December 20, 2022 - 4:27 pm

TWITTER FILES PART 8…..THE PENTAGON PAPERS…..TWITTER AIDED THE PENTAGON IN ITS COVERT ONLINE PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN

Here is my reported piece w/more detail. I was given access to Twitter for a few days. I signed/agreed to nothing, Twitter had no input into anything I did or wrote. The searches were carried out by a Twitter attorney, so what I saw could be limited. Lee Fang

Internal documents show Twitter whitelisted CENTCOM accounts that were then used to run its online influence campaign abroad.

TWITTER EXECUTIVES HAVE claimed for years that the company makes concerted efforts to detect and thwart government-backed covert propaganda campaigns on its platform.

Behind the scenes, however, the social networking giant provided direct approval and internal protection to the U.S. military’s network of social media accounts and online personas, whitelisting a batch of accounts at the request of the government. The Pentagon has used this network, which includes U.S. government-generated news portals and memes, in an effort to shape opinion in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, and beyond.

The accounts in question started out openly affiliated with the U.S. government. But then the Pentagon appeared to shift tactics and began concealing its affiliation with some of these accounts — a move toward the type of intentional platform manipulation that Twitter has publicly opposed. Though Twitter executives maintained awareness of the accounts, they did not shut them down, but let them remain active for years. Some remain active.

https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/twitter-dod-us-military-accounts/

 

Posted by Kewl2 @ 4:27 pm :: Uncategorized
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  1. silverboom says:
    December 20, 2022 - 4:35 pm at 4:35 pm

    Glad to see this decision, but they are bastardos nonetheless.

  2. Kewl2 says:
    December 20, 2022 - 7:31 pm at 7:31 pm

    *How Twitter Quietly Aided the Pentagon’s Covert Online PsyOp Campaign*

    https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1605292454261182464.html

    Twitter thread for future research

  3. Kewl2 says:
    December 20, 2022 - 7:35 pm at 7:35 pm

    REACTION — SEAN DAVIS @seanmdav –> Twitter shadowbans me and half the @FDRLST staff for the crime of having accurately reported out the Russian collusion hoax, but has no problem whitelisting and amplifying the U.S. government’s illegal propaganda and psy-op efforts against the American people. Unreal.

  4. Kewl2 says:
    December 20, 2022 - 7:36 pm at 7:36 pm

    REACTION — Cris Touchdown Balding @BaldingsWorld –> Media can’t report on this story because then they have to report on themselves as accomplices with the IC on disinformation plays and censorship.