Journalists Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified on the “Twitter Files” to the House’s Weaponization of Government subcommittee March 9, days after Republicans on the committee released a report claiming the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has harrassed Elon Musk over the reporting. Subcommittee Ranking Member Stacey Plaskett (D-V.I.) asserted Taibbi and Shellenberger “pose a direct…
‘Censorship-Industrial Complex’ Exposed By ‘Twitter Files,’ Journalist Testifies
LIVE NOW: House Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Twitter Files’
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government holds a hearing on “The Twitter Files” at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 9. Matt Taibbi, a journalist, and Michael Shellenberger, author and co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition, will testify. …
House Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee Holds Hearing on ‘Twitter Files’
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government holds a hearing on “The Twitter Files” at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 9. Matt Taibbi, a journalist, and Michael Shellenberger, author and co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition, will testify. …
LIVE March 9, 10 AM ET: House Weaponization of the Federal Government Subcommittee Holds a Hearing on the ‘Twitter Files’
The U.S. House Judiciary Committee’s Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government holds a hearing on “The Twitter Files” at 10:00 a.m. ET on March 9. Matt Taibbi, a journalist, and Michael Shellenberger, author and co-founder of the Breakthrough Institute and the California Peace Coalition, will testify. …
UK Information Watchdog Says ‘Lockdown Files’ Expose Issues With Public Record Keeping
The tens of thousands of leaked WhatsApp messages among government ministers and officials during the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the need to update rules around public record-keeping, the UK’s information watchdog said on Friday. Writing in The Telegraph, Information Commissioner John Edwards said the newspaper’s revelation of how decisions were made on WhatsApp showed the need…
The EU Files: What Elon Musk Is Not Telling You About Twitter Censorship
Commentary The “Twitter Files” have exposed numerous contacts between U.S. government officials and Twitter and requests for suppression of accounts or content: notably, in the context of alleged COVID-19 “disinformation.” But what they have not revealed is that there was in fact a formal government program explicitly dedicated to “Fighting COVID-19 Disinformation” in which Twitter, as well…
New Twitter Files Email: State Department Official Pushed for Suspension of Russiagate Researchers | Truth Over News
The Twitter Files have finally reached the world of Russiagate researchers. Late on Saturday, Elon Musk’s designated Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi unearthed an email from a State Department official to Twitter in which the official demanded that 14 Russiagate research accounts be taken down. The official claimed that these accounts were Russian disinformation assets,…
PREMIERING NOW: New Twitter Files Email: State Department Official Pushed for Suspension of Russiagate Researchers | Truth Over News
The Twitter Files have finally reached the world of Russiagate researchers. Late on Saturday, Elon Musk’s designated Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi unearthed an email from a State Department official to Twitter in which the official demanded that 14 Russiagate research accounts be taken down. The official claimed that these accounts were Russian disinformation assets,…
The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat
Commentary The following is adapted from a talk delivered at Hillsdale College on Feb. 7, 2023. Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter last October and the subsequent reporting on the Twitter Files by journalists Matt Taibbi, Bari Weiss, and a handful of others beginning in early December is one of the most important news stories of…
Mike Benz (Part 1): The West’s Burgeoning Censorship Industry and the Government Funds Pouring In–From DHS to DARPA to National Science Foundation
“Whoever can control the Department of Dirty Tricks is able to use it to remove all opposition,” says Mike Benz. He is the executive director of the Foundation for Freedom Online and a former State Department diplomat under the Trump administration. The Twitter Files were just the tip of the iceberg, says Benz, who has…
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