The Twitter Files were put on the back burner on a day when the political spectrum was in upheaval and Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Ca.) fight for House Speaker votes took center stage.
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The unsettling closeness between Twitter, law enforcement agencies like the FBI, and the Department of Defense has been brought up by Taibbi and other journalists. These connections raise concerns about the kind of access that government actors may have had to user data on this well-known network.
The history of an explosive partnership between two strong forces is revealed by Taibbi.
Following the Russia-related incident, Democratic leaders from key congressional committees encouraged Facebook and Twitter to treat Russian influence seriously.
Democrats launched a high-profile campaign to persuade the internet titans to act decisively after learning that Russian penetration of their platforms was modest. This pressure campaign is still going strong as they push for accountability and better security measures, with media partners offering further motivation.
Twitter and Facebook had no choice but to submit to the demands of the intelligence community, which led to a total surrender.
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“Screenshots of emails from Twitter’s former Vice President, Global Public Policy & Philanthropy, Colin Crowell, and Twitter’s former legal head, Vijaya Gadde, confirm that Twitter had been in contact with Facebook and agreed that the best public relations strategy was to say nothing on record and to issue a statement bringing them “closer to Facebook, their vulnerabilities on this issue, and the follow-up stories on Russia.”
Following Twitter’s report that identified and terminated 2,700 questionable accounts, Senator Mark Warner of Virginia, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, sharply criticized the social media platform. Senator Warner thought that these steps did not go far enough, calling them “frankly inadequate on every level.” during his news conference addressing this matter. Of that group, 229 were eliminated for connections with potential Russian sources.
“Warner has political incentive to keep this issue at the top of the news, maintain pressure on us and rest of industry to keep producing material for them.”
