33.One brief report, sent right after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine early last year, flagged major Russian outlets like Vedomosti and Gazeta.ru. Note the language about “state actors” fits Twitter’s internal guidance.

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35. They were even warned about publicity surrounding a book by former Ukraine prosecutor Viktor Shokhin, who alleged “corruption by the U.S. government” – specifically by Joe Biden.

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36. By the weeks before the election in 2020, Twitter was so confused by the various streams of incoming requests, staffers had to ask the FBI which was which:

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37. “I APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE FOR YOUR WORK LOAD”: Requests poured in from FBI offices all over the country, day after day, hour after hour: If Twitter didn’t act quickly, questions came: “Was action taken?” “Any movement?”

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38. Wrote senior attorney Stacia Cardille: “My in-box is really f--- up at this point.”

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39. It all led to the situation described by us two weeks ago, in which Twitter was paid $3,415,323, essentially for being an overwhelmed subcontractor.

Twitter wasn’t just paid. For the amount of work they did for government, they were underpaid.

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New #TwitterFiles thread includes Adam Schiff seeking a ban of journalist Paul Sperry, “OGA” warnings about former Ukraine prosecutor Viktor Shokhin’s book, and how the FBI acted as “belly button for the USG”:

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I’m quoting an FBI agent…

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Note: there was belief at Twitter that the State Department agency GEC was pushing Mike Pompeo’s complaints about China/COVID. How true that was is still a somewhat open question, but execs for sure believed there were “major risks” in working with GEC with an election ahead.

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When Republicans do bad things, MSNBC does 24-7 coverage & Fox omits any mention of it.

When Dems do bad things, Fox does 24-7 coverage & MSNBC omits any mention of it.

The democracy crisis is a media that suppresses info based on partisan motive.

https://www.levernews.com/the-partisan-ghost-in-the-media-machine/

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This is a heartfelt and important piece about problems in the news landscape. The system values tribal loyalty over truth and as a result stories that go against narrative, like the Lever’s Southwest reporting, don’t reach audiences who most need to hear them near enough. twitter.com/davidsirota/st…

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I looked up which party the censorship requests came from. I originally assumed both parties were involved, but that's not the case. Democrats are extremely enthusiastic about censorship, while Republicans are more likely to sue Twitter for censorship.

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How interesting that this is coming out now. Will the Washington Post address the countless stories they wrote hyping Russian influence on the 2016 race? The Pulitzer they won for such coverage?

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/01/09/russian-trolls-twitter-had-little-influence-2016-voters/

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