Twitter Files author Taibbi slams Dem congressman after accusation of ‘gaslighting’ Americans

Substack writer and journalist Matt Taibbi accused the authors of the Twitter files of “gaslighting” Americans by tweeting emails detailing interactions between the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the social media giant. After denouncing it, I wrote back to California Democrat Rep. Ted Lieu.

“.@elonmusk @mtaibbi @ShellenbergerMD is gaslighting you with a misleading ‘Twitter file’ post. This is the truth. 1. The FBI’s Foreign Influence Task Force shares threat indicators with businesses. That’s good. 2. Decide what the company should do with that information,” Liu said Wednesday.

“Members of Congress, why is the ‘Foreign Influence’ Task Force sending Excel spreadsheets full of joke tweets from low-follower accounts in Maryland, Kentucky, and Ohio? Why FITF? Are you spending so much time reviewing domestic speech?” Taibi said on Saturday.

Taibbi’s response comes after he released a new version of Twitter Files, outlining Twitter’s previous interactions with “other government agencies.”

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According to Taibbi, the “other government agency” is the Central Intelligence Agency.

“The files show that the FBI acts as the doorman for a vast program of social media surveillance and censorship that encompasses agencies across the federal government, from the State Department to the Pentagon to the CIA,” Taibi said. said in a tweet.

Previously, Taibbi tweeted multiple internal files between Twitter employees and FBI employees as part of the sixth installment of Twitter Files.

“Hello Twitter contacts, the FBI San Francisco is hereby notifying you of the accounts below that may violate Twitter’s Terms of Service through actions or omissions deemed appropriate within Twitter’s policies,” it said. An FBI employee wrote in an email on November 10th.

In the email, FBI officials cited several Twitter accounts that may have violated the social media company’s terms of service.

A Twitter employee responded that three of the four accounts had been suspended, and asked someone else at the company to confirm a fourth account flagged by the FBI as “possible misinformation of citizens.” I asked you to

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Taibbi said one of the accounts tweeted on November 8.

In one of the emails Taibbi shared, the FBI’s San Francisco office’s “Public Sector Engagement Squad” notified Twitter employees of “account activity” that “may violate Twitter’s terms of service.” indicates that

Another tweet flagged by the FBI read, “Americans please vote today. Democrats please vote Wednesday 9th.”

FBI Officials Tell Fox News They Didn’t ask twitter It said employees should “take action” on the information provided, and that this information was provided to help Twitter employees decide whether to take action. .

“To protect our platform and protect our customers, we are providing you with the ability to take any action we deem appropriate under our terms of service, but we will not direct you to take action or I never ask for it.

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In a statement shared with Fox News, an FBI spokesperson said, “Communications between the FBI and Twitter represent a traditional, long-standing, ongoing federal effort involving numerous companies across multiple sectors and industries. It’s just an example of government and private sector involvement.As evidenced by communications, the FBI provides the private sector with vital information so they can protect themselves and their clients.”

“The men and women of the FBI work every day to protect the American people. It’s a shame,” the spokesperson added.

Fox News’ Jake Gibson contributed to this report.