“Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other companies developed a formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government, from the FBI, DHS, HHS, DOD, the Global Engagement Center at State, even the CIA. For every government agency scanning Twitter, there were perhaps twenty quasi-private entities doing the same thing,” stated award-winning journalist Matt Taibbi during a Congressional hearing on the Twitter Files.
Journalist Details the Extent of Government Interference During Congressional Hearing
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