Journalist Matt Taibbi eviscerated Twitter and other social and mainstream media outlets during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, saying their collusion with the federal government o…
Journalist Matt Taibbi eviscerated Twitter and other social and mainstream media outlets during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Thursday, saying their collusion with the federal government over “disinformation” had created “a form of digital McCarthyism” in the 21st century.
Taibbi — who along with fellow reporters Michael Shellenberger and Bari Weiss was granted access last year to Twitter’s internal communications by CEO Elon Musk — said his “Twitter Files” investigation revealed that the social media giant collaborated with the US government “to turn the internet into an instrument of censorship and social control” as part of an “anti-disinformation” push.
Taibbi said the so-called “Twitter Files” found the government’s actions pose a “grave threat to people of all political persuasions.”Taibbi noted that a similar tactic was followed regarding the so-called “lab leak theory” for the origins of COVID-19. And these disinformation efforts may have serious consequences for those seeking to do business online, Taibbi pointed out.
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