Today Matt Taibbi dropped a 67 part thread outlining the collective actions of Twitter, the FBI, and other US Government entities in the leadup to the January 8 2021 removal of Donald Trump from Twitter (and other big tech platforms). These actions were rather blatant 1st Amendment violations and with over 200 million daily users, definitely have a tangible effect in the dissemination of news.
Read Matt’s thread which outlines the blatant suppression of information in the leadup to Jan 6, and aggressive attempt by big tech & government to cover up what really happened in 2020.
Here’s the first two tweets:
2. The world knows much of the story of what happened between riots at the Capitol on January 6th, and the removal of President Donald Trump from Twitter on January 8th…
3. We’ll show you what hasn’t been revealed: the erosion of standards within the company in months before J6, decisions by high-ranking executives to violate their own policies, and more, against the backdrop of ongoing, documented interaction with federal agencies.
Some weirdness has happened with the thread on Twitter itself, making it more difficult to find each post. So, this one’s definitely easier to read in it’s entirety here.
1. THREAD: The Twitter Files
THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP
Part One: October 2020-January 6th— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 9, 2022
Photo by Souvik Banerjee on Unsplash
