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Meta Refuses to Answer Questions on Gaza Censorship, Says Sens Warren and Sanders (Intercept, The)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 12:37Elon Musk Fought Government Surveillance—While Profiting Off Government Surveillance (Intercept, The)
Submitted by zwalker@benton.org on Thu, 03/28/2024 - 12:35Reps. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Jim Jordan (R-OH) Killed Mass Surveillance Reform in 2020. Will They Do It Again? (Intercept, The)
Submitted by dclay@benton.org on Mon, 01/23/2023 - 15:05Twitter Aided the Pentagon in its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign
Twitter executives have claimed for years that the company makes concerted efforts to detect and thwart government-backed covert propaganda campaigns on its platform. Behind the scenes, however, the company provided direct approval and internal protection to the US military’s network of social media accounts and online personas, whitelisting a batch of accounts at the request of the government. The Pentagon has used this network, which includes US government-generated news portals and memes, in an effort to shape opinion in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, and beyond.