Twitter Files Wake Up Call

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‘CHILLING’: LIBERAL JOURNALISTS TAKEN ABACK BY GOVERNMENT
CENSORSHIP OF SOCIAL MEDIA

Dan Hart | March 10, 2023 | Washington Stand

On Thursday, the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the WEAPONIZATION OF
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT held a hearing
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the “TWITTER FILES,” a collection of thousands of internal Twitter
document, parts of which have recently been released. As noted by two
independent journalists and lawmakers, the hearing confirmed what many
conservatives have suspected for years — that the federal government
and elements of the mainstream media actively worked with social media
giants to censor and deplatform content.

Thursday’s hearing featured two award-winning veteran journalists
Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger, who were labeled as
“so-called journalists” at the outset by Ranking Member Stacey
Plaskett (D-U.S. Virgin Islands). Taibbi and Shellenberger were both
given access to the “Twitter Files” by sources at the company.

TAIBBI, WHO SPENT MUCH OF HIS 30-YEAR JOURNALISTIC CAREER AT THE
LEFT-WING ROLLING STONE MAGAZINE, DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS A
“TRADITIONAL ACLU LIBERAL.”

IN HIS OPENING STATEMENT
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TAIBBI EMPHASIZED THAT WHAT HE FOUND IN THE TROVE OF INTERNAL TWITTER
DOCUMENTS SHOULD CONCERN BOTH LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES.

“I WOULD NOTE THAT THE EVIDENCE OF A TWITTER/GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP
INCLUDES LISTS OF TENS OF THOUSANDS OF NAMES ON BOTH THE LEFT AND
RIGHT. People affected include Trump supporters but also left-leaning
sites like Consortium and Truthout, the leftist South American channel
Telesur, [and] the Yellow Vest Movement. That is a key point of the
Twitter Files, that it’s neither a Left nor Right issue.”

Taibbi went on to summarize the magnitude of what he found.

“Following the trail of communications between Twitter and the
federal government across tens of thousands of emails led to a series
of revelations. … WE LEARNED TWITTER, FACEBOOK, GOOGLE, AND OTHER
COMPANIES DEVELOPED A FORMAL SYSTEM FOR TAKING IN MODERATION REQUESTS
FROM EVERY CORNER OF GOVERNMENT, FROM THE FBI, THE DHS, THE HHS, DOD,
THE GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT CENTER AT STATE, EVEN THE CIA. For every
government agency scanning Twitter, there were perhaps 20
quasi-private entities doing the same thing, including Stanford’s
Election Integrity Partnership, NewsGuard, the Global Disinformation
Index, and many others — many taxpayer funded.”

TAIBBI FURTHER EXPLAINED HOW THIS COLLUSION LED TO BUSINESSES AND
INDIVIDUALS BEING DEPLATFORMED.

“A FOCUS OF THIS FAST-GROWING NETWORK … [WAS] MAKING LISTS OF
PEOPLE WHOSE OPINIONS, BELIEFS, ASSOCIATIONS, OR SYMPATHIES ARE DEEMED
‘MISINFORMATION,’ ‘DISINFORMATION,’ OR ‘MALINFORMATION’
(that last term is just a euphemism for true but inconvenient).
Undeniably, the making of such lists is a form of DIGITAL MCCARTHYISM.
ORDINARY AMERICANS ARE NOT JUST BEING REPORTED TO TWITTER FOR
DEAMPLIFICATION OR DEPLATFORMING, BUT TO FIRMS LIKE PAYPAL, DIGITAL
ADVERTISERS LIKE XANDR, AND CROWDFUNDING SITES LIKE GOFUNDME. These
companies can and do refuse service to law-abiding people and
businesses whose only crime is falling afoul of a distant, faceless,
unaccountable, algorithmic judge. AS SOMEONE WHO GREW UP A TRADITIONAL
ACLU LIBERAL, THIS MECHANISM FOR PUNISHMENT AND DEPRIVATION WITHOUT
DUE PROCESS IS HORRIFYING.”

The independent journalist also strongly criticized his own industry
for their participation.

“ANOTHER TROUBLING ASPECT IS THE ROLE OF THE PRESS, WHICH SHOULD BE
THE PEOPLE’S LAST LINE OF DEFENSE IN SUCH CASES. But instead of
investigating these groups, journalists partnered with them. IF
TWITTER DECLINED TO REMOVE AN ACCOUNT RIGHT AWAY, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES
AND NGOS WOULD CALL REPORTERS FROM THE NEW YORK TIMES, WASHINGTON
POST, AND OTHER OUTLETS WHO IN TURN WOULD CALL TWITTER, DEMANDING TO
KNOW WHY ACTION HAD NOT YET BEEN TAKEN. EFFECTIVELY, NEWS MEDIA BECAME
AN ARM OF A STATE-SPONSORED THOUGHT POLICING SYSTEM.”

Taibbi was frank in describing what he saw as the dire ramifications
of the Twitter Files.

“It’s just not possible to instantly arrive at truth. IT IS,
HOWEVER, BECOMING TECHNOLOGICALLY POSSIBLE TO INSTANTLY DEFINE AND
ENFORCE A POLITICAL CONSENSUS ONLINE, which I believe is what we’re
looking at. THIS IS A GRAVE THREAT TO PEOPLE OF ALL POLITICAL
PERSUASIONS.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT AND AN AMERICAN POPULATION ACCUSTOMED TO THE RIGHT
TO SPEAK IS THE BEST DEFENSE LEFT AGAINST THE CENSORSHIP INDUSTRIAL
COMPLEX. … IF THERE’S ANYTHING THAT THE TWITTER FILES SHOW, IT’S
THAT WE’RE IN DANGER OF LOSING THIS MOST PRECIOUS RIGHT WITHOUT
WHICH ALL DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS ARE IMPOSSIBLE.”

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CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN (R-OHIO), who served as chairman of the
hearing, noted
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both Taibbi and Shellenberger, who have a combined 50 years of
experience in journalism, said that “IN ALL YOUR TIME IN THE
JOURNALISM FIELD, THIS ISSUE [IS] MOST IMPORTANT. … NOW WE ALL KNOW
WHY YOU GUYS SAID AT THE OUTSET, THIS IS THE MOST ‘CHILLING’ STORY
[OF YOUR CAREERS].”

The extent of the government corruption is likely so extensive,
Congressman Mike Johnson (R-La.) said on Thursday’s “Washington
Watch with Tony Perkins,”
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the Republican-led House won’t have time to dig into everything.

“IT’S NOT JUST THE DOJ OR THE FBI,” HE UNDERSCORED. “IT’S
THE FTC. IT’S THE ALPHABET SOUP OF SO MANY AGENCIES. It’s such a
target rich environment for us to investigate on the weaponization
committee. … We don’t have enough time and resources to do it all,
but we’re trying to pick the most egregious examples to show the
American people exactly what is happening. THIS IS FRIGHTENING. THIS
IS NOT HYPERBOLE. THIS GOES TO THE CORE OF WHO WE ARE AS AMERICANS. WE
HAVE TO PROTECT FREE SPEECH.”

 

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