Need proof that the U.S. government pressures big tech to censor our speech?

We are officially living in an upside-down world in which our own government and intelligence communities spread disinformation abroad and, through major tech platforms, target speech (by ordinary Americans and experts alike) which contradicts what they deem to be the preferred narrative. Around all the most important topics to us all - war, democracy & elections, corruption, COVID - they work behind the scenes to throttle any legitimate debate.

Here I cover my thoughts and takeaways from the latest 3 drops of the Twitter Files, which include:

Part 8: How Twitter Quietly Aided the Pentagon’s Covert Online PsyOp Campaign (reported by Lee Fang)
- This story exposes the DoD working in conjunction with Twitter to cover their tracks around their own disinformation/propoganda campaign around the world (via fake accounts set up by the Pentagon)

Part 9: Twitter & ‘Other Government Agencies’ (reported by Matt Taibbi)
- This story shows the level of pressure applied by the CIA, along with the broader IC, on Twitter to “do something about” massive lists of accounts and tweets they provided to Twitter and claimed looked like foreign influence. Spoiler alert: They provided no evidence, they simply dumped their naughty lists to Twitter and pressured them to “take action” against those accounts and tweets, which all happened to question or factually contradict U.S. State preferred narratives.

Part 10: How Twitter Rigged the COVID Debate (reported by David Zweig)
1. By censoring info that was true but inconvenient to the covid debate
2. By discrediting doctors & other experts who disagreed
3. By suppressing ordinary users, including some sharing the CDC’s own data

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