At the very least, we need more transparency about moderation. Yet, when Alex Stamos, of Stanford University’s Internet Observatory, asked Musk to allow not just handpicked journalists but academic researchers to inspect the data, Musk dismissed him on thethat “you operate a propaganda platform”. Musk seems more interested in being seen to “own the libs” than in opening up Twitter’s inner workings.
The most worrying issue the Twitter Files have exposed is the level of contact between the social media company and state security organisations. The FBI regularly holds meetings with Twitter executives, pressuring them to take action against “misinformation”, even when this amounted to little more than a satirical tweet, and demanding the personal data of users. Twitter, to its credit, often.
Equally unhealthy is the response of many liberals who have become sanguine about the work of the security apparatus. There has been a remarkable partisan shift in American attitudes towards the FBI, with a huge swing infor the organisation. Many now view the FBI as an essential weapon against populism. Many seem to have forgotten the sordid history of the FBI in undermining radical movements from unions to civil rights organisations.
Twitter, we are constantly told, is not real life. That’s true. But, like all social media, it plays an inordinately large role in real life, a private company that has become an intimate part of the global public square. We need to keep that public square as open as possible. That is why the revelations of the Twitter Files matter. And that is why we need to understand their significance beyond the clamour of the culture wars.
Law enforcement monitor all sorts of communications to confront organised crime, how is this a surprise? Are people seriously arguing an unregulated, unmonitored free for all is conducive to freedom? Perhaps freedom for far right extremists to organise unchecked…
Yeah nah. All that’s come out was what Twitter said they were doing, we just got exposed to the workings of a business trying to keep up with internet safety and legislative requirements. Perfectly? No, but they were trying, and doing a better job than I had realised.
Well, the Guardian has balls after all? Thank you. I don't agree with your take on it but thank you.
This all smells like a repeat of the Podesta or Hillary Clinton's emails. I really wonder who Eloony Musk is working for? Who wants to bet he will hype this up before the next election?
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