Internet shocked as FBI asked Twitter to ban users including actor Billy Baldwin over 'false information'
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: A new 'Twitter Files' thread shared by journalist Matt Taibbi claims that the FBI had asked Twitter to ban actor Billy Baldwin, a Donald Trump critic. In the new Twitter thread, Taibbi suggests, "Twitter’s contact with the FBI was constant and pervasive, as if it were a subsidiary."
According to Daily Mail, The National Election Command Post sent a letter to Twitter comprising a list of people to be banned, claiming that they have been sending misinformation to the public. Matt's tweet suggests, "In an internal email from November 5, 2022, the FBI’s National Election Command Post, which compiles and sends on complaints, sent the SF field office a long list of accounts that “may warrant additional action." This list included the actor's name. However, Baldwin's account was not suspended. However other accounts suggested by NECP, including RSB Network were suspended.
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https://t.co/ZQeb9Ko06p an internal email from November 5, 2022, the FBI’s National Election Command Post, which compiles and sends on complaints, sent the SF field office a long list of accounts that “may warrant additional action”: pic.twitter.com/yILcgjFyev
— Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) December 16, 2022
In a lengthy Twitter thread that has 45 tweets, Taibbi wrote, "Between January 2020 and November 2022, there were over 150 emails between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth." The journalist added, "Some are mundane, like San Francisco agent Elvis Chan wishing Roth a Happy New Year along with a reminder to attend “our quarterly call next week.” Others are requests for information into Twitter users related to active investigations." He then added, "But a surprisingly high number are requests by the FBI for Twitter to take action on election misinformation, even involving joke tweets from low-follower accounts."
