@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
1.THREAD: Twitter Files #14 THE RUSSIAGATE LIES One: The Fake Tale of Russian Bots and the #ReleaseTheMemo Hashtag
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2.At a crucial moment in a years-long furor, Democrats denounced a report about flaws in the Trump-Russia investigation, saying it was boosted by Russian “bots” and “trolls.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
3.Twitter officials were aghast, finding no evidence of Russian influence: “We are feeding congressional trolls.” “Not any…significant activity connected to Russia.” “Putting the cart before the horse assuming this is propaganda/bots.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
4.Twitter warned politicians and media the not only lacked evidence, but had evidence the accounts weren’t Russian – and were roundly ignored.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
5.On January 18th, 2018, Republican Devin Nunes submitted a classified memo to the House Intel Committee detailing abuses by the FBI in obtaining FISA surveillance authority against Trump-connected figures, including the crucial role played by the infamous “Steele Dossier”:
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6.The Nunes assertions would virtually all be verified in a report by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz in December 2019.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
7.Nonetheless, national media in January and early February of 2018 denounced the Nunes report in oddly identical language, calling it a “joke”:
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
9.On January 23rd, 2018, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) and congressman Adam Schiff (D-CA) published an open letter saying the hashtag “gained the immediate attention and assistance of social media accounts linked to Russian influence operations.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
9b. Feinstein/Schiff said the Nunes memo "distorts" classified information, but note they didn't call it incorrect.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
10.Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal followed suit, publishing a letter saying, “We find it reprehensible that Russian agents have so eagerly manipulated innocent Americans.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
11.Feinstein, Schiff, Blumenthal, and media members all pointed to the same source: the Hamilton 68 dashboard created by former FBI counterintelligence official Clint Watts, under the auspices of the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD).
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
12.The dashboard, which featured a crude picture of Vladimir Putin deviously blowing evil red Twitter birds into the atmosphere, was vague in how it reached its conclusions.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
13.Inside Twitter, executives panned Watts, Hamilton 68, and the Alliance for Securing Democracy. Two key complaints: Hamilton 68 seemed to be everyone’s only source, and no one was checking with Twitter.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
14.“I encourage you to be skeptical of Hamilton 68’s take on this, which as far as I can tell is the only source for these stories,” said Global Policy Communications Chief (and future WH and NSC spokesperson) Emily Horne. She added: “It’s a comms play for ASD.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
15.“All the swirl is based on Hamilton,” said Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
16.“If ASD isn’t going to fact-check with us, we should feel free to correct the record on their work,” said Policy VP Carlos Monje.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
17.Roth couldn’t find any Russian connection to #ReleaseTheMemo – at all. “I just reviewed the accounts that posted the first 50 tweets with #releasethememo and… none of them show any signs of affiliation to Russia.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
18.“We investigated, found that engagement as overwhelmingly organic, and driven by VITs” – Very Important Tweeters, including Wikileaks and congressman Steve King.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
19.A staffer for “DiFi” – Feinstein – agreed it would be “helpful to know” how Hamilton 68 goes by “the process by which they decide an account is Russian.” But, only AFTER Feinstein published her letter about Russian influence.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
20.When Twitter spoke to a Blumenthal staffer, they tried to “wave him off” because “we don’t believe these are bots.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
21.Added another: “It might be worth nudging Blumenthal’s staffer that it could be in his boss’ best interest not to go out there because it could come back to make him look silly.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
22.One Twitter exec even tried to negotiate, implying an undisclosed future PR concession if Blumenthal would lay off on this: “It seems like there are other wins we could offer him.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
23.Blumenthal published his letter anyway.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
24.Execs eventually grew frustrated over what they saw as a circular process – presented with claims of Russian activity, even when denied, led to more claims.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
25.They expressed this explicitly to Blumenthal’s camp, saying “Twitter spent a lot of resources” on this request and the reward from Blumenthal shouldn’t be round after round of requests.” “We can’t do a user notice each time this happens.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
26.Eventually Twitter staff realize “Blumenthal isn’t looking for real and nuanced solutions” but “just wants to get credit for pushing us further.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
27.Ultimately senior executives talked about “feeding congressional trolls” and compared their situation to the children’s book, “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
28.In the story, if you give a mouse a cookie, he’ll want a glass of milk, which will lead to a wave of other exhausting requests, at the end of which he’ll want a glass of milk. And one more cookie.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
29.The metaphor for the endless Russia requests was so perfect, one exec wrote, “I’m legit embarrassed I didn’t think of that first.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
30.Despite universal internal conviction that there were no Russians in the story, Twitter went on to follow a slavish pattern of not challenging Russia claims on the record.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
31.Outside counsel from DC-connected firms like Debevoise and Plimpton advised Twitter to use language like, “With respect to particular hashtags, we take seriously any activity that may represent an abuse of our platform.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
32.As a result, reporters from the AP to Politico to NBC to Rolling Stone continued to hammer the “Russian bots” theme, despite a total lack of evidence.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
33.Russians weren’t just blamed for #ReleaseTheMemo but #SchumerShutdown, #ParklandShooting, even #GunControlNow – to “widen the divide,” according to the New York Times.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
34.Re #SchumerShutdown and #ReleaseTheMemo, the internal guidance was, “Both hashtags appear to be organically trending.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
35.NBC, Politico, AP, Times, Business Insider, and other media outlets who played up the “Russian bots” story – even Rolling Stone – all declined to comment for this story.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
36.The staffs of Feinstein, Schiff, and Blumenthal also declined comment.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
37. Who did comment? Devin Nunes. "Schiff and the Democrats falsely claimed Russians were behind the Release the Memo hashtag, all my investigative work... By spreading the Russia collusion hoax, they instigated one of the greatest outbreaks of mass delusion in U.S. history.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
38.This #ReleaseTheMemo episode is just one of many in the #TwitterFiles. The Russiagate scandal was built on the craven dishonesty of politicians and reporters, who for years ignored the absence of data to fictional scare headlines.
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
39.For more, watch @ShellenbergerMD, @BariWeiss, @LHFang, @DavidZweig, @AlexBerenson, and more. Read http://Taibbi.Substack.Com for more on why “America Needs Truth and Reconciliation on Russiagate.”
@mtaibbi - Matt Taibbi
40.Twitter had no editorial input on this story. Searches were carried out by third parties, so the documents could be limited.
@FreeThinkerFit - FreeThinkerFitness
Does Elon Musk support The World Economic Forum agenda? With the hiring of Linda Yaccarino, what does everyone think? https://t.co/YDaH0TfBeW
@JamesOKeefeIII - James O'Keefe
BREAKING: CEO of IBM @ArvindKrishna on ALL STAFF CALL going on defense in response to insider tapes released by OMG He calls me a "journalist" and addresses his advertising boycott on @elonmusk X https://t.co/Wi3xcj0TuE
@DakotaSidwell - D.Sauce (TIE)
PSA Kenya gained “independence” from England 12/12/1963 Obama was allegedly born 8/4/1961 It was called “British Kenya” prior So If Obama was born in British Kenya, that makes him a British Subject @ Birth Does his out of office visit with Rishi Sunak make sense now ?
@DakotaSidwell - D.Sauce (TIE)
English connection to pentagon leak today ? Yup
@DakotaSidwell - D.Sauce (TIE)
English connection to try to take down Twitter ? Yup
@DakotaSidwell - D.Sauce (TIE)
English connections continued Yup
@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker
1) EXCLUSIVE DOCUMENTS: Working w/ @mtaibbi we report on @CCDHate documents showing the Labour Party's political front's objective is "Kill Musk's Twitter" thru "Advertising focus" meaning harass his advertisers. See internal documents provided by a whistleblower.
@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker
2) Internal Center for Countering Digital Hate document shows their annual objective is "Kill Musk's Twitter" This is their internal monthly planner. Their goal is to also trigger regulatory action, although they are a tax-exempt nonprofit.
@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker
3) CCDH held a private conference w/ a slew of liberal groups organizing against Musk including Biden White House, Congressman Adam Schiff's office, Biden/Harris State Department officials, Canadian MP Peter Julian & Media Matters for America
@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker
4) Center for Countering Digital Hate gets a lot of money from Hollywood. Staff say that one of the donors is singer Selena Gomez, a client of Aleen Keshishian
@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker
5) Read all the documents and more at @DisInfoChron. https://substack-proxy.glitch.me/articles/disinformationchronicle-substack-com-p-election-exclusive-british-advisors.html More stories on the way!
@KanekoaTheGreat - KanekoaTheGreat
🚨BREAKING: Leaked documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate reveal their primary goal is to "Kill Musk's Twitter" by targeting advertising and leveraging EU regulations. The British non-profit organization hosted a private meeting with liberal groups opposing Musk’s free speech platform, including representatives from the Biden White House, Rep. Adam Schiff’s office, the Biden-Harris State Department, and Media Matters for America. @elonmusk @lindayaX
@KanekoaTheGreat - KanekoaTheGreat
Thread on CCDH: https://t.co/9vfwM6KJU7
@elonmusk - Elon Musk
This is war
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
10 Shocking Stories the Media Buried Today #10 - British advisors to Kamala Harris have been caught plotting to "kill Musk's Twitter," and now @ElonMusk is saying, "This is war." This damning discovery was uncovered by Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi. The report reveals that it’s England—not Russia—involved in real election interference. It starts with leaked documents from the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH), a group linked to the British Labour Party, showing a plan to take down X. Their "annual priorities" mission is: "Kill Musk's Twitter." Alongside that is "advertising focus," which means a harassment and shaming campaign to scare away advertisers and drain X's revenue. Morgan McSweeney, a key figure behind British Prime Minister Keir Starmer's rise to power, is leading this effort. The report suggests that he is aiming to replicate the success he had in the U.K., using narrative control, political influence, and censorship to shape the outcome of the 2024 election. The leaks also show that CCDH is pushing for new laws to control "misinformation"—all under the guise of combating disinformation, while actually trying to manipulate U.S. legislation. This report is damning, and it shows how much the world's most powerful people hate free speech and the open flow of ideas. Anyone claiming to combat "misinformation," at this point, is clearly your enemy, not your friend. For more details, check out @thackerpd’s thread: https://x.com/thackerpd/status/1848755448674934836 (See 9 More Revealing Stories Below)
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
Bill Maher just got dinged by one of Donald Trump's most ardent supporters ... he's being sued for a whopping $150 million by Laura Loomer for saying on national TV that she slept with the 45th president. According to new legal docs, obtained by TMZ ... Loomer named Maher and HBO as defendants in her suit filed in Sumter County, Florida, claiming that the "Real Time With Bill Maher" host besmirched her good name on his HBO show. Loomer -- a conservative investigative journalist and close Trump ally -- says Maher made the "false, malicious, and defamatory" statements about her during his 'Real Time' broadcast on September 13, 2024. In the episode, Maher told his viewers, "I think maybe Laura Loomer’s in an arranged relationship to affect the election because she’s very close to Trump. She's 31, looks like his type. We did an editorial here a few years ago ... it was basically, who's Trump f***ing? Because I said, you know, it's not nobody. He’s been a dog for too long, and it’s not Melania. I think we may have our answer this week. I think it might be Laura Loomer." Read More: https://www.tmz.com/2024/10/22/bill-maher-hbo-sued-laura-loomer-donald-trump-defamation/
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#8 - Elon Musk breaks his silence on abortion. He says if the baby is viable outside the womb, then aborting it is “murder.” He called out the fearmongering that tells women that getting pregnant is one of the worst things that can happen to them in life. In reality, Musk says that having children is a blessing, and it “will make you happier than anything else in your life ever.”
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@elonmusk - Elon Musk
This violates US criminal statutes against foreign interference in elections. We are going after CCDH and their donors. AND their donors.
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
The British CEO who plotted to k*ll @ElonMusk's 𝕏 has now been caught orchestrating a “BLACK OPS” campaign to silence Robert Kennedy Jr. What this means is there was a covert order by the UK's CCDH to shut RFK Jr. down by any means necessary because they were “nervous” about his “impact” on “the election.” Why is the UK's Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) orchestrating a “black ops” operation on a US political figure? While the mainstream media shouts, “Russia! Russia! Russia!” it seems the real foreign election interference is coming from the UK’s censorship czars. 🧵 THREAD
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
The man pictured in this image, Imran Ahmed, is the “founder and CEO of the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH).” “He advises politicians around the world on policy and legislation.”
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
A bombshell report by seasoned journalists Paul D. Thacker and Matt Taibbi revealed that one of CCDH’s “annual priorities” was to “kill Musk’s Twitter” and to drain its revenue stream by shaming and harassing advertisers away from the social media platform.
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
The story about the “black ops” operation launched against Robert Kennedy Jr. starts with a shocking statement made by Ahmed himself during a meeting on January 8, 2024. He said, “RFK - black ops being set up to look at RFK. Nervous about the impact of him on the election.”
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"Black ops" (short for "black operations") typically refer to covert operations that are carried out in secret, often by military, intelligence, or government agencies. While black ops can involve a wide range of activities, including intelligence gathering and cyber espionage, they are often associated with violent or aggressive actions, such as assassinations, sabotage, or paramilitary strikes. The key characteristic of black ops is secrecy and plausible deniability, meaning that even if they are discovered, the entity behind them can deny involvement. Source: @sayerjigmi
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
CCDH (Center for Countering Digital Hate) claims to be a non-profit organization that combats “hate,” yet it uses violent undertones in its language, like “black ops,” to target a US political candidate. The level of aggression and hypocrisy here is off the charts.
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
The revelations about CCDH’s “black ops” against RFK Jr. raise some serious legal concerns. If this UK-based organization is actively trying to influence U.S. elections, it could be violating key U.S. laws—especially the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). This law requires foreign entities involved in U.S. political activities to register as foreign agents, something CCDH has not done.
@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊
On top of that, CCDH’s tactics could run afoul of the Federal Election Campaign Act, which bans foreign nationals from making any contributions or engaging in activities that influence U.S. elections. By running covert operations aimed at shutting down a political candidate like RFK Jr., CCDH may have crossed a line into illegal territory—engaging in what looks a lot like foreign interference in a US election.
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For more details on this disturbing development, check out @sayerjigmi's article below. https://greenmedinfo.com/content/exposed-ccdh-ceo-imran-ahmed-orders-black-ops-against-rfk-jr-shocking-memo-lea
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/1🚨🗣️UK-based "Center for Countering Digital Hate" is leveraging its connections to the Biden-Harris Admin to illegally engage in an influence campaign to stop free speech in the U.S. They've targeted @RobertKennedyJr @elonmusk + more 🧵We filed a new complaint with the DOJ:
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/2 Based on new evidence explained in the following thread, we have formally requested that the DOJ investigate whether CCDH’s U.S. operation and leadership are “agents of a foreign principal” that must comply with the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/3 CCDH is a nonprofit organization established and predominantly staffed in the U.K. that has promoted unconstitutional censorship on social media platforms for years.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/4 In London, it shares an address with “Labour Together,” a U.K. Labour Party-associated think tank that met with Kamala Harris’s campaign at the DNC in Chicago and has promoted unconstitutional censorship on social media platforms for years.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/5 According to CCDH, its “mission is to protect human rights and civil liberties online.” While CCDH is registered to operate in the U.S. as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, there is no material separation between it and the original entity of the same name established in the U.K.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/6 CCDH has been described as “[a] cut-out engaged in brazen smearing, attacking of dissenting views, deplatforming, censoring and pro-active shrinkage of the Overton window [by] strategically conflating serious voices with the fringes, mixing them together to isolate genuine actors and squash dissent.”
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/7 The leadership of CCDH includes: 🚨Imran Ahmed, who sits on the boards and serves as CEO of both CCDH U.S. and U.K. Ahmed, formerly worked for Stop Funding Fake News (SFFN), which was later incorporated into CCDH. Ahmed takes credit for the so-called “defund racism” campaign associated with Black Lives Matter to force Google to remove their ads from @FDRLST and @zerohedge. CCDH describes Ahmed as an “authority on social and psychological malignancies on social media, such as identity-based hate, extremism, disinformation, and conspiracy theories on social media for years.”
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/8🚨Simon Clark, Chair of the CCDH Board, who also sits on the board of CCDH U.K, was a resident senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Lab, which colluded with other entities involved in the so-called “Election Integrity Partnership” and “Virality Project” to conspire with the federal government and censor speech on social media. Also, as a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, Clark led the work to combat “white supremacy” that shaped the White House’s Domestic Terrorism strategy.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/9 In May 2023, we filed a landmark federal class-action lawsuit against the Atlantic Council and other private entities that conspired with the federal government to censor speech…
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/10🚨Eva Hartshorn-Sanders, CCDH’s former Head of Policy, advocated for policies given to her by the CCDH U.K. and the U.K. Labour Party. As Head of Policy, Hartshorn-Sanders emailed Robert Silvers — the DHS Under Secretary for Strategy, Policy, and Plans — to “discuss research that [CCDH] released and coming up in the next couple of weeks, and…to hear about work that [DHS] ha[s] underway.” By September 2022, CCDH was directly meeting with officials from the White House, the National Safety Council, and the Department of State’s Bureau of Counterterrorism (CT), updating them with CCDH’s latest findings. In March 2023, the White House published its “Initial Blueprint for the White House Task Force to Address Online Harassment and Abuse,” highlighting federal research funding and a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforcement action against a gaming platform which Hartshorn-Sanders said CCDH was “able to feed in research and policy recommendations for its development.”
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/11🚨Thomas Conrad Brookes, board member of CCDH U.S. and CCDH U.K., is a British national residing in Belgium. He is the CEO of the Meliore Foundation — the leading organization focused on funding global strategic communications. Brookes is also the CEO of the Global Strategic Communications Council, working at the highest levels of the “climate change” movement, even with Greta Thunberg.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/12🚨Kristy Jean McNeill, a board member of CCDH U.S. who was also recently on the board of CCDH U.K., is the acting Scottish Labour and Co-operative member of Parliament for Midlothian and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Scotland.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/13🚨Aleen Keshishian, a CCDH U.S. board member, is the founder and CEO of Lighthouse Management + Media, a firm known for representing many Hollywood celebrities, including Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, and Olivia Rodrigo. Keshishian apparently “directly or indirectly” engaged in “informing, advising, or in any way representing” CCDH U.K. or the U.K. Labour Party “in the public relations matter pertaining to” foreign interests in internet censorship policies.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/14🚨Zack Morgenroth, also a CCDH U.S. board member, is a managing partner at Lighthouse Management + Media, whose client, Olivia Rodrigo, spoke at the White House on July 14, 2021, to pressure young people to receive the COVID-19 shot.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/15 The next day, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki stated that the Biden-Harris White House was “flagging problematic posts for Facebook.”
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/16🚨Damian Collins, a member of the CCDH U.K. board, was a former Member of Parliament of the U.K. and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Tech and Digital Economy at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, & Sport, alongside Lord Jonathan Oates, a sitting member of the House of Lords.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/17 On March 24, 2021, the CCDH published a report labeling a group of influential COVID-19 lockdown critics as “the Disinformation Dozen,” explicitly calling for these Americans, including @RobertKennedyJr, to be de-platformed.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
@RobertKennedyJr /18 After the CCDH report, 12 attorney generals, all Democrats, sent a letter on the same day to the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook citing the CCDH report, seeking to censor the views of those American citizens.
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/19 To expose the extent of CCDH’s pernicious power on the U.S. government, we filed a series of FOIA requests on July 20, 2023, to multiple federal government agencies. On August 16, 2023, we followed up with additional requests to the twelve state attorneys general who signed onto the March 24, 2021 letter.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/20 Through our investigation, it has been uncovered that, on March 16, 2021, Rowan Kane, Counselor to the Connecticut Attorney General and Deputy Director of Policy, had circulated an earlier draft of the letter citing the CCDH report before the report was published. Moreover, he asked the other state attorneys general offices for “confirmation of sign-on by COB Tuesday, 3/23” — one day before the CCDH report would be published.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
@RobertKennedyJr /21 The evidence suggests that CCDH provided a non-public version of its report to the Connecticut Attorney General’s Office before its final publication and potentially coordinated with that office in drafting the letter…
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/22 Our investigation also uncovered that some or all of the letter’s signatories have launched a “multistate” “law enforcement matter handled jointly by various state attorneys general.”
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/23 Recently leaked documents reportedly show that CCDH set up meetings with Senator Kobuchar’s team for “US policy engagement” and listed the following “Annual Priorities”: “Kill Musk’s Twitter” and “Progress towards change in USA and support for STAR.” The STAR Framework is CCDH’s “Global Standard for Regulating Social Media,” and the leaked documents appear to show how CCDH U.S. lobbies the U.S. government to adopt its proposed global standard.
@America1stLegal - America First Legal
/24 We will continue to defend American citizen's right to free speech and prevent all forms of foreign influence and censorship in America. Read more about how we are taking action: https://aflegal.org/america-first-legal-releases-new-evidence-files-formal-complaint-with-the-doj-to-investigate-uk-based-center-for-countering-digital-hate-for-engaging-in-a-foreign-influence-campaign/
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
🚨 Elon Musk Bans Project Groyper 🚨 Elon Musk has suspended the accounts of the X organization Project Groyper and its affiliates over disagreements on the H1B Visa controversy. Here’s what you need to know about this critical situation. 🧵 https://t.co/o5Zl9nQW1u
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
Musk’s censorship extended to several key accounts: @classicsgroyp, @Raymo_g, @TylerRussellUSA, @Hamiltonianist, @scksgrypr, @Kaizerrev, @FuentesQuotesAF, @AFDaltonC, @Pinesap3wasc, @HopliteUSA, @JohnDaveIrving, @ZoomerRandy, @synogague, and @PunishedNitrate. https://t.co/uq3LlDyDim
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
This move highlights Musk’s hypocrisy on free speech. He’s presented himself as a champion of open dialogue, yet he censors dissenting voices, especially those critical of his pro-immigration stance. This is not the “free speech” platform he promised. https://t.co/fa9tA6Yiyt
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
Musk’s push for H1B visa expansion reveals his prioritization of profit over the needs of hard working Americans. By advocating for mass immigration, he spits down on the true Americans struggling to get by in the country promised to them by their ancestors. https://t.co/FrZAjWMrVb
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
America is more than an idea. It is a nation built on shared history, culture, and identity. Musk pushes the Jewish agenda that undermines our nation's people in favor of corporate interests.
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
The erasure of White Americans isn’t accidental. It is deliberate. Musk understands the stakes yet chooses to advocate for policies that harm the very people who built this nation. https://t.co/OgS1smIsRe
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
He talks about wanting a fair meritocracy when he really supports taking jobs from native born White Americans. He denies the achievements of our distinct people and attributes it to abstract liberal ideas. https://t.co/vy9aJZ2h4C
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
The silencing of Project Groyper should concern everyone, regardless of political views. If Elojn continues with banning dissenting voices, he is no better than the “left” he claims to hate. His hypocrisy clearly shows his commitments are not to the American people but to money. https://t.co/X29Dv0pyZZ
@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
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@RandyZoomer2 - Randy 🌴
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@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
The EU government will have 150 thought police listening to @elonmusk livestream with @Alice_Weidel today in order to lay the groundwork for fining and censoring X. https://t.co/QxevcNbDyb
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
The EU’s @vonderleyen and @HennaVirkkunen need to back off President @EmmanuelMacron please reign in your attack dogs
@robbystarbuck - Robby Starbuck
Massive news: Meta is ending DEI. Only days after @finkd promised to end biased fact checks, now his company is ending DEI. I warned Meta in October that they were one of my DEI targets for 2025. Here’s what’s changing at Facebook & IG: • Meta will no longer have a DEI team. • Meta will end supplier diversity efforts. • Meta will end the practice of requiring that diverse candidates be considered jobs. They’ll focus on merit going forward. • All DEI representation goals for hiring are being eliminated going forward. We told the media this would happen and many laughed in my face. I wonder what the look on their face is today? I can’t do a video on this one because of the snowstorm but I’m sitting back and enjoying every second of this.
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
🔥 “ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!” Musk Exposes Labour’s Secret U.S. Meddling 🚨 UK Labour accuses Elon Musk of undermining British democracy. But what if the real story is THEIR meddling in U.S. elections? 💥 Black ops, FEC complaints, and a crackdown on free speech—it’s a diplomatic bombshell with global implications. Here’s the full story 🧵
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
1/ Labour’s Accusations Against Musk 🇬🇧 In a viral post shared by Elon, Labour MP Barry Gardiner accused Musk of “undermining democracy”, claiming his criticism of the UK government was an attack on a “recently, democratically elected government.” But the allegations quickly turned back on Labour… 👇
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
2/ Musk Fires Back via Matt Goodwin Political analyst @GoodwinMJ called out Labour’s hypocrisy: “Barry, you belong to a party that sent activists to America to actively plot to, and I quote, ‘kill Elon Musk’s Twitter.’" Goodwin also highlighted Labour’s history of attacking Musk, Trump, and other dissenters. 🔗More details here: https://sayerji.substack.com/p/crossfire-of-democracy-uk-labour
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
3/ Labour’s U.S. Election Meddling 🇺🇸 Sofia Patel, Labour’s Head of Operations, was caught on LinkedIn coordinating activists to campaign for Harris-Walz in U.S. battleground states: ❗️Nearly 100 volunteers recruited. ❗️Housing & logistics arranged. As a result, Trump filed an FEC complaint, alleging illegal foreign contributions. 📖 Read more: bbc.com/news/articles/…
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
4/ The CCDH Connection 🌍 Labour’s ties to the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) deepen the scandal: ❗️CCDH ran “black ops” targeting RFK Jr. and Elon Musk, aiming to suppress their influence and silence dissent. https://greenmedinfo.com/content/exposed-ccdh-ceo-imran-ahmed-orders-black-ops-against-rfk-jr-shocking-memo-lea ❗️Leaked directive: “Kill Musk’s Twitter” aimed to silence dissent and trigger U.S. & EU regulatory action. https://greenmedinfo.com/content/breaking-kill-musks-twitter-leaked-docs-reveal-british-advisors-kamala-harris- 🚨Morgan McSweeney, founder of CCDH, adds another layer of controversy: McSweeney is not only tied to CCDH but also served as key advisers to both Keir Starmer and Kamala Harris’s campaign, creating potential conflicts of interest that fuel allegations of coordinated interference. This web of influence reveals CCDH as more than just an NGO—it’s a political weapon for suppressing opposition and shaping narratives globally.
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
5/ 🚨But Labour Interferes in Their OWN Elections Too The hypocrisy is staggering: while accusing Musk of meddling, Labour-linked groups like CCDH and Hope Not Hate (HNH) have interfered in UK elections: ⁉️Susan Hall’s Mayoral Race: CCDH’s sister NGO, HNH, received funding from the UK’s Counter Extremism Unit, which was used to target Hall. NHN, the same NGO who UK grooming rape gang whistleblower @TRobinsonNewEra exposed, a British taxpayer-funded, government-directed NGO openly took credit for stealing her election chances as detailed below. These groups manipulate elections under the guise of combating "extremism" while crushing dissent. 🧩 Shared Staff: Jemma Levene, former Deputy Director of HNH, is now COO at CCDH. 📖 Full details from @CharlotteCGill : https://www.charlottecgill.co.uk/p/who-funds-you-hope-not-hate-case
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
6/ Dark Money Funders 💰 CCDH and HNH act as proxies for government influence, using funds from: 💵Paul Hamlyn Foundation 💵Burrow Cadbury Trust 💵Rowntree Charitable Trust These organizations export their playbook globally, from targeting Cindy Hall in the UK to running black ops against RFK Jr. (the "disinfo dozen") and Musk in the U.S. In fact, leaked documents obtained via an @America1stLegal FOIA request reveal that as early as 2021, the Biden-Harris administration received a “masterclass” in censorship from the UK’s Countering Disinformation Unit (CDU); an interagency meeting which included discussing censoring election-related content, and which promoted a leftist, "woke" dogma. 🇬🇧 This shocking collaboration shows that the UK’s meddling in U.S. democratic institutions has been happening long before the recent election interference controversy surfaced. 📖 Learn more about this troubling, globally coordinated foreign influence operation attempting to censor, adjudicate and criminalize all free speech online: https://greenmedinfo.com/content/america-first-legal-obtains-new-internal-cdc-documents-revealing-foreign-collu 👉Learn more about CCDH's Funders: https://greenmedinfo.com/content/17-dark-money-funders-behind-ccdhs-kill-elon-s-twitter-directive1
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
7/ EO 13848 + U.S. Laws UK's Labour Party May Have Violated ⚖️ 1️⃣ EO 13848 (Executive Order 13848): ✅Signed in 2018 to address foreign interference in U.S. elections after allegations of Russian meddling in 2016. It targets any foreign entity attempting to: 🚨Undermine public confidence in elections. 🚨Manipulate outcomes through covert or overt means (e.g., disinformation or logistical support). 🚨Violators can face asset freezes, sanctions, and more. ✅Labour’s coordinated campaigns and CCDH’s black ops could fall squarely under this order’s provisions. 2️⃣ FARA (Foreign Agents Registration Act): ✅Requires foreign entities or individuals working to influence U.S. politics on behalf of a foreign principal to register with the DOJ. 🚨Labour’s U.S.-based operations, including activist deployment and links to CCDH, could violate this act if unregistered. ❗️Penalties: Fines, prison, or forced disclosure of all activities and funding sources. 3️⃣ FECA (Federal Election Campaign Act) ✅Prohibits foreign nationals from contributing to U.S. elections, whether financially or through in-kind contributions like housing and logistics. 🚨Sofia Patel’s alleged coordination of activists to assist Harris-Walz in battleground states could breach FECA if Labour provided any form of support. These laws exist to protect U.S. democracy from foreign manipulation. Labour’s actions, if proven, may trigger serious consequences. 🔗Read Trump's complaint against the UK: https://greenmedinfo.com/content/re-complaint-against-labour-party-united-kingdom-and-harris-president
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
8/ Hypocrisy Exposed 🤔 While Labour accuses Musk of meddling in UK democracy, their alleged actions in the U.S.—sending activists, suppressing speech, and coordinating with CCDH—show a troubling pattern of interference. Who is really undermining democracy?
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
9/ Musk Calls Out ‘ELECTION INTERFERENCE!!’ 💥 @elonmusk has publicly blasted Labour, CCDH, and their allies, accusing them of orchestrating attacks on free speech and election integrity—not just in the UK, but in the US as well! The UK’s Online Safety Bill is so tyrannical it could allow Britain to prosecute U.S. citizens for violating their speech laws, effectively reviving “seditious libel laws” against a former colony. This isn’t just hypocrisy—it’s a diplomatic crisis. Elon Musk’s fight for free speech may be the last line of defense for countries where freedoms are being systematically eroded. If speech is silenced everywhere else, platforms like X remain a beacon of hope. 🔥Learn more by reading: The 'Kill Musk’s Twitter' Directive: A Modern 1776 Stand Against a Global Plot for Censorship and Election Interference https://greenmedinfo.com/content/kill-musk-s-twitter-directive-modern-1776-stand-against-global-plot-censorship2 #ElectionInterference #FreeSpeech #Musk #UKLabour #CCDH #DiplomaticCrisis
@sayerjigmi - Sayer Ji
10/ Wrapping Up 🚨🇺🇸🇬🇧 As Trump’s campaign gains momentum, his FEC complaint against Labour awaits action—and if re-elected, he’s likely to pursue justice for these alleged foreign interference acts. Meanwhile, Elon faces growing pressure, with the EU Commission being urged to act over his so-called “election meddling.” What’s at Stake? 🗣️ Free Speech: CCDH’s campaigns threaten global discourse. 🗳️ Election Integrity: Labour’s actions undermine democracy. 🇺🇸🇬🇧 U.S.-UK Relations: These tensions could fracture transatlantic ties. What’s Next? Labour and CCDH must come clean. A public apology and reset may be their only way to avoid further fallout. Will they own up—or double down? #ElectionInterference #FreeSpeech #Musk #Trump #UKLabour #CCDH
@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker
1) I exposed Center for Countering Digital Hate for trying to "Kill Musk's Twitter." We learn today that the British government has been funding them with taxpayer money. Why is England funding a political front group to attack an American company? https://t.co/iOLggJDOJV
@thackerpd - Paul D. Thacker
3) CCDH has alleged that they receive no government funds. This is a lie. CCDH's letter to @Jim_Jordan on @JudiciaryGOP seems misleading and 1001 violation. https://t.co/s7bkupHGvv
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
MEET THE NEW DNI, TULSI GABBARD -Iran Warhawk -Stanch Zionist -Leader, Intel PsyOp Community -Trained Army PsyWar -Member, Council on Foreign Relations -Commander, 440th Brigade of Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command A NEW FRONT FOR PSYOP ON THE HOMELAND🧵 https://t.co/kl6O1sTcdQ
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
Tulsi Gabbard is the Commander of the 440th brigade at the Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command While in her announcement she strategically left out the PsyOp part, she is very much embedded & a Leader in the Intelligence & PsyOp community https://t.co/8AHJcIcujH
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
MUST READ: Civil Affairs, HUMINT, Human Terrain Mapping, PsyOp Ppl argue Tulsi Gabbard is heading Army Civil Affairs, “a benevolent unit helping w/medicine etc”. In reality, Army Psy Op, Civil Affairs, Human Intelligence & Human Terrain Mapping help to Manufacture Consent. Civil Affairs (CA) & Psychological Operations command work together to build psychological operations against targeted terrains (locations). Human terrain mapping (HTM) strategy was adopted after 2007 field testing in Afghanistan and Iraq (Tulsi served in Iraq in 2004-2005). HTM entails gathering information to map the social, political, economic and cultural triggers of the target area for influence campaigns (PsyOp). HTM is part of the job of Civil Affairs (CA) teams. Gathered data is sent up the chain to CA HQ which then shares with PsyOp, Human Intel collection teams and other CA teams to shape (influence) the human terrain (PsyOp). CA collects HTM➡️CA HQ➡️PsyOp ➡️Influence Targeted Human Terrain 2013 Amendment to the Smith-Mundt Act (PsyOp restrictions in the homeland) created loopholes where PsyOp can be used in the US Civil Affairs: goarmysof.army.mil/CA/
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
Army Psychological Operations As Commander of the 440th Brigade of the Army Civil Affairs & Psychological Operations Command, Gabbard is responsible for PsyOp https://t.co/8JgdGniNjy
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
HUMAN TERRAIN MAPPING (HTM) ON SOCIAL MEDIA Social Media is also a ripe terrain for harvesting HTM. Each user freely provides their geolocation and a vast amount of data regarding their social, political, economic and cultural triggers to social media platforms. During the 2024 elections, Elon Musk using X data to micro target ads for Trump. Tulsi Gabbard has a relationship with Musk and was hired by Musk for a show exclusive to X
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
Tulsi is also a long time member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) which is a shadow org, funded by Wall Street that pulls the levers of power in DC toward Zionist & Globalist agenda. CFR appoints leaders such as: -Henry Kissinger -George H Bush (Sr) -Tulsi Gabbard https://t.co/typjoCoxUx
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
ANTI-WAR?? For an “anti-war” advocate, Gabbard has ties with some of the staunchest pro-war & pro-Israel actors. - Christians United for Israel - Zionist Mega Donor, Miriam Adelson - Zionist Clown, Rabbi Shmuley Boteach -Speaking at an Event with Netanyahu, Ted Cruz, Huckabee https://t.co/ZLukBJdw0a
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
ZIONISTS: Tulsi Gabbard is a Useful Idiot “Tulsi is a few marbles short of a full set but we are hopeful the marbles she has are blue & white in support of Israel” Israeli Operative, FDD: “Gabbard would be part of a “game-changing” anti-Iran team…in collaboration with/Israel.” https://t.co/dKh8cBO1Qx
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
Tulsi is a warmonger in disguise. Gabbard’s flip-flopping is easily confirmed by looking through her history of posts. 2018, she cited Israel for murdering civilians & annexing land. TODAY, she says Israel is innocent of war crimes. https://t.co/qlbH6bwGtp
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
“Anti-War” Tulsi thinks killing children w/drones is good policy. During an interview with Tucker Carlson, she took him by surprise when she defended endless war and drone strikes that kill civilians. https://t.co/vJFo8Z3eh8
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
Glenn Greenwald has been supportive of Gabbard’s nomination-he forgot his warning about her Police-State rhetoric PROTESTORS: We want our school to divest from Apartheid Israel until Palestinians have their Freedom TULSI GABBARD: They want to establish Sharia Law & a Caliphate
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
In an attempt to distance herself from the WEF, Tulsi Gabbard has long claimed the WEF put her picture on the Young Global Leader list without asking her permission. So why did she thank them? Watch👇🏼 Thanks @MrSchaeferPants https://t.co/9LiFJVW6gY
@GenXGirl1994 - GenXGirl
@MrSchaeferPants 👇🏼
@elonmusk - Elon Musk
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@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal
🚨🇺🇸X WINS FIRST AMENDMENT FIGHT AGAINST CALIFORNIA—PERMANENT INJUNCTION BLOCKS CENSORSHIP LAW X just secured a major victory in its First Amendment lawsuit against California AG Rob Bonta, blocking the enforcement of AB 587, a law aimed at regulating speech on social media. The Ninth Circuit ruled in X’s favor, issuing a permanent injunction against the law—marking a landmark win for free speech. No other platform challenged the law, but X stood alone and won. Elon’s platform remains the only major social media company actively fighting censorship—and winning. Source: @GlobalAffairs
@LauraLoomer - Laura Loomer
BREAKING: My lawyer @johnmarkpierce and I just responded to Joshua Levy @joshlevyesq, the lawyer who has been hired by the Soros funded Hopewell Fund and Sixteen Thirty Fund to threaten to sue me as a way to silence my investigative reporting about their financial support of the @sunrisemvmt, which is the radical Marxist group behind the violent @Tesla Takedown protests. It’s worth noting that Joshua Levy was previously hired to represent @HunterBiden, and Fusion GPS when the Democrats were staging the Russia collusion hoax against President @realDonaldTrump . Joshua Levy is a Democrat political lawfare operative and he’s been hired to silence me and my investigative reporting regarding the violent @Tesla Takedown protests that I have been exposing. Please see the letter below that my attorney has replied with. I will NOT be retracting my investigative reporting about Jeffery Epstein associate and @LinkedIn founder @reidhoffman and his funding of Soros allied groups affiliated with the violent Tesla Takedown protests across the nation and around the world in an effort to attack President Trump and @elonmusk. I am prepared to FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT this battle and I stand by my reporting, even if that means going to trial with @georgesoros’s Left wing slush funds and Reid Hoffman, who also funded the lawfare against President Trump. Through discovery, I will gain access to the financial and donor records of the Hopewell Fund and the Sixteen Thirty Fund, in addition to their affiliates if this is the route they wish to take with me. In preparation, I have launched a LAURA LOOMER LAWFARE FUND where people can help support my legal fees and legal war chest that I will need if I am to continue exposing these Tesla Takedown protests and the funding networks behind the Democrat’s domestic terror operations in our nation. Please read my reply letter, and donate to my legal defense fund on @GiveSendGo here! 👇🏻 Thank you! I appreciate your support! givesendgo.com/LoomerLawfare
@BrentScher - Brent Scher
EXCLUSIVE: @Jim_Jordan probe finds that the GARM ad cartel colluded with foreigners to direct a boycott against @elonmusk's Twitter. Emails between GARM leaders and officials in the UK and Australia show them strategizing on how to use "collective power" to starve it of ad $$$.
@BrentScher - Brent Scher
This is the second major report from the House Judiciary Committee on GARM, which was shut down after the first one. It's just as brutal. Here's Rob Rakowitz, GARM's top official, telling Australia that seeing Trump "effectively sidelined" was his "main thing"
@BrentScher - Brent Scher
GARM was sued by @elonmusk last summer over suspicion that the coalition broke antitrust laws to force censorship. This report seems to prove his suspicions. It shows that Rakowitz drafted statements urging a coordinated boycott, and clearly show he was trying to evade the law.
@BrentScher - Brent Scher
The report also found that GARM dropped confidential information about Twitter's compliance with its standards to convince firms to cut it off. It changed its standards right after @elonmusk bought Twitter to hide the fact that it was doing it solely to push the boycott.
@BrentScher - Brent Scher
Here's the incriminating email from Rakowitz. After revealing his scheme to get everyone to move their ad spend away from Twitter based on its changes, he writes: "This feels damn good."
@BrentScher - Brent Scher
The emails also show that GARM knew what it was doing was bad for business. It's team circulated polling showing 66% preferred free speech over protection from harmful content. THIS EMAIL WAS IN 2020. But it went ahead with everything anyway.
@BrentScher - Brent Scher
Full story, and the full report, on @realDailyWire right now: https://www.dailywire.com/news/exclusive-ad-cartel-colluded-with-foreign-governments-against-elon-musks-twitter
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
🚨TWITTER FILES – FRANCE At this moment, the Trump administration is negotiating with the EU over final obstacles to a trade deal, one of which is European censorship of US social media platforms. Many analysts believe the massive size of the EU will lead US social media firms to impose European censorship, including on Americans. Last year, the EU’s then-top digital censor, Thierry Breton, threatened action against Elon Musk after he announced a conversation on X with Donald Trump. Now, new TWITTER FILES show a coordinated effort by France’s President Emmanuel Macron, legislators, and state-affiliated NGOs working together to force the world’s most influential social media platform to censor users for legal speech and influence Twitter’s worldwide “content moderation” for narrative control. What’s more, TWITTER FILES - FRANCE reveals the birth of the censorship-by-NGO proxy strategy at the heart of the Censorship Industrial Complex: — President Macron personally reached out to then-CEO of Twitter, Jack Dorsey; — The timing of Macron’s action strongly suggests coordination with NGOs on a pressure campaign to win more censorship and demand sensitive user data from Twitter; — The pattern of events indicates potentially illegal activity by various actors. The TWITTER FILES FRANCE investigation was led by @McmahonPascal and @battleforeurope, and edited by @galexybrane and @shellenberger. We are releasing the Files here on X and simultaneously publishing a comprehensive report by Clerótte and Fazi on France’s invention of the Censorship Industrial Complex.
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
2. “President Macron wants to text Jack” On October 14, 2020, Twitter’s Public Policy Director for France and Russia wrote, “President Macron's team has been asking me (again!) Jack's number because the President wants to text him some supporting words re our new policies and functionalities on Election integrity.” There was one issue, though – Dorsey did not give out his contact information, even to heads of state. “I have already advised that he could send him a DM. I'll push back again, but wanted to double check with you first that indeed Jack never shares his number,” the policy director wrote. Public requested a response from President Macron and did not hear back.
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
3. “Macron only sends texts to people he is close to and works frequently with…” The first reply came from Twitter's Global Vice President of Public Affairs, who copied Vijaya Gadde, one of the platform's chief censors. This Global Vice President of Public Affairs noted, “I know that Macron only sends texts to people he is close to and works frequently with colleagues and senior govt. leaders (like Angela Merkel) over text. [redacted] - could you pls. ask Jack if he would be willing to accept a text from Macron, and we will ask Macron's team only to share Jack's number with Macron? Thanks.” Dorsey’s office replied, “Will circle w Jack. Is there an alternative? FYI: Jack doesn’t have a phone number (I swear) and only immediate team has his contact info to get a hold of him.” “I am really pushing for DM but apparently Macron doesn’t use Twitter by himself and wants to do a personal note. Maybe a telegram or signal.” This was followed by a review of various potential communication channels, including email, Signal, Telegram, and iMessage. But why was Macron so desperate to get in contact with Dorsey?
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
4. CONTEXT: Escalating lawfare and censorship under Macron’s presidency France has long presented itself as the cradle of modern democratic ideals, born of the Revolution of 1789 and enshrined in the motto “Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité.” In reality, few Western governments have more sway on free speech than France. The French government and its Censorship Industrial Complex have used various methods, including judicial intimidation, to demand censorship from social media platforms. In August last year, French police arrested Pavel Durov, the founder of the social media company Telegram, and held him for four days. France indicted him on a staggering list of charges, including complicity in organized crime, criminal conspiracy, and facilitating terrorism. Durov has alleged that the director of France's foreign intelligence service urged him to suppress conservative voices on Telegram in the wake of Romania’s presidential election rerun, which followed its cancellation.
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
5. “This case is largely about painting Twitter as a dangerous actor in the press.” Macron’s request for Dorsey’s number appears to be linked with the simultaneous launch of a lawsuit by four French government-linked NGOs against Twitter. “We were sued back in the spring by four NGOs claiming that we are not doing enough to address hate speech in France (and comparing us unfavorably with Facebook and others),” wrote Karen Colangelo, Associate Director of Litigation, Regulatory, and Competition at Twitter, in an October 19, 2020, email to colleagues. “They seek to have an expert appointed to examine our reporting and enforcement systems.” Colangelo didn’t think the goal of the NGOs was to win the lawsuit, which was without merit. Rather, she said, “This case is largely about painting Twitter as a dangerous actor in the press.” The lawsuit was filed against Twitter by the French NGOs SOS Racisme, SOS Homophobie, the Union of Jewish Students of France (UEJF), and J’accuse, claiming that Twitter failed to remove hate speech in a timely manner. These NGOs appear to be backed by the French government and the EU. SOS Racisme is a partner in an EU program, and UEJF is a member of the European Union of Jewish students, which receives support from the EU. SOS Homophobie receives funding from the French government, and is affiliated with the EU through its international LGBTQ youth program. The NGOs did not respond to our request for comment.
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
6. “They are concerned that we let users Tweet anonymously” Following a mediation session with the NGOs on November 7, 2020, Colangelo updated her colleagues: “The NGOs articulated their concerns, which, broadly speaking, are (1) they feel we are not actioning hate speech quickly enough (and, in their view, sometimes not at all), (2) they want additional transparency into how we handle hate speech reports and proactively monitor for hate speech content, and (3) they are concerned that we let users Tweet anonymously — they believe this allows perpetrators of hate speech to evade detection/punishment.” After a third mediation session, Colangelo noted, “We had our third session today and actually made some minor progress. They asked us specifically about five particular accounts that they believe should be suspended. We are going to re-review those accounts and see whether there is a basis to suspend.” Twitter appeared ready to cooperate with French censors.
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
7. “I am not surprised that they are trying now to go back to court and make some public statement…” Twitter executives knew the timing of the NGOs’ lawsuit was not coincidental. “From a public policy standpoint,” wrote Audrey Herblin-Stoop, Twitter’s Public Policy Director for France and Russia, to her colleagues, “as you all may remember, their announcement of the lawsuit was made right before the final reading of the Avia bill and was aimed to support the vote of the bill.” The Avia bill was the new French censorship law, ostensibly intended to “combat online hate speech” and censor illegal content. “So,” she added, “I am not surprised that they are trying now to go back to court and make some public statement just ahead of the comeback of the hate speech regulation in the coming weeks.” The supposedly “nongovernmental” organizations’ lawsuit thus appears to have not been a spontaneous response to online abuse but part of a broader, coordinated effort by the French government, in which state-funded and politically connected NGOs acted in concert with government actors, including President Macron himself, to pressure social media companies to censor, and strengthen the hand of the French state in censoring its political opponents.
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
8. CONTEXT: France invented the Censorship Industrial Complex 53 years ago From royal censors to revolutionary tribunals, Napoleonic decrees to Vichy oppression, France’s history has long been defined by the tug-of-war between censorship and free speech. France’s 1972 Pleven Law was a direct response to mounting political tensions and disputes over mass migration. Ostensibly aimed at combating racism by criminalizing incitement to hatred, defamation, or insults based on race, ethnicity, or religion, the law empowered two state-accredited, partially state-funded NGOs to act as “private prosecutors” with the power to initiate criminal indictments as third parties. This created a potent weapon: NGOs, often ideologically driven and well-resourced, could launch costly, reputation-destroying lawsuits against critics or dissenting voices, imposing in effect a system at the root of the DSA and its “trusted third parties” tasked with censoring the internet. The Pleven Law opened Pandora’s box. The 1980s witnessed an explosion of NGOs frequently acting as proxies for political parties or interest groups. These groups relentlessly lobbied for accreditation and expanded powers to initiate indictments in new domains, such as sexual orientation, turning lawfare into a core political strategy. Over time, the scope of speech that could be penalized or censored expanded dramatically. Starting in the early 2010s, these groups initiated a string of legal actions against Twitter over allegedly hateful content, targeting antisemitic hashtags, Holocaust denial, or homophobic abuse. By 2012, France was already the global leader in censorship requests to Twitter, demanding “pre-bunking” measures.
@shellenberger - Michael Shellenberger
9. Macron Leads Censorship Effort The year 2016 marked an inflection point in the state’s crackdown on online speech. Events like Brexit, Trump’s victory, the Arab Spring, and France’s Yellow Vest movement, organized via social media, convinced elites that “information disorders” represented an existential threat to their power. A consensus thus emerged: digital platforms needed to be regulated to curb the rise of populism. This led Macron to launch a legislative onslaught. Under Macron’s presidency, France: — mandated that platforms implement "misinformation detection”; — gave platforms a 24-hour window to remove “hateful” content, and required platforms to remove “deepfakes”; — launched VIGINUM, a counter-disinformation agency created in July 2021, which likely played a role in the contentious cancellation of the first round of Romania’s 2024 presidential election. This pattern of activity suggests a concerted effort by Macron and his allies to police global speech and elections.
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10. “—we were planning to confidentially disclose some information sought by the NGOs to them in exchange for them dropping the suit” The NGOs would not settle, despite Twitter’s efforts to cooperate. And so Twitter caved, offering to censor its platform — for all users — in exchange for an end to the lawfare. “An update on the French hate speech matter: back in January we thought we were nearing a settlement,” wrote Twitter’s Associate Director of Litigation, Regulatory, and Competition on February 23, 2021,”[W]e were planning to confidentially disclose some information sought by the NGOs to them in exchange for them dropping the suit. After some weeks (and, apparently, in-fighting among the plaintiffs), they came back to us with a counter-offer that was ultimately unacceptable.” What made the counter-offer unacceptable, she explained, is that “they have refused to make any firm commitment to drop their lawsuit.” In other words, even with access to Twitter’s data, the NGOs wanted to continue their suit. Why? The answer appears to be to create public pressure for greater platform censorship. And Twitter execs knew it. “We anticipate negative press on the ‘failure’ of the mediation, and comms has prepared a reactive statement,” the litigation director wrote. “It is likely the NGOs will try to paint us as failing to cooperate/negotiate in good faith and that we don’t care about/intentionally profit from hate speech. While I believe these characterizations are false and made in bad faith, these are the common themes we have heard from the NGOs throughout the mediation.”
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11. “We should be cognisant of the precedent we are setting here which could trigger more asks of this nature into the future.” Twitter also agreed to send a letter from CEO Jack Dorsey to the NGOs, promising stronger action in the future. The “plaintiffs in the UEJF hate speech case are now suggesting that they would be willing to settle the case so long as we provide them with a letter from Jack indicating that he is aware of the case and that the company is committed to fighting hate speech,” wrote Twitter attorney Karen Colangelo on March 9, 2021. “If we can really get the case to go away by just providing this letter, litigation recommends we provide it.” “I think Jack will be supportive,” responded Twitter Acting General Counsel, Sean Edgett, a few hours later. Twitter’s head of public policy responded, “We're supportive of this move and will work with our comms colleagues on the inevitable press cycle that will follow if this letter is leaked. We should also be cognisant of the precedent we are setting here which could trigger more asks of this nature into the future.”
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12. “Notably, the lawsuit was very strategically timed…” On March 10, 2021, Colangelo wrote up a brief for Edgett to share with Dorsey on why they wanted the letter. “The lawsuit is one part of a larger effort in France to paint Twitter as a bad actor. Notably, the lawsuit was very strategically timed to begin ‘testing’ of our response rate the day after we announced that our response times would be impacted by COVID-19, many of the ‘hateful’ Tweets included in the 88% we did not remove are not actually illegal under French law or actionable under our TOS, and the suit was publicly announced to coincide with the introduction of the Avia hate speech bill which, according to its author, was motivated by Twitter’s refusal to remove hate speech.” Then, on March 23, Colangelo told her colleagues that the NGOs had “changed their minds” about the letter from Jack Dorsey and “decided that it was insufficient.” The good news, she said, was that “the mediators (who have the ear of the judge) are frustrated with the NGOs and believe they acted in bad faith.” On July 6, 2021, Twitter’s French attorney announced that the Court had dismissed NGOs claims based on lack of standing but ordered Twitter to give the NGOs “any documents relating to the resources dedicated to fighting hate speech… the number, location, nationality and language of the persons assigned to moderation…the number of reports from users of the French platform of its services, concerning apology for crimes against humanity and incitement to racial hatred” and related information. On August 16, 2021, a Twitter executive in Ireland emailed Deputy General Counsel Jim Baker, former General Counsel of the FBI, to say that “the French Constitutional Court handed down its decision on Friday on the new French law that places requirements on Twitter to take a number of significant steps in respect to how we treat content moderation in France. The bill will be enacted by the President in the next few days and enforceable immediately.”
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13. Macron Attempts to Circumvent French Law The apparent coordination between the NGOs, the hate speech bill, and Macron’s attempt to contact Dorsey could easily be seen as attempts to circumvent the law. Under French law, the state is barred from imposing preemptive censorship — a practice referred to internally at Twitter as “proactive monitoring.” The government has attempted to bypass the law by using state-funded NGOs as enforcers, acting public pressure and strategic litigation to coerce platforms into moderation practices that exceed their legal obligations. Under Macron, the state is determined to undermine the international “country-of-origin” standard, which holds that digital content must comply with the laws of the country where it is produced, not where it is consumed.
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14. Miss France's attorney demands censorship: "What would have happened if Twitter was around in 1942? Would they have allowed Hitler to speak?" The NGOs cited displeasure with how Twitter was handling alleged online harassment of Miss France. "Despite Plaintiffs' initial insistence that they were done with the mediation, for the first time, Plaintiffs have expressed that they may be willing to drop their case if we give them some information about our moderation practices." On February 23, 2021, Twitter attorney Colangelo wrote to her colleagues, “Note that there was a hearing today on the request from Miss France, April Benayoum, for us to disclose information about various accounts that were allegedly making anti-semitic comments about her.” Benayoum had sued Twitter for failing to act quickly. “Plaintiffs have expressed they may be willing to drop their case if we give them some information about our moderation practices,” wrote Colangelo to her colleagues in January. But, as with the NGOs, her main goal appeared to be negative publicity — and the acquisition of internal Twitter Data. “Ms. Benayoum's attorney made a number of emotional arguments that might get press attention,” wrote Colangelo, “including talking about the Holocaust, WWII, Adolf Hitler, etc. -- one question he posed to the court is ‘What would have happened if Twitter was around in 1942? Would they have allowed Hitler to speak?’” Benayoum’s lawsuit demanded extensive internal data from Twitter, including dates and times of Tweet and account removal, and details about Twitter’s process for removing tweets proactively. While the court on April 13, 2021, dismissed most of her claims and acknowledged that Twitter France had no operational control over moderation, which was managed by Twitter International in Ireland, they still ordered disclosures of data relating to reports made to French authorities. The case concluded in a confidential settlement, demonstrating once again how legal action can pressure platforms into concessions. On June 7, 2022, Twitter settled with Miss France.
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15. “Twitter's moderation… can undermine public order and the proper functioning of our society.” French courts in 2022 prosecuted then-Twitter France CEO, Damien Viel for alleged “non compliance with a judicial injunction” and “complicity to libel.” The issue? A unit of the Ministry of Interior posted a picture of a high-ranking civil servant inspecting policemen tasked with enforcing Covid lockdowns, and replies from Twitter users compared the French Police to those of Philippe Petain’s Nazi-collaborationist regime. Twitter users dubbed the high-ranking civil servant a “Nazi,” and called for “hanging him at the Liberation.” The litigation appears to have been part of the pressure campaign to expand Twitter’s transparency and hate speech obligations in France. The Versailles prosecutor launched an investigation for libel of a public official and delivered an injunction to Twitter for user ID information. But Twitter France’s CEO did not have access to any user data, which were stored by Twitter International Corporation in Ireland. After the Versailles prosecutor decided Twitter had not responded quickly enough, he charged Viel on the grounds of “the total failure of Twitter's moderation, which has become a completely asocial network that can undermine public order and the proper functioning of our society.”
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16. “How likely do you think a raid is on the Twitter France office?” It was a show trial that failed to persuade the judge. “Damien was just perfect,” wrote Twitter’s French attorney in a July 9, 2021 email to Twitter executives about the hearing. “The police officer was very courteous and hardly convinced by the usefulness of his mission and by the instructions he received.” Still, Twitter’s French lawyer warned, “the prosecutor could increase the pressure on Twitter France by ordering a raid on the company's Paris premises. I don't know what he could find there. However, the risk does exist and we would need to discuss it.” “How likely do you think a raid is on the Twitter France office?” asked the Associate Director of Litigation, Regulatory, and Competition. “It is quite impossible to assess how important the risk of a raid is,” the lawyer answered. I can only say that it does exist and the Prosecutor has such power within the frame of a criminal investigation.” The case ended with Viel and Twitter France being cleared of all charges in March 2022.
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17. France is now going after Elon Musk’s X In July 2025, a Paris prosecutor launched a criminal investigation into Elon Musk’s X and its management for alleged interference with an IT system, fraudulent data extraction, and foreign interference. These are significant cybercrime offenses that carry penalties under the criminal code, including up to ten years in prison and a fine of €300,000. Why is France prosecuting X? The answer appears to be that it wants to force X into compliance with French government-approved narratives. The courts have also targeted Marine Le Pen, France’s leading opposition figure. A court found her guilty of embezzling EU funds — for political campaigning purposes — and sentenced her to four years in prison. The punishment includes a five-year ban on holding public office. The court ordered this penalty to take place before Le Pen can appeal, which prevents her from competing in the presidential race, in which she is the frontrunner. For identical charges, the current Prime Minister was acquitted.
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18. The US Must Resist Global Censorship The TWITTER FILES - FRANCE reveals a previously unknown aspect of the rise of the Censorship Industrial Complex, which is that nation’s role in pioneering government censorship-by-NGO proxy, which was at the heart of the US Department of Homeland Security’s censorship efforts. The active involvement of Macron underscores the high importance the government put on influencing social media platforms to create, control, and censor narratives. And Macron’s apparent coordination with NGOs and members of Parliament on a Twitter pressure campaign reveals a high level of thought, calculation, and strategy, similar to the “influence operations” and censorship advocacy that Intelligence Community-adjacent NGOs carried out in the US and other nations. The Trump administration has said it is committed to free speech diplomacy and may be pursuing that with Europe. The TWITTER FILES - FRANCE dramatically illustrates the importance of protecting the First Amendment, and why US companies should operate under it, and not a lower standard of free speech.
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19. Read the full investigation by @McmahonPascal and @battleforeurope here: https://www.civilizationworks.org/cw-master-blog/france-invented-the-censorship-industrial-complex-the-twitter-files-france-case-studies /END