Officials from the Biden administration were “angry” that Twitter didn’t ban several accounts it identified as tweeting coronavirus “misinformation,” according to the latest release of the Twitter Files.
The latest batch of the Twitter files were released by author and journalist David Zweig and cover how Twitter suppressed debate about the coronavirs pandemic.
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— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022
THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER RIGGED THE COVID DEBATE
– By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to U.S. govt. policy
– By discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed
– By suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the CDC’s *own data*
“A December 2022 summary of meetings with the White House by Lauren Culbertson, Twitter’s Head of U.S. Public Policy, adds new evidence of the White House’s pressure campaign, and cements that it repeatedly attempted to directly influence the platform,” reported Zweig.
Zweig then posted a screenshot of part of Culbertson’s memo: --->READ MORE HERE
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Twitter relied on bots, foreign contractors and busybody users dubbed “tattles” to enforce its misinformation policies, the latest report on the company’s internal practices revealed Monday.
In a case study, the Free Press reporter David Zweig focused on an Aug. 11 tweet from user @KelleyKga, who describes herself in her Twitter biography as an “‘Internet rando’ and public health fact checker — Focused on Covid and kids, restoring normalcy, and Covid metrics in Georgia.”
On that day, Kelley took issue with another user who claimed COVID-19 had been the “leading cause of death from disease in children” since December 2021.
“What an excellent example of cherry picking!” @KelleyKga wrote back. “If you narrow it down to only the specific months you specify, which include the largest Covid wave (seen across the world) AND you ignore all non-disease deaths AND you ignore cancer, heart disease, SIDS, then Covid is ‘leading.'” --->READ MORE HEREFollow links below to relevant/related stories and resources:
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