A consistent theme of the #TwitterFiles has been concrete evidence that Russiagate headlines were manufactured by politicians and media — the thread blows up the absurd #ReleaseTheMemo panic stoked by Sen Feinstein, Sen Blumenthal, and Adam Schiff, among others.

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1. TWITTER FILES: Supplemental
More Adam Schiff Ban Requests,
and "Deamplification"

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3.The real issue was Donald Trump retweeted the Biden pic. To its credit Twitter refused to remove it, with Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth saying it had obvious “humorous intent” and “any reasonable observer” - apparently, not a Schiff staffer - could see it was doctored.

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4. Schiff staffer Jeff Lowenstein didn’t give up, claiming there was a “slippery slope concern here.”

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5. Twitter also refused requests for bans of content about Schiff and his staff, e.g. “complete suppress[ion of] any and all search results about Mr. Misko and other Committee staffers.” Twitter said this would not be “conceivable.”

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7.Twitter policy at the time didn’t ban QAnon, but “deamplified” such accounts. About the batch of tweets that included those above, Twitter execs wrote: “We can internally confirm that a number of the accounts flagged are already included in this deamplification.”

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8. Schiff’s office had a concern about “deamplification,” though: it might make it harder for law enforcement to track the offending Tweeters.

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9. “WE APPRECIATE GREATLY”
“We are curious whether any deamplification measures implemented by Twitter’s enforcement team – which we appreciate greatly – could… impede the ability of law enforcement to search Twitter for potential threats about Misko and other HPSCI staff.”

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Twitter had no editorial input. Searches were carried out by third parties, so the documents could be limited.

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The office of Adam Schiff often asked Twitter to take down tweets on the grounds that they were "QAnon related" activity, but see above - they were often just run-of-the-mill political criticism:

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The office of Adam Schiff said they "appreciate greatly" Twitter's efforts to deamplify certain accounts, but worried such shadow bans might "impede the ability of law enforcement" to search for certain accounts:

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What Ted Lieu leaves out is that the DOJ indicted 12 individuals they knew would never show up in court, but had to drop two related cases of companies that did fight back, rather than go through discovery:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/16/us/politics/concord-case-russian-interference.html

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Also my story wasn’t about 2016 or the GRU. It was about the grossly dishonest campaign by your congressional colleagues to depict the #ReleaseTheMemo hashtag as driven by Russian influence. Care to address the actual story?

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Congressman, I’m an American citizen, I love my country, and accusing me of repeating “Kremlin talking points” when I report something you find inconvenient is beyond reprehensible. You and your sleazy red-baiting pals in congress should be ashamed.

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