As we told you a federal judge blocked the Biden administration from colluding with Big Tech for the purposes of censoring people.
Matt Taibbi has just posted a new Twitter Files, exposing exactly why the judge issued this injunction. In short, the FBI moved to get three accounts banned by Twitter on a whim. And Twitter quickly acquiesced.
1. TWITTER FILES: Missouri v. Biden edition
"Thank you for your ongoing collaboration!" pic.twitter.com/nnFrQOr3Bi— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023
2. After a controversial decision in the Missouri v. Biden lawsuit, here are a few docs from the Twitter Files, illustrating what the Attorneys General meant when they claimed a “Censorship Enterprise” exists. pic.twitter.com/UdLbbl6Zmb
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023
3. Judge Terry Doughty in his ruling said the government “significantly encouraged” and “coerced” tech platforms into censoring content. What might “significant encouragement” look like? pic.twitter.com/HM7qAeIJ0U
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023
4. Here’s the whole scheme, in one picture: pic.twitter.com/WbZqoV0EmZ
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023
Below is the full screenshot that didn’t show in Taibbi’s post above:
Taibbi continues:
6. But, you say, it’s not an order, just the FBI passing along helpful info. Or is it? In this case Twitter had a “tooling” error and the ordered suspension never took place. Upset, the senior FBI man sent a WTF letter two weeks later: pic.twitter.com/afnWL34H7f
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023
7. In essence, he reminds Twitter he wrote a letter two weeks ago and asks to know why the accounts are still up. Twitter apologizes and quickly moves to “fix the glitch,” as they say in Office Space. pic.twitter.com/t51FKo8juW
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023
8. It later came out that Twitter wasn't even sure the accounts were malign. One of the three came from Canada. They were suspended anyway. pic.twitter.com/cZOWMWtTYa
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023
9. Is this sequence showing a censorship demand from a de facto superior, or just a polite ask from a pal?
You can judge for yourself.
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) July 11, 2023