are other ad sources, but there really isn’t much else in terms of search traffic. They know this. The part that royals me but I can’t prove is that they continued to receive all the revenue from placed ads, but de-valued the payout.


28 posted on 12/28/2022 7:03:42 AM PST by z3n (Kakistocracy)
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To: euram

I want to see the Twitter Files expose all the tweets...
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Musk certainly has lots to work with... perhaps your wishes are already in the works for future file drops. Since the FIB file drops, I’m thinking that anything is on the table....


29 posted on 12/28/2022 7:11:40 AM PST by hecticskeptic (The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. ~ Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
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To: SamAdams76

Read the article first?? That’s un American.


30 posted on 12/28/2022 7:17:20 AM PST by Blueflag (Res ipsa loquitur: ad ferre non, velit esse sine defensione)
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To: DeplorablePaul

“Nope. It was a FR post.”

Did the FBI guy mention any topics that might get you in trouble?


31 posted on 12/28/2022 7:24:53 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: one guy in new jersey

It’s probably more accurate to say if you do a search, certain results or web pages may not be returned to you.


32 posted on 12/28/2022 7:29:04 AM PST by Mean Daddy (Every time Hillary lies, a demon gets its wings. - Windflier)
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To: cymbeline

Yes. The FBI guy said that they investigate suspicious posts that might indicate domestic terrorism. He asked for the context of my post. I said somebody posted an article on FR about militias. The article mentioned the Oath Keepers. The Whitmer kidnapping plot had just been exposed. Militias are under FBI surveillance. My post which I thought was benign was filled with red flags. The point is that a post on FR can somehow get to the attention of the FBI.


33 posted on 12/28/2022 7:46:07 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Red Badger

*Every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement of and, at times, explicit direction of the government. Google frequently makes links disappear, for example.“

Comrade let me show you room 101 trust me.


34 posted on 12/28/2022 7:49:55 AM PST by Vaduz (LAWYERS )
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To: DeplorablePaul
The point is that a post on FR can somehow get to the attention of the FBI

Once it's on the internet, it's out there for anyone. More importantly (imo) is that the government, (read FBI, NSA, FCC, SSA, DEA, ATF, CDC....ANY government entity) could find out who DeplorablePaul is and where he/she lives.

35 posted on 12/28/2022 8:01:06 AM PST by Roccus (First we beat the Nazis........then we defeated the Soviets....... Now, we are them.)
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To: DeplorablePaul

“Yes. The FBI guy said that they investigate suspicious posts that might indicate domestic terrorism”

Did the guy conclude that your post was harmless and told you so, and told you that you would not be tracked in the future?


36 posted on 12/28/2022 8:01:30 AM PST by cymbeline
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To: JoJo354

Duck duck go is Microsoft.

Leftist curated results.


37 posted on 12/28/2022 8:06:27 AM PST by Uncle Miltie ("The News” is a fake narrative promulgated by the Deep State Uniparty to control you and enrich them)
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To: cymbeline
He had a file on me with my picture and such. So I'm sure I'm in the system. I have had several background checks and know that my record is totally clear. I was worried about losing my prized possessions. Thanks goodness there haven't been any repercussions since.
38 posted on 12/28/2022 8:11:39 AM PST by DeplorablePaul
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To: Red Badger; Phinneous; SJackson; MadMax, the Grinning Reaper; BTerclinger; Keflavik76
"What is truth?" ~ Pilate

Elon Musk Drops Bomb

This scandal involving the suppression of truth can be reduced to a few key points from the Bible and tradition, along with simple observations from modern language and usage:

Wherever you find the tRUTH, you'll find Ruth.
Ruth.. hailed.. from MOAB, which caused an explosive scandal involving the legitimacy of King David's lineage.
Ruth was King David's great grandmother from his father's side, but she's the famous, beloved matriarch in the line of David.
MOAB: the mother of all bombs.
Wherever you find the tRUTH, you'll find Ruth.
Ruth.. hailed.. from MOAB, which caused an explosive scandal...

It's just the beginning of the answer to the question, "Y" MOAB?, because you know how these things mushroom, spiral.

Then all in the timing is the huge, awful, deadly "act of God" snowstorm in Buffalo. Because if God wanted to nuke an idiom into the past, to make significant what everyone perceives as insignificant, here's the one:

"שלג דאשתקד"

משל לדבר שהיה בעבר והוא חסר חשיבות כעת

מעניין כשלג דאשתקד; לתיאור נושא שהעניין בו חלף לפני זמן רב.

חשיבות, gone missing along with its entire "Rut" concept.

And of Elon, אילון, because from little oaks mighty acorns grow.

This Woke Company “Makes Links Disappear”

All of the "insignificant" details sure add up, but they are as interesting as yesterday's news.

36.23. Thus said Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth has the Lord God of heaven given me; and he has charged me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah; Whoever is among you of all his people, the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up:

The Essence of the Year 5783

One main thing about the genuine Messiah, he inspires the simple person to go for the truth, wherever it appears -- to not be afraid at all -- no matter what anyone else may think. It goes a long way in explaining why it is always midnight in David's house.

Now isn't that a nice surprise detail at that link -- the top of the side menu has a link to Ask "Rabbi Y" (Learn something new every week!)

Heh, okay -- "What Was the Coat of Many Colors?"

Kind of like, by his stripes [פסים] we are healed, here, there, and everywhere.

A veritable garment of light.. a very narrow bridge.

"It's a mother beautiful bridge, and it's gonna be there." ~ Oddball

39 posted on 12/28/2022 8:41:08 AM PST by Ezekiel (🆘️ "Come fly with US". Ingenuity -- because the Son of David begins with Mars ♂️, aka every man)
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To: Mean Daddy

Thx


40 posted on 12/28/2022 8:49:16 AM PST by one guy in new jersey
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