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Twitter Files #14b: Supplemental (PDF Format)

Twitter thread by Matt Taibbi with supplemental content on “More Adam Schiff Ban Requests and ‘Deamplification’”

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Jan 13, 2023
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Key takeaways:

  • Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) frequently wrote Twitter requesting specific tweet removals, including a parody photo of Joe Biden.

  • After President Trump retweeted the parody photo, The DNC made the same request to remove it.

  • Twitter refused to remove the photo, citing it had “humorous intent.”

  • Schiff's office also requested content bans about Schiff and his staff, but Twitter refused, stating it would not be “conceivable.”

  • Twitter also "deamplified" accounts related to QAnon, but Schiff's office remained concerned that this would create difficulties for law enforcement to track these “offending Tweeters.”


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Twitter Files, Release 14b (ᴅᴀʀᴋ)
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Supplemental, More Adam Schiff Ban Requests and ‘Deamplification’ • Matt Taibbi • @mtaibbi • 10 tweets • 5 min read
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Twitter Files, Release 14b (ʟɪɢʜᴛ)
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Supplemental, More Adam Schiff Ban Requests and ‘Deamplification’ • Matt Taibbi • @mtaibbi • 10 tweets • 5 min read
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Twitter Files release by Matt Taibbi

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1.TWITTER FILES: Supplemental More Adam Schiff Ban Requests, and "Deamplification"
4:12 PM ∙ Jan 13, 2023
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TK News by Matt Taibbi

Regular news and features by award-winning author and investigative reporter.

START OF THREAD 🔽


  1. TWITTER FILES: Supplemental More Adam Schiff Ban Requests, and “Deamplification”

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  2. Staff of House Democrat @AdamSchiff wrote to Twitter quite often, asking that tweets be taken down. This important use of taxpayer resources involved an ask about a “Peter Douche” parody photo of Joe Biden. The DNC made the same request:

    Twitter avatar for @SilERabbit
    Nate's Liver - Commentary @SilERabbit
    Sloppy Joe is trending. I wonder if it's because of this. You can tell it's a deep fake because Jill Biden isn't covering for him.
    Image
    11:23 PM ∙ Apr 26, 2020
    22,251Likes6,734Retweets
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  3. The real issue was Donald Trump retweeted the Biden pic. To its credit Twitter refused to remove it, with Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth saying it had obvious “humorous intent” and “any reasonable observer” - apparently, not a Schiff staffer could see it was doctored.

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  4. Schiff staffer Jeff Lowenstein didn't give up, claiming there was a “slippery slope concern here.”

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  5. Twitter also refused requests for bans of content about Schiff and his staff, e.g. “complete suppress [ion of] any and all search results about Mr. Misko and other Committee staffers.” Twitter said this would not be “conceivable.”

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  6. Even when Twitter didn't suspend an account, that didn't mean they didn't act. Schiff's office repeatedly complained about “QAnon related activity” that were often tweets about other matters, like the identity of the Ukraine “whistleblower” or the Steele dossier:

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  7. Twitter policy at the time didn't ban QAnon, but “deamplified” such accounts. About the batch of tweets that included those above, Twitter execs wrote:

    “We can internally confirm that a number of the accounts flagged are already included in this deamplification.”

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  8. Schiff's office had a concern about “deamplification,” though: it might make it harder for law enforcement to track the offending Tweeters.

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  9. “WE APPRECIATE GREATLY”

    “We are curious whether any deamplification measures implemented by Twitter's enforcement team - which we appreciate greatly - could... impede the ability of law enforcement to search Twitter for potential threats about Misko and other HPSCI staff.”

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  10. For more, watch @ShellenbergerMD, @bariweiss, @Ihfang, @davidzweig, @AlexBerenson, and others.

    Twitter had no editorial input. Searches were carried out by third parties, so the documents could be limited.

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END OF THREAD 🔼


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