Internal records undercut claims that Twitter censored pro-Trump views before the Capitol riot and show a reluctance to suspend Trump's account until January 8
In the internal video call from Jan. 5, 2021, workers were told not to take tougher action against a growing wave of tweets they feared were veiled incitements to violence. Mastodon: @GottaLaff@mastod...
Bari Weiss releases “Twitter Files Part Two”, sharing images of accounts that Twitter allegedly put on “blacklists” and screenshots of internal Slack messages
all in secret, without informing users. Elon Musk / @elonmusk : @DavidSacks As @bariweiss clearly describes, the rules were enforced against the right, but not against the left Ashley Feinberg / @ashl...
Trump signs an EO designed to limit Section 230 protections by directing the Commerce Department to press the FCC to roll back portions of Section 230
For a Price Andrew Wyrich / The Daily Dot : Trump-Twitter drama causes Cameron Winklevoss to get relentlessly owned Facebook: John McCarthy : President Donald J. Trump is ramping up his attacks agains...
An overview of the COVID-19-related work Google is doing, and how it falls far short of the comprehensive testing system implied by President Trump on Friday
Did we call? If you're interested in fighting misinformation, this would be a good place to start. https://twitter.com/... Daniel Dale / @ddale8 : False. Media outlets contacted Google. Google said si...
Mark Zuckerberg says weak US response to 2016 Russian election interference sent a signal to the world, and similar activity has increased from Iran and others
and I'm not just talking about the Russians — is going to make 2016 look like small potatoes ... there's going to be more election interference in 2020.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Greg Sarge...
Sources: former DHS Secretary tried to focus White House on potential Russian interference in 2020 election, but was told not to bring it up in front of Trump
WASHINGTON — In the months before Kirstjen Nielsen was forced to resign, she tried to focus the White House on one of her highest priorities … Tweets: @theplumlinegs , @maggienyt , @kfile , @maggienyt...
FBI recommends not to indict Hillary Clinton for email misconduct, finds 110 emails in 52 email chains contained classified info at the time sent
until Hillary Clinton Jason Koebler / Motherboard : Reminder: Public Officials Using Private Email Servers Is Indefensible Lucia Maffei / TechCrunch : FBI recommends no charges for Hillary Clinton ove...