Substack writer Matt Taibbi published a lengthy Twitter thread about the censorship ecosystem ahead of his testimony before the House Judiciary Subcommittee.
Independent journalist Matt Taibbi directly addressed Ranking Member Stacey Plaskett in his opening statement during the House Judiciary Hearing on the Twitter files.put the"censorship-industrial complex" in a preview of his contentious testimony about his reporting on the Twitter Files.
Taibbi noted one"disinfo" list in particular that was labeled"Iranian State Linked Accounts" which included an Iraq War veteran, a former Chicago Sun-Times reporter and the progressive news outlet Truthout. Others targeted"anti-Ukraine narratives" last year. "Who’s in the Censorship-Industrial Complex? Twitter in 2020 helpfully compiled a list for a working group set up in 2020. The National Endowment for Democracy, the Atlantic Council’s DFRLab, and Hamilton 68’s creator, the Alliance for Securing Democracy, are key," he explained, adding,"NGOs ideally serve as a check on corporations and the government. Not long ago, most of these institutions viewed themselves that way.
Twitter owner Elon Musk conducted a Twitter poll on whether Congress should approve a $1.7 trillion government spending bill. He then shared a screenshot of the Virality Project's recommendation to Big Tech on cracking down on"true content" that may promote vaccine hesitancy, which stated"viral posts of individuals expressing vaccine hesitancy, or stories of true vaccine side effects" may be considered"malinformation," defined as being exaggerated or misleading, instead of misinformation.
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