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Why was the FBI paying Twitter millions of dollars?

By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net | December 20, 2022 The latest batch of Twitter Files, released by independent journalist Michael Shellenberger on December 19, revealed that the FBI paid Twitter millions of dollars to process the bureau’s requests. “I am happy to report we have collected $3,415,323 since October 2019!” wrote an employee at Twitter’s Safety, … … Continue reading →

Released files reveal how FBI grilled Twitter

RT | December 19, 2022 Twitter’s former safety chief has said he was baffled when the FBI grilled the company over assessed foreign influence threats on the platform, the latest trove of documents released by journalist Matt Taibbi and Twitter owner Elon Musk shows. According to excerpts from internal communications that were published on Sunday, […]

Two-Thirds of Voters Believe Social Media Engaged in Politically-Motivated Censorship and Demand Congressional Action

By Jonathan Turley | December 17, 2022 The December Harvard CAPS / Harris Poll is out this week and Mark Penn and his colleagues have some interesting results to share. Despite the refusal of many in the media to cover the Twitter files, nearly two-thirds of voters believe Twitter shadow-banned users and engaged in political censorship during the […]

You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It

John Whitehead “He sees you when you’re sleeping He knows when you’re awake He knows when you’ve been bad or good So be good for goodness’ sake!” “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town” You’d better watch out—you’d better not pout—you’d better not cry—‘cos I’m telling you why: this Christmas, it’s the Surveillance State that’s making …

Bashing Federal Censorship and Ballot-rigging on Chicago Radio

Dan Proft and I had fun smacking around federal censors on his Chicago Morning Answer AM560 Radio Show this morn. Sad to see how quickly the standards for reliable elections have fallen in this nation. And we still have Biden yelping about “Jim Crow 2.0.” Interview spurred by my New York Post piece, “Twitter Files […]
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Thumping Federal Censors on Philly Radio

Philadelphia conservative dynamo Rich Zeoli had me back on his 1210 WPHT talk show today to discuss federal censorship and its role in the 2020 elections.  Pennsylvania was a key swing state for Biden and the state saw several lawsuits and quirky court rulings on mail-in ballots.   We didn’t even get to the Fetterman campaign […]
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State Attorneys General tell Twitter to preserve censorship evidence

By Dan Frieth | Reclaim The Net | December 14, 2022 Missouri’s Attorney General Eric Schmitt who, together with Louisiana’s Attorney General Jeff Landry, filed a lawsuit alleging collusion between the federal government and social media companies to censor certain speech, sent a letter to Twitter asking for the preservation of evidence related to communications between the company and […]

New York Post: Federal Censors Made 2020 Mail-in Ballots Sacred

New York Post, December 13, 2022 Twitter Files reveal how federal censors made mail-in ballots sacred — boosting Biden By James Bovard Elon Musk’s Twitter Truth Squad is exposing the FBI’s role in suppressing free speech before the 2020 election. But the FBI was practically a bit player in a far greater federal conspiracy to […]