Latest Twitter Files shows CIA, FBI have spent years meddling in content moderation
A Christmas Eve "Twitter Files" from independent journalist Matt Taibbi reveals how the platform has frequently bowed to government and political pressure.
The CIA has been meddling in Twitter’s internal content moderation for years, according to the latest dispatches from Elon Musk’s “Twitter Files” — which also revealed “mountains of insistent moderation demands” from the Democratic National Committee, but not from the GOP.
Two separate threads in the ongoing Elon Musk-sponsored deep dive into the social media’s internal documents were released Saturday by independent journalist Matt Taibbi, documenting how the platform has frequently bowed to government and political pressure.-- More...