SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Monday’s batch of “Twitter Files” revealed the FBI is using the popular microblogging website to allegedly censor and ban users believed to be spreading misinformation related to COVID-19. Was pressing – and even paying.
However, another internal document dump on Tuesday revealed that the phenomenon is not limited to Twitter, but is prevalent among almost every social media companywith him FBI refuses to disclose Which other big tech companies they may or may not be paying to do online censorship on their behalf.
Twitter CEO Elon Musk is currently in the process of releasing a series of documents related to the microblogging website’s secretive activities ahead of its October purchase, saying that the public “worth knowingThat he was being repeatedly censored by the tech giant.
Tuesday’s Twitter files release — courtesy of journalist Matt Taibbi — noted a who’s who of big tech companies in regular contact with the federal government about social media content standards.
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“The government was in constant contact not only with Twitter but with almost every major tech firm,” Taibbi said. “These include Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, Reddit, even Pinterest and many more. Industry players also held regular meetings without the govt. ,
Responding to the news, Musk issued a tweet The latest underscores the seriousness of the Twitter files as it pertains to free speech on the Internet.
“Most people don’t appreciate the importance of the point Matt made: *every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement and sometimes explicit direction from the government,” he said. “For example, Google often makes links disappear.”
Journalist Glenn Greenwald Responded to the CEO of TwitterNotifying Musk that,
“When the Dems controlled both Houses of Congress and the WH (and Exec Branch), they repeatedly called out Big Tech CEOs and threatened them openly and clearly: If you don’t do *more censorship* , then you will be punished. And the DHS/FBI/CIA exerted immense pressure.”
“Absolutely!” Musk replied,
