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This is demonstrably false. As admitted by the government itself.

by imwillofficial 4y ago

laidoffamazon 4y ago
Can you quote what explicit pressure was applied?
- mindslight 4y ago
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- imwillofficial 4y ago
  Go read the twitter files drops
  - ModernMech 4y ago
    I did and I’m missing the pressure. No one can seem to point it out too; when asked they either say “read the files”, or “when the FBI asks you to do anything it’s automatically a threat.” Still waiting for maybe a link to one of the tweets at least that people find so problematic.
    - imwillofficial 4y ago
      I used to work for the FBI. Whenever I asked for something there was an understanding that it would happen. When is a question not a question?
      - ModernMech 4y ago
        Very curious about your perspective as you seem to be the only one so far here who has said they worked for the FBI. What role did you have? Has anyone ever said "no" to a request? Were those requests lawful or were you asking others to do illegal things? If you did ever get a "no", was it your job or did you know of others whose job it was to exact revenge or to otherwise illegally coerce compliance? According to the Twitter Files, Twitter itself said "no" to many requests. What was the ill-fate they met for saying "no" to the FBI? The way I see it, when you're a multibillion, multinational corporation that has a very powerful board of directors and an experienced legal team, saying "no" to a request from FBI is not only an option, it likely will have zero consequences. Other massive companies are able to say "no" to the FBI and are still in business. Does "come back with a warrant" not do the trick anymore?
        imwillofficial 4y ago
        I never saw any shady asks when I was there, but my field was different. Name dropping FBI got people to jump through whatever hoops 100% of the time. My bias may come from asking willing folks things that were legal. My point was simply that when you come in with that kind of authority, people often just follow orders and don’t push back. That’s a powerful stick to wield and should be wielded responsibly. In my review of the twitter files, this was not done in every case.

This is demonstrably false. As admitted by the government itself.

laidoffamazon 4y ago

Can you quote what explicit pressure was applied?

mindslight 4y ago
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imwillofficial 4y ago
Go read the twitter files drops
- ModernMech 4y ago
  I did and I’m missing the pressure. No one can seem to point it out too; when asked they either say “read the files”, or “when the FBI asks you to do anything it’s automatically a threat.” Still waiting for maybe a link to one of the tweets at least that people find so problematic.
  - imwillofficial 4y ago
    I used to work for the FBI. Whenever I asked for something there was an understanding that it would happen. When is a question not a question?
    - ModernMech 4y ago
      Very curious about your perspective as you seem to be the only one so far here who has said they worked for the FBI. What role did you have? Has anyone ever said "no" to a request? Were those requests lawful or were you asking others to do illegal things? If you did ever get a "no", was it your job or did you know of others whose job it was to exact revenge or to otherwise illegally coerce compliance? According to the Twitter Files, Twitter itself said "no" to many requests. What was the ill-fate they met for saying "no" to the FBI? The way I see it, when you're a multibillion, multinational corporation that has a very powerful board of directors and an experienced legal team, saying "no" to a request from FBI is not only an option, it likely will have zero consequences. Other massive companies are able to say "no" to the FBI and are still in business. Does "come back with a warrant" not do the trick anymore?
      - imwillofficial 4y ago
        I never saw any shady asks when I was there, but my field was different. Name dropping FBI got people to jump through whatever hoops 100% of the time. My bias may come from asking willing folks things that were legal. My point was simply that when you come in with that kind of authority, people often just follow orders and don’t push back. That’s a powerful stick to wield and should be wielded responsibly. In my review of the twitter files, this was not done in every case.