Latest ‘Twitter Files’ show FBI bullied executives over not reporting ‘state propaganda’ enough

nypost ^ | 12/19/2022 | allie griffin

[bitt]

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The FBI repeatedly grilled Twitter execs about censorship on the social media platform in the summer of 2020 — insisting that the company provide more information about removing “state propaganda” from the site, according to the latest Twitter Files release.

The agency’s Foreign Influence Task Force — which deals with cyber threats — interrogated Twitter on its reporting about official state media actors’ use of the site, according to emails unearthed by independent journalist Matt Taibbi in what he dubbed the “Twitter Files Supplemental” Sunday night.

San Francisco FBI agent Elvis Chan pressured former Twitter trust and safety chief Yoel Roth in July 2020 for more information about how they prevented bad actors from using the platform, according to screengrabs of email correspondence posted by Taibbi.

Chan was not satisfied with Twitter’s indication that it “had not observed much recent activity from official propaganda actors on your platform,” the emails show.

Roth, in return, commented on the persistence of the agency, stating that he was “perplexed” by the probing inquiry.

[GOPJ]

The FBI repeatedly grilled Twitter execs about censorship on the social media platform in the summer of 2020 — insisting that the company provide more information about removing “state propaganda” from the site, according to the latest Twitter Files release.

Liz Cheney the witch is, too stupid to understand why the above is the real threat to 'our democracy'...

[little jeremiah]

Elections have been majorly stolen for a long time.

[little jeremiah]

You are either knowingly lying, or working for the enemy side.

[Sarcazmo]

I concur. With all these Twitter revelations, I am starting to wonder if the Gov itself is doing most of it.

This could explain some things. A lot of these systems fall under their purview, like the US mail. A lot is done with our mail behind the scenes for example they take a picture of every piece of mail. Investigative bodies fall under their control. It would be a lot easier for them to print ballots and move them around than a group of blue-haired freaks. They would likely have much better real-time analysis capability to crunch the numbers than a band of leftists.

What if leftist cheating is small, as people say, but there is a giant standing behind them that no one (even them) knows about doing the heavy lifting. Every once in a while we catch some ‘tard voting twice, or 15 dead people voting or something. Feeds the narrative that cheating is small and isolated.

Anyway... I’ll take my tinfoil off now.

[Antoninus]

“Gee, this is a nice social media platform you got here. Would be a shame if anything were to happen to it.”

[Antoninus]

This is all that simple and legal. No fraud.

Wrong. In all states it is illegal to vote on behalf of someone else, even using a mail-in ballot. THAT is what's going on. Those folks who don't vote are handing their ballots over (or having them taken from them unwittingly) by Democrat party operatives who then vote on their behalf.

[semimojo]

How's that private censorship theory working out for you?

Are you really upset that our government is trying to limit foreign interference in our elections?

I'm not.

The agency’s Foreign Influence Task Force

[Erik Latranyi]

Wrong. In all states it is illegal to vote on behalf of someone else, even using a mail-in ballot.

Sorry, but YOU are wrong. Here is an education for you before you spout off:Ballot harvesting (ballot collection) laws by state

For example:

* 25 states and D.C. permitted someone chosen by the voter to return mail ballots on their behalf in most cases

* 11 states specified who may return ballots (i.e., household members, caregivers, and/or family members) in most cases

* 1 state explicitly allowed only the voter to return their ballot

* 13 states did not specify whether someone may return another's ballot

So, instead of clinging to your visions of fraud, let's focus on fighting what has been made legal first because that is what is causing millions of voters, who normally never vote, to cast a ballot on behalf of Democrats.

[Erik Latranyi]

You are either knowingly lying, or working for the enemy side.

See my Post #28 if you want to get educated about legal ballot harvesting.

Otherwise, enjoy living in your conspiracy world and accusing everyone of working for the enemy.

[lepton]

bump

[DiogenesLamp]

Are you really upset that our government is trying to limit foreign interference in our elections?

You are trying to switch the focus to an unrelated subject. The topic is Government censorship of Americans through the use of "private" corporations as proxies.

The issue is government censorship. It doesn't matter what they are censoring, the fact that the government is doing it makes it forbidden.

It is illegal. Everyone involved should go to prison.

[semimojo]

You are trying to switch the focus to an unrelated subject. The topic is Government censorship of Americans through the use of "private" corporations as proxies.

Again you're projecting your personal issue onto an article about foreign interference.

"The FBI repeatedly grilled Twitter execs about censorship on the social media platform in the summer of 2020 — insisting that the company provide more information about removing “state propaganda” from the site, according to the latest Twitter Files release.

The agency’s Foreign Influence Task Force — which deals with cyber threats — interrogated Twitter on its reporting about official state media actors’ use of the site, according to emails unearthed by independent journalist Matt Taibbi in what he dubbed the “Twitter Files Supplemental” Sunday night."

I'm sure you can find an article about censorship of Americans but this isn't it.

[little jeremiah]

Ballot harvesting was the least of it.

I don’t interact with people who work for the other side.

[Antoninus]

Erik Latranyi to Antoninus Wrong. In all states it is illegal to vote on behalf of someone else, even using a mail-in ballot.

You need to take a course in close reading. Notice I did not say that it is illegal to return someone else's ballot in every state. I said, "It is illegal to vote on behalf of someone else." THAT is what's going on. Democrat operatives are collecting blank ballots and voting them themselves.

[Antoninus]

Ballot harvesting was the least of it.

Amen. I live in the Philadelphia area. Ballot harvesting is not the problem. The problem is that the ballot harvesters collect ballots by the tens and hundreds of thousands and vote them illegally themselves. That's why the Democrats have effectively turned off signature matching -- because most of those ballots would then be disqualified.

[DiogenesLamp]

Again you're projecting your personal issue onto an article about foreign interference.

I am under no obligation to confine my commentary to the specifics of the article. In the context of this long running discussion between you and I, the topic has always been about the legality of "private" corporations censoring American citizens.

I think even you would admit that the US government censoring people is illegal.

As I said before, I don't care why the US government is engaging in illegal activity, I care that the US government is engaging in illegal activity.

[little jeremiah]

There are so many ways they commit the federal crime of election fraud. Demsheviks would rarely win any elections without it.

[semimojo]

… the topic has always been about the legality of "private" corporations censoring American citizens.

A practice I haven’t seen evidence of. Suppression of or warning about foreign interference isn’t censorship of Americans.

I think even you would admit that the US government censoring people is illegal.

Censoring Americans and warning about election interference by foreign actors aren’t the same thing.

[DiogenesLamp]

Disagree. Government should not be contacting mass communications companies for any reasons involving censoring users.