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That was certainly the case with Twitter. It came out during the congressional hearings. FBI had a direct line to the decision makers.
by starik36 1y ago
That was certainly the case with Twitter. It came out during the congressional hearings. FBI had a direct line to the decision makers.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> was certainly the case with Twitter It was not. No threats were made, and Twitter didn’t blindly follow the FBI’s guidance. The simple truth is the leftist elements that wanted to control the debate were there in the White House and in Twitter’s San Francisco offices. Nobody had to be coerced, they were coördinating.
- brokencode 1y agoA direct line to threaten decision makers? Or to point out possible misinformation spreaders?
- starik36 1y agoThreaten. Because of the implication.
- JumpCrisscross 1y ago> Because of the implication What was the implication? Twitter had no business in front of the federal government. They were wilfully complying. That doesn't make it okay. But it's a total retconning of actual history to suggest this was government censorship in any form.
- dotnet00 1y agoMusk owned Twitter for years of the Biden admin, at least one year of that was him openly simping for Trump. So... what sort of threat was this, that suddenly disappeared when Musk bought it? How credible was the threat if Musk was able to release the Twitter Files without repercussions from the Biden admin?
- starik36 1y agoThe Twitter files happened before Elon. He stopped it once he got in. And the implication of repercussions were for employees that were in charge of removing content. Not for the head honchos.
- dotnet00 1y agoWhat were those repercussions? Besides just being fired for not doing what their employer wanted (indicating complicity from the company rather than pressure from the government)?
- brokencode 1y agoDo you think Elon would ever shut up about it if he was getting threatened by Biden and the FBI?
- starik36 1y agoIt was before Elon.