Tag: Twitter

FBI’s Suppression of Speech on Twitter Calls for Congressional Investigation: FBI Veteran

The FBI’s efforts to limit the free expression of speech on Twitter calls for a “thorough investigation” from the new Congress in January, according to longtime bureau agent Marc Ruskin. The fact that the FBI is flagging accounts for Twitter to take action against, as shown in the sixth batch of Twitter disclosures, seems a…


Capitol Report: J6 Committee Asks DOJ to Prosecute Trump; TSA Facial Recognition Expansion

The Final hearing of the January 6th panel—how does former President Trump react as the committee formally asks the Justice Department to prosecute him? We sit down with Trump Junior to hear his take on The Twitter Files—Elon Musk’s exposure of how the platform intentionally muzzled conservative voices. To look at how certain fractures within…


New Twitter Files Show FBI Tried to ‘Discredit’ Information About Hunter Biden Laptop

The seventh installment of the Elon Musk-endorsed “Twitter Files” was released Monday morning, showing there was an “organized effort” by federal law enforcement agents to target social media and news companies that reported on the explosive 2020 Hunter Biden laptop report. “In Twitter Files #7, we present evidence pointing to an organized effort by representatives…


NTD News Today (Dec. 19): FBI Pressures Twitter on State Propaganda; CIA Director: TikTok Is ‘Genuinely Troubling’

A new Twitter Files thread takes a deeper dive into how the FBI pushed Twitter executives to greater action against so-called “propaganda” from foreign actors. The director of the CIA is warning about the dangers and risks posed by TikTok. He is highlighting the Chinese regime’s control over the social media platform. Expectations are building…


Majority Vote ‘Yes’ for Elon Musk to Step Down as Head of Twitter

Expectations are building that Elon Musk will step down as CEO of Twitter after a poll that he launched and vowed to “abide by” showed the majority voting “yes” to his departure from the helm of the social media giant. Musk launched the poll on Sunday, asking whether he should step down as head of…


Twitter Bans ‘Free Promotion’ of Other Social Media Platforms, Then Loosens New Rule

Twitter announced on Dec. 18 that it will no longer allow for “free promotion” of certain social media platforms on the site, including Facebook and Truth Social, before appearing to make a U-turn on the decision. The announcement came shortly after Twitter suspended the accounts of several corporate news reporters for allegedly violating the company’s policy against “doxxing.”…


Musk Launches Poll Asking If He Should Step Down From Twitter

Elon Musk launched a poll on Sunday asking: “Should I step down as head of Twitter? He added, “I will abide by the results of this poll.” Should I step down as head of Twitter? I will abide by the results of this poll. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 18, 2022 “As the saying goes, be careful…


Musk Launches Poll on Whether He Should Step Down as Twitter CEO

Twitter CEO Musk launched a poll on the social media platform on Sunday asking whether he should step down as head of the company, adding that he would abide by the poll results. The poll is scheduled to close around 6:20 a.m. ET on Monday although the billionaire did not give details on when he…


Elon Musk Criticizes Wikipedia Over Calling His Suspension of Journalists’ Accounts a ‘Massacre’

Elon Musk criticized Wikipedia after an article on the open-source platform characterized his temporary suspensions of several journalists’ accounts as the “Thursday Night Massacre.” “A two day suspension of maybe 7 accounts for doxxing got an actual Wikipedia page!? Wikipedia is controlled by the MSM [mainstream media] journalists,” Musk wrote on Twitter on Dec. 17….


Elon Musk’s Twitter Suspends Controversial Washington Post Journalist Taylor Lorenz

Elon Musk’s Twitter on Saturday evening suspended controversial Washington Post journalist Taylor Lorenz after he reinstated several other corporate news reporters for allegedly violating the company’s policy against “doxxing.” On Substack, Lorenz claimed that Musk, who took over Twitter in October, personally suspended her account. “Earlier tonight, Elon Musk suspended my Twitter account,” Lorenz wrote in…