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Nonilex

#GiftArticle

Everything Is the ‘#TwitterFiles’ Now

The #State Dept is using #ElonMusk’s playbook.

by Charlie Warzel

“Let’s be clear about what’s really happening here. A high-ranking member of the #Trump administration is turning federal-government #data—in this case, State Department communications—into a political weapon against perceived ideological enemies.”

#DarrenBeattie #ConspiracyTheories #disinformation #law #privacy #InfoSec #RevengePolitics #FirstAmendment
theatlantic.com/technology/arc

The Atlantic · Everything Is the 'Twitter Files' NowBy Charlie Warzel
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Nonilex

For several people who received or saw the document, the broad requests for unredacted information felt like a “witch hunt,”…one that could put the #privacy & #security of numerous individuals & organizations at risk.

Beattie, whom #Trump appointed in Feb to be the acting undersecretary for #public #diplomacy, told #State Dept ofcls that his goal…was a “#TwitterFiles” like release of internal State Dept documents “to rebuild trust with the American public”….

#law#RevengePolitics
william.maggos

The shutdown of #USAID feels similar to the #TwitterFiles. The organization has a long history of helping cover for #CIA operations, but I'm sure it also does a ton of good. Depending on your news sources, you're getting a very biased view of what they did. Why they are so important vs why they were so corrupt. Also whether it can be legally shut down the way it seems to be happening. And AFAIK only Elon and his friends have access to related secret docs and are spinning the reporting on them.

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⚯ Michel de Cryptadamus ⚯

the #MAGAts have discovered that public government databases are public and are having a field day pawing through data they don't understand to accuse people they don't know of committing crimes they also don't understand (specifically "money laundering" is the new bogeyman).

here's #BillAckman declaring it obviously corrupt that political offices subscribe to a political news service via money from #USAID (except, of course, the data he's looking at makes it extremely clear the money is not from USAID).

it's very clear where this is going: #ElonMusk and co. are going to get ahold of #CIA and #FBI internal records and use them to gin up outrage akin to the #TwitterFiles nonsense and then use that as an excuse to kill the agencies.

"Everything is a conspiracy when you don't know how anything works."

p.s. wait til they find out how much money the government spends on subscriptions to newspapers...

x.com/BillAckman/status/188715

#moneylaundering#disinfo#Trump
GENKI

> 欧州連合は #X にアルゴリズムに関するドキュメントの引き渡しを命令
> 欧州委員会は #X がコンテンツをどのように調整・増幅するかに関する情報へのアクセスを要求

ft.com/content/a6dc562c-4fa0-4

この要求が実現したらイーロン・マスクが #Twitter 買収したあとにやってた #TwitterFiles よりえげつない #XFiles が出てきそう :tony_smirking:

Financial Times · Brussels orders X to hand over documents on algorithmBy Javier Espinoza
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FinchHaven sfba

@Richard_Littler

This 2022 manifesto by #JackDorsey is instructive:

"a native internet protocol for social media ~ Jack Dorsey
December 14, 2022 ~ ABN"

"There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified.

I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe ... based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:

1) Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.

2) Only the original author may remove content they produce.

3) Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice."

"The biggest mistake I made was continuing to invest in building tools for us to manage the public conversation, versus building tools for the people using Twitter to easily manage it for themselves.

This burdened the company with too much power, and opened us to significant outside pressure (such as advertising budgets)."

Here: americanbuddhist.net/2022/12/1

cc @thisismissem

American Buddhist Net · a native internet protocol for social media ~ Jack Dorsey[All of the below is Dorsey’s blog on how he thinks Twitter and social media should be operated. I have bolded some sections in addition to the few places he bolded. I completely agree with w…
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Kevin Leecaster

@GottaLaff
Speaking of fake environmentalists using their past association with actual people that care about our planet in order to gaslight for the highest bidder, Shillenberger of recent #TwitterFiles fame is on the lam from Brazilian authorities because apparently he didn't know that it's not as legal to spread lies there as it is in the USA.
brasilwire.com/brazilian-lawye

BRASILWIRE · Brazilian lawyer exposes deceit at heart of "Twitter Files"  - BRASILWIREAn interview with Estela Aranha, who forced Michael Shellenberger to apologize after exposing  his manipulation of data to build a false narrative about “totalitarian” Brazil By Brian Mier On April 3,  Michael Shellenberger tweeted a series of excerpts from emails by X executives dubbed, “Twitter Files Brazil”, which alleged to expose crimes by Brazilian Supreme […]
gtbarry

Twitter security staff kept firm in compliance by disobeying Musk, FTC says

FTC staff deposed former Twitter employees and "learned that the access provided to the third-party individuals turned out to be more limited than the individuals' tweets and other public reporting had indicated"

#FTC #LinaKhan #twitter #socialmedia #TwitterFiles #x #security #elon #musk #elonmusk #elno #spacekaren #technology #tech

arstechnica.com/tech-policy/20

Ars Technica · Twitter security staff kept firm in compliance by disobeying Musk, FTC saysLina Khan: Musk demanded "actions that would have violated the FTC's Order."
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FinchHaven sfba

@flancian

Read this by #JackDorsey and make up your own mind

Or do #Fascists always have to carry fasces to register with you?

"a native internet protocol for social media ~ Jack Dorsey
December 14, 2022 ~ ABN"

"There’s a lot of conversation around the #TwitterFiles. Here’s my take, and thoughts on how to fix the issues identified

I’ll start with the principles I’ve come to believe…based on everything I’ve learned and experienced through my past actions as a Twitter co-founder and lead:

1) Social media must be resilient to corporate and government control.
2) Only the original author may remove content they produce.
3) Moderation is best implemented by algorithmic choice"

Power in the sole control of corporations

And Nazis, or Fascists

Sounds pretty "Fascist" to me

Here: americanbuddhist.net/2022/12/1

cc @Ulrich_the_Elder @tchambers @activitypubblueskybridge

American Buddhist Net · a native internet protocol for social media ~ Jack Dorsey[All of the below is Dorsey’s blog on how he thinks Twitter and social media should be operated. I have bolded some sections in addition to the few places he bolded. I completely agree with w…
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