Latest Twitter Files Reveal Biden Admin Push Against ‘Disinformation’

Dillon BurroughsDecember 26, 2022

The Recent Twitter Files The release shows that Biden Administration pressed social media platforms to suppress the alleged COVID “disinformation” While promoting the White House’s preferred messaging.

The Monday Updates were in the form of a series tweets. Free Press reporter David Zweig.

The federal government reportedly “rigged” The COVID Debate “By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to U.S. govt. policy,” As well as “discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed,” And “ordinary users,” According to Zweig.

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THE TWITTER FILE: HOW TWITTER RIGED THE COVID DEBATE

– By Information that was true, but not convenient for the U.S. government, was censored Policy
– By Doctors and other experts who are not in agreement with you should be discredited
– By suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the CDC’s *own data*

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

1. THREAD:

THE TWITTER FILES: HOW TWITTER RIGGED THE COVID DEBATE

– By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to U.S. govt. policy
– By discrediting doctors and other experts who disagreed
– By suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the CDC’s *own data*

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

The Officials from both the Government and Civil Service were subject to pressure to suppress COVID information while elevating a preferred narrative. Trump And Biden administrations.

“Internal files at Twitter that I viewed while on assignment for @thefp showed that both the Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes,” Zweig tweeted.

5. Internal files at Twitter These are the things I saw during my assignment @thefp It was shown that both the Trump And Biden Administrations directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes.

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

5. Internal files at Twitter that I viewed while on assignment for @thefp showed that both the Trump and Biden administrations directly pressed Twitter executives to moderate the platform’s pandemic content according to their wishes.

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

Zweig Later evidence showed that the push for COVID information wasn’t limited to this area. Twitter.

“It wasn’t just Twitter. The meetings with the Trump White House were also attended by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others,” He also tweeted a screenshot of each company involved.

7. It wasn’t just Twitter. The Meetings with the Trump White House Also attended were Google, Facebook, Microsoft Others. pic.twitter.com/OgOrRxBBBW

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

7. It wasn’t just Twitter. The meetings with the Trump White House were also attended by Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others. pic.twitter.com/OgOrRxBBBW

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

The Twitter Files also cited examples of suppression by bots — automated intelligence that flagged certain content — while also outsourcing moderation to workers in faraway locations like the Philippines.

The Workers who are contracted “in places like the Philippines, also moderated content. They were given decision trees to aid in the process, but tasking non experts to adjudicate tweets on complex topics like myocarditis and mask efficacy data was destined for a significant error rate,” Zweig documented.

16. SecondContractors, in places such as the PhilippinesModerated content is also available. They They were provided with decision trees to assist in the process. However, the task of asking non-experts to judge tweets on complicated topics such as myocarditis or mask efficacy data was bound to lead to a high error rate. pic.twitter.com/lTISX00mo7

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

16. Second, contractors, in places like the Philippines, also moderated content. They were given decision trees to aid in the process, but tasking non experts to adjudicate tweets on complex topics like myocarditis and mask efficacy data was destined for a significant error rate pic.twitter.com/lTISX00mo7

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

In In some cases, even users citing the content were not allowed to be used. Centers For Disease Control And Prevention’s (CDC) own data. In The example was cited by ZweigA bot flagged the tweet initially, and the post received many replies. “tattles,” Referring to reports made by other users.

The Data was correct, specifically referring to CDC information. However, it was flagged for being misleading.

“Tellingly, the tweet by @KelleyKga that was labeled ‘Misleading’ was a reply to a tweet that contained actual misinformation,” Zweig wrote.

27. TellinglyThe tweet by @KelleyKga This was marked “Misleading” A reply to a tweet containing actual misinformation.

Covid Children have never been most at risk from dying from illness. Yet The tweet will remain on the platform without any changes. “misleading” label. pic.twitter.com/vK5NpWg8KT

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

27. Tellingly, the tweet by @KelleyKga that was labeled “Misleading” was a reply to a tweet that contained actual misinformation.

Covid has never been the leading cause of death from disease in children. Yet that tweet remains on the platform, and without a “misleading” label. pic.twitter.com/vK5NpWg8KT

— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022

In summary, Zweig Uncovered “countless instances of tweets labeled as ‘misleading’ or taken down entirely, sometimes triggering account suspensions, simply because they veered from CDC guidance or differed from establishment views,” He wrote.

The Free Press journalist’s investigative account follows the previous Twitter Files Update from a journalist Matt Taibbi Who reported Saturday U.S. intelligence agencies provided intelligence reports to the social media company raising concerns about foreign interference by flagging users, posts and posts. Ukraine “propaganda,” COVID vaccines, plus many other products.

Journalist Matt Taibbi The excerpts were shared in a thread that responded to the FBI defending As “traditional” And “longstanding” It corresponds with Twitter Faced with concerns that the bureau was trying hard to force social media companies to censor content,

“Many people wonder if Internet platforms receive direction from intelligence agencies about moderation of foreign policy news stories. It appears Twitter did, in some cases by way of the” FBI and its Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), Taibbi said. “These reports are far more factually controversial than domestic counterparts,” He added.