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2. My name is Andrew Lowenthal. For almost 18 years, I was Executive Director of @EngageMedia, an NGO devoted to protecting digital rights and freedoms. In recent years, I watched with concern and then despair as a dramatic change swept through my field.
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3. Organizations & peers began de-emphasizing freedom of expression, instead promoting surveillance & censorship to combat 'disinformation'. Here Automated Controversy Detection & the Center for an Informed Public boast of their online monitoring capabilities.
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4. I knew things were bad. When I started work on the #TwitterFiles, I learned: they're far worse. The Files show an uncanny alliance of academics, journalists, intelligence operatives, military personnel, government bureaucrats, NGO workers and more. Some I know personally.
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5. I had always understood "civil society" to mean "not the military." The former exists to check the latter. So I was shocked to see the depth of collaboration. For instance, "civil society" groups coordinating with Pentagon officials in an "election tabletop" exercise. Why?
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6. Also startling: Twitter emails and Slack communications suggesting heightened levels of data access for the military. Or military contractors like Mitre being part of the Aspen Institute's "Information Disorder" report along with NGO and academic colleagues.
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7. In a functioning democracy there’s dynamic tension between government, civil society organizations, news media, and industry, all advancing their own interests, in theory keeping one another honest. In the #TwitterFiles we find them all working together, cartel-style.
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8. In the #TwitterFiles, tech firms collaborate with each other, and the state. Companies organize "IndustrySynch," "Industry comms," "pre-sync," and "Multi-Party Information Sharing," collaborating on a "whole range" of subjects, from election security to state-media labeling.
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9. Tech companies not only collaborate on content, they gather regularly for "private sector engagement" with the FBI, DOD, DHS, House and Senate Intel Committees, and others, each agency getting its own meetings:
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10. Here Twitter staff ask for Twitter General Counsel (& former FBI Deputy General Counsel) Jim Baker's blessing for EIP and Virality Project partner Graphika to "inform their partners in USG 3-5 days before publication" of a report detailing Pentagon disinformation operations.
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11. Graphika receives money from the Pentagon, Navy, and Air Force, while simultaneously supporting human rights organizations such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. Working with both the perpetrators & those representing the victims is very 2023.
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12. During the War on Terror the DHS was harshly criticized by progressives for civil rights violations and targeting of Muslims. Now DHS sub-entities like CISA work closely with progressive tech. Here Twitter warmly welcomes a DHS/CISA staffer's job application.
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13. Other DHS staff such as Matt Masterson become fellows at the Stanford Internet Observatory and work on the Virality Project's censorship of "true stories of vaccine side effects." The revolving door between academia, government, NGO's and BigTech is endless.
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14. As reported by @shellenbergerMD, The Aspen Institute combined WaPo, NYT, Rollingstone, NBC, CNN, Twitter, Facebook, Stanford, and "anti-disinfo" NGOs like FirstDraft to practice an oddly prescient "hack and leak" exercise on the Hunter Biden laptop BEFORE its release.
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15. When the Hunter Biden laptop story broke, the existence of the recent tabletop exercise became instant important news - but the journalists who’d attended stayed mum, perhaps granting off-the-record privileges to the organizers.
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16. "We totally blew it on our Burisma tabletop this summer — we didn't have Trump announcing "Lock him up" until day *nine* of the Burisma information operation" writes Garret Graff, the Aspen Institute’s Director of Cyber Initiatives.
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17. "LOL! Ok, off the record, what's our working theory here of what happened?" replies Noah Shachtman, current Rolling Stone Editor-in-Chief.
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18. Last week Secretary of State Anthony Blinken was alleged to have instigated the "Russian" "hack" letter signed by 50 former intel officials. At RightsCon, civil society's biggest digital rights event, Blinken spoke on 'disinformation' with Nobel Prize winner Maria Ressa.
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19. See how it works? The people accusing others of "disinformation" RUN the biggest disinformation campaigns themselves.
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20. Anti-disinformation conferences teem with Beltway journalists - the same names from the Post, Times, Atlantic, and NBC, over and over - but these proto-censorship workshops are often off the record, like defense or intel confabs. Reporters are participants, not adversaries.
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21. The scale of funding is similarly beyond shocking. Governments and foundations pour millions - one company alone reportedly won $979 million from the Pentagon - into "anti-disinformation" firms and NGOs.
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22. Craig Newmark is reported to have given more than $200m to journalism projects, (by another estimate $338m) including the founding funds for the Stanford Internet Observatory.
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23. Whether it's the ADL with election miscreants, the Alethea Group counting China-linked accounts "amplifying known right-wing figures," or the Atlantic Council monitoring "opposition activity" around the Iran deal, the NGOs make blacklists of wrongthinkers:
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24. The #TwitterFiles are riddled with removal demands from opaque cut-out organizations like the Center for Countering Digital Hate, whose mysterious funding never troubles either Twitter execs or the reporters who transmit their demands.
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26. Industry folds, and all the people from these groups - the same names, over and over - get together for hors d'oeuvres at cozy conferences with NATO STRATCOM, the Center for European Policy Analysis, the Carnegie Endowment, etc. One big club.
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27. Here 12 Attorneys General ask Twitter to deplatform the 'disinformation dozen". Twitter jumps into action to help.
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28. Nor was I prepared to read bluntly Orwellian communications like Twitter's cheery "Visibility Filtering Year in Review" Newsletter, boasting of new innovations in "soft intervention" and the "Visibility Filtering Library."
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29. More surprising was the violation of commonly held privacy values. Meedan (one of Twitter’s 4 main 'anti-disinformation' partners on Covid) had an Omidyar funded project called CryptoChat that advocated peering into private, encrypted messages to weed out "misinformation".
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30. In a similar vein The Algorthmic Transparency Institute (a core Virality Project partner) conducted Stasi-style “civic listening” and “automated collection of data” from “closed messaging apps” to hunt down "problematic content" through its Junkipedia initiative.
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31. NGOs shill for corporate products. The Public Good Projects (a Twitter's COVID 'misinformation' partner) ran initiatives to "increase vaccine demand". @lhfang's #TwitterFiles revealed BioNTech sought Twitter's help to repress a vaccine equity campaign. https://theintercept.com/2023/01/16/twitter-covid-vaccine-pharma/ https://theintercept.com/2023/01/16/twitter-covid-vaccine-pharma/
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32. The story of the #TwitterFiles and the Censorship-Industrial Complex (CIC) is really the story of the collapse of public trust in experts and institutions, and how those experts struck back, by trying to pool their remaining influence into a political monopoly:
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33. In the #TwitterFiles we repeatedly see terms like "infodemic," "information pollution," and "information disorder," which express elite panic over the great technological explosion that has radically expanded the "contagion" of democratic participation.
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34. The Western "anti-disinformation" field, with its Government collaboration and calls for more state control over speech and expression, is betraying human rights activists around the world, who fight against online government repression.
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35. Let's put the "non-government" back into NGO and defund the "anti-disinformation" industry. After all, the information control shoe will one day be on the other foot.
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36. Read the full essay at https://www.racket.news/publish/post/115608327. With additional research from @mtaibbi and @bergerbell
@pepedownunder - Teresa
WHO pandemic treaty is cancelled! In rare win vs. Big Pharma…. WHO has backed down on proposed amendments for mandatory vaccines & lockdowns - Australian MP Malcom Roberts
@canindependent - The Canadian Independent
CPSO Withdraws Disciplinary Proceedings Against Very Outspoken Ontario Dr. Kulvinder Kaur Gill Who Opposed Covid Policies. Dr. Gill, a physician practicing in the Toronto area, has garnered a substantial following on X and publicly voiced her opposition to COVID-19 policies. Although she had a 15-day full hearing scheduled for 2024, the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO) has unexpectedly requested to withdraw its proceedings and case against her. You can review the withdrawal request letter at the link below. https://assets.nationbuilder.com/thedemocracyfund/pages/429/attachments/original/1694698608/20230912-Ltr-Tribunal_Redacted.pdf?1694698608…
@DiedSuddenly_ - DiedSuddenly
Nurse fired for not getting the jab. This is true courage!
@drsimonegold - Dr. Simone Gold
A New York state judge ruled that employees fired by the New York City Department of Education for refusing to get the COVID-19 “vaccine” must be reinstated with backpay. State Supreme Court Judge Ralph J. Porzio found that the city’s denials of religious exemptions to certain city teachers was unconstitutional. This is a big win for medical freedom!
@PaulMitchell_AB - Paul Mitchell
"A doctor in B.C. has lost an appeal that would have allowed her to keep her hospital privileges despite not taking the COVID-19 vaccine." BC has a desperate shortage of doctors, but they still won't allow staff who refuse the harmful jab. Insanity. https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/bc-doctor-loses-appeal-to-retain-hospital-privileges-lost-over-refusal-of-covid-19-vaccine-5541809
@ShaunRickard67 - Shaun Rickard
URGENT UPDATE - Vaccine Travel Mandates Lawsuits We need to hear your thoughts & feedback ASAP - Should we file and apply to have our landmark Vaccine Travel Mandates lawsuit heard by the Supreme Court of Canada? RELATED CASE & EVIDENCE LINKS 1. The Federal Court of Appeal released its decision: https://x.com/ShaunRickard67/status/1722716504335032758?s=20 2. Our bombshell evidence: https://x.com/ShaunRickard67/status/1732050791760871645?s=20 3. JENNIFER LITTLE - Career Bureaucrat - Headed up the secretive & covert 20-person 'Covid Recovery Team' at Transport Canada: https://x.com/ShaunRickard67/status/1689013817101910016?s=20 4. DR. CELIA LOURENCO - Director General, Health Canada - Personally approved the use of ALL C-19 vaccines in Canada: https://x.com/ShaunRickard67/status/1689630999930380288?s=20 ANOOUNCEMENT - WE JUST FILED A SECOND LAWSUIT AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT: https://x.com/ShaunRickard67/status/1730061973369311345?s=20 6. Statement of claim we filed for our new lawsuit on November 29th, 2023: https://statementofclaimfiledtofederalcourt.tiiny.site/ 7. Open letter to Jennifer Little, Head of the Covid Recovery Team (Official title at the time of the Vaccine Travel Mandates) and Dr. Celia Lourenco, Director General, Health Canada (Official title at the time of the Vaccine Travel Mandates): https://x.com/ShaunRickard67/status/1732187127624978603?s=20 8. Open letter to @PierrePoilievre and @CPC_HQ: https://x.com/ShaunRickard67/status/1713591822134526188?s=20 9. Full case breakdown and summary with @jordanbpeterson, @rupasubramanya and @PardyBruce: https://youtu.be/zQLMctYO36E?si=SicOSk4KwZq0qGdy Donate to our legal fund here: https://www.givesendgo.com/TheCanadianLitigationAndFreedomFund Our private Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/durhamdissident My Instagram account: https://www.instagram.com/therealshaunrickard/ My X (Twitter) account:
@drsimonegold - Dr. Simone Gold
“No one should be made to choose between his or her livelihood and a potentially deadly DNA-altering and experimental injection.” Twenty-four former NYC workers who were fired for refusing the COVID jab are demanding their jobs back. Our fight continues. https://t.co/GLDPEv3Plz
@PoliceOnGuard - PoliceOnGuardForThee
Leah McInnes, a Registered Nurse in Saskatchewan, has been cleared of all wrongdoing after being accused of spreading misinformation by the College of Registered Nurses of Saskatchewan (CRNS). McInnes expressed concerns about covid vaccine effectiveness and shared views opposing vaccine mandates which prompted ‘anti-vaxxer’ complaints from fellow staff to the investigative branch of the CRNS. The investigation brought charges of spreading misinformation; accusations later determined to be unfounded, ending with all charges being dismissed. In their release, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) described McInnes’s advocacy as measured and balanced; “She had supported vaccines as an important tool in Covid-management efforts while also pointing to emerging scientific evidence…that Covid vaccines did not eliminate transmission. [she] opposed vaccine mandates as a violation of basic ethical principles of autonomy and informed… consent” John Carpay, President of the JCCF went on to share, “This is a significant victory for free expression and democratic participation…all Canadians who work in a regulated profession have the freedom to advocate for their beliefs and should not face threats from their own professional association or professional regulator”. The Saskatchewan government initially acknowledged the potential infringements to individual autonomy associated with vaccine mandates but quickly changed their tune under the influence of the Saskatchewan Union of Nurses, NDP leader Ryan Meili and a group of Saskatchewan Health Authority’s Medical Health Officers, all calling for the “mandatory immunization” of all healthcare workers . While the NDP influence is not surprising, the bullying from health regulators is concerning, showing their willingness to abuse their influence to further political ideologies above sound medical knowledge and advancing research. It is time to demand the complete public disclosure of all political influences within these unions and agencies. The medical profession must remain neutral, supporting the health and wellbeing of citizens without political entanglements. To read the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms article, click here; https://www.jccf.ca/free-speech-victory-charges-against-nurse-who-opposed-vaccine-mandates-defeated/
@WallStreetSilv - Wall Street Silver
This medical worker in Canada is being DENIED work because of her COVID vaccination status. She is applying for jobs, and one of the questions the employer is asking is: How many COVID shots have you had? "I've been declined work over my vaccination status" "I came to a question stating 'do you have 1,2,3,4 or 5 COVID vaccines" "ENOUGH is enough of this" "Stop asking people for their medical history" "It's none of your goddamn business" "Especially for employment" "This needs to STOP" 🚨🚨🚨
@denisrancourt - Denis Rancourt
BREAKING: Stunning legal victory about vaccine-mandate firings in Canada Scientist @josephmhickey was self-represented and won an uphill battle against the Government legal team securing his right to appeal on constitutional grounds 👉One step closer to possible government accountability for being vicious tyrants in forcing injections on workers
@realXinOoi - Xin Yin Ooi
VACCINE MANDATE COURT WIN 1. I recently won a Court case (in NSW) related to employer COVID vaccine mandates. Please find a redacted version of the Court’s oral Decision here. https://app.box.com/s/w3jiyqveujw2ps09fo1f9tlpny152n9k 2. I feel a deep sense of duty to make this public, as it may be useful for others who are pursuing similar cases. 3. I thank the Court for delivering justice over this grievance which has troubled me for a long time, and for acknowledging my right to pursue medical information before consenting to a medical procedure. 4. More importantly, I thank GOD. He has been on my side from the beginning. 5. I self-represented in this case, which took more than a year to finalise. 6. The Court has advised that “There is no written Judgment available unfortunately as the Judicial Officer only delivers oral Judgment for the small claim hearing matters.” - so this Decision will not be available on the NSW Case Law website.
@realXinOoi - Xin Yin Ooi
7. “The first conclusion relates to the reasonableness of the department’s vaccination direction. Whilst there is quite rightly no challenge by Ms Ooi to the lawfulness of the COVID vaccination policy, the Court finds that the department acted unreasonably in its application of the policy to her.” 8. “It was unreasonable to direct Ms Ooi to get vaccinated or obtain an exemption and return to the office at that time as she had a valid working from home agreement in place, she was actively investigating Novavax…” 9. “The second conclusion relates to the department’s actions of placing Ms Ooi on leave without pay… There is no lawful basis to place an employee on leave without pay…The actions taken by the department to direct Ms Ooi to cease work and place her on leave without pay amounted to a suspension under s 70 of the GSE Act.” 10. I have redacted some conversations unrelated to the Court’s Decision, out of respect for my Defendant.
@realXinOoi - Xin Yin Ooi
page 1-4 of Court's oral decision, for those who prefers to use jpeg. https://t.co/M2Zi6od98O
@realXinOoi - Xin Yin Ooi
page 5-8 of Court's oral decision, for those who prefers to use jpeg. https://t.co/TCFQ2NXAiS
@realXinOoi - Xin Yin Ooi
page 9 of Court's oral decision, for those who prefers to use jpeg. https://t.co/fjNc9rYfCk
@JohnBasham - John Basham
BREAKING: Ninth Circuit Court Of Appeals Has Ruled That The Covid-19 Shot WAS NOT A VACCINE, ONLY A MEDICAL TREATMENT, THAT EMPLOYERS COULD NOT MANDATE! https://t.co/kJlhw7W4ng
@toobaffled - “Sudden And Unexpected”
Are you vaccinated? It’s time to sue your doctor .. 🧑⚕️ share this everywhere You can also sue your pharmacy 👇 ☠️💉 https://t.co/nqfrXuDmbQ
@robbystarbuck - Robby Starbuck
Incredible. A Federal Jury has determined that Blue Cross BlueShield of Tennessee must pay $700,000 to an employee that was fired for refusing the COVID vaccine. Tanja Benton was a bio statistical research scientist at BCBS for 17+ yrs before they fired her for refusing the vax. She’s my hero today. Below is the Judgement order ⬇️
@dockaurG - Kulvinder Kaur MD
👏🏽Bravo! US Court of Appeals leading us back to sanity. Govts are never sole arbiter of “truth” nor can there be blind deference to harmful & unethical/immoral edicts of govt esp against one’s conscience When will 🇨🇦courts show this courage for judicial independence/integrity?
@robinmonotti - Robin Monotti
@DavidWolfe - David Wolfe
Dr Paul Thomas was de-licensed for telling the Truth about vaccines—he let his patients choose the childhood vaccine schedules that parents wanted. This is what he found. https://t.co/iWTTyHBNHZ
@ChildrensHD - Children’s Health Defense
“Stand firm. You will be compensated.” Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan was recently ordered to pay $10 million in punitive damages alone to a long-time (remote!) employee they fired because she declined to accept a COVID jab.
@robinmonotti - Robin Monotti
Doctor who labelled Covid vaccines 'crime of the century' scores huge legal win after he was banned from practising | "A doctor who labelled Covid vaccines 'the crime of the century' has forced medical authorities to hand back his licence after a two-year suspension. Queensland's Supreme Court sided with Dr William Bay last Friday, who self-represented against a top legal team employed by the Queensland Medical Board and Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). In his ruling, Justice Thomas Bradley described the conduct of the two medical regulators as 'profoundly unsatisfactory' and their accusations against Dr Bay as 'entirely unfounded'. Dr Bay has been unable to practise after his licence was suspended in August 2022. On his X account, Dr Bay said that having won his case, where he was awarded costs and had all ongoing investigations dismissed, he would keep speaking out. 'We will not forget the vaccine-injured and the crime of the century is now exposed,' he tweeted. In a Sunday interview with Sky News show The Outsiders, Dr Bay showed no sign of damping down his rhetoric, which saw him form activist group the Queensland People's Protest while practicing as a GP during the pandemic. He accused regulators of issuing 'a gag order to all nurses, doctors, psychologists and every other health practitioner in Australia to shut up and be quiet about the risks of the so-called Covid vaccines'." David Southwell
@robinmonotti - Robin Monotti
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14200005/William-Bay-Covid-vaccine-ban-win.html
@thehealthb0t - healthbot
How to refuse a vaccine https://t.co/L4GvFmMHST
@DrAseemMalhotra - Dr Aseem Malhotra
BREAKING NEWS TELEGRAPH: ‘I blew the whistle on covid jabs 5 years ago. Now, I’m fighting for my medical license’ ‘You do not rebuild trust by shutting down debate. You rebuild it through transparency, humility and the courage to admit uncertainty’ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/03/12/fighting-for-medical-licence-after-blowing-covid-whistle/ https://t.co/j9BvGyeSjC