<p>Twitter CEO <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/elon-musk" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Elon Musk</a> said in response to the latest release of &#8220;The Twitter Files&#8221; Tuesday that Twitter was far from the only big tech company that engages in online censorship, going as far as to say that <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/google" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Google</a> makes links disappear on their search engine.</p>
<p>Musk made the remarks in response to a tweet from left-wing journalist Glenn Greenwald, who wrote: &#8220;For the crime of reporting that the US Security State agencies are heavily involved in Big Tech&#8217;s censorship regime, and for confessing that he found this deeply disturbing, liberals have spent a full week saying that @mtaibbi has mental health problems and needs therapy.&#8221;</p>
<p>Included in Greenwald&#8217;s tweet was a screenshot of one of journalist Matt Taibbi&#8217;s Twitter Files threads.</p>
<p>&#8220;The government was in constant contact not just with Twitter but with virtually every major tech firm,&#8221; Taibbi said. &#8220;These included Facebook, Microsoft, Verizon, Reddit, even Pinterest, and many others. Industry players also held regular meetings without government.&#8221;</p>
<p>Musk responded, &#8220;Most people don’t appreciate the significance of the point Matt was making: *Every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement of and, at times, explicit direction of the government.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;Google frequently makes links disappear, for example,&#8221; Musk added.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">Most people don’t appreciate the significance of the point Matt was making: </p>
<p>*Every* social media company is engaged in heavy censorship, with significant involvement of and, at times, explicit direction of the government.</p>
<p>Google frequently makes links disappear, for example.</p>
<p>&mdash; Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href="https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1607743022925504514?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 27, 2022</a></p></blockquote>
<p>&#8220;When Dems controlled both houses of Congress and the WH (and Exec Branch), they repeatedly summoned Big Tech CEOs and openly and explicitly threatened them: if you don&#8217;t *censor more*, you will be punished,&#8221; Greenwald responded.</p>
<p>Musk agreed, writing: &#8220;Exactly.&#8221;</p>
<p>Taibbi said that the State Department, Department of Defense, and Central Intelligence Agency were also involved in contacting the platform about potential foreign propaganda on the platform.</p>
<p>Internal company emails showed that FBI agent Elvis Chan asked Twitter executives if he could invite an “OGA” — Other Government Agency — to an upcoming conference.</p>
<p>The email referred to a Twitter employee, whose name was redacted, and said that people from the employee’s “former employer,” which a Twitter executive acknowledged meant the CIA, were specifically inquiring about the invitation.</p>
<p>The new Twitter Files release also showed that FBI officials helped put the company in contact with local law enforcement to deal with issues.</p>
<p>Taibbi said that the FBI was “clearly tailoring” its searches on the platform to look for potential content violations that Twitter could take action on.</p>
<p>Even ex-FBI lawyer Jim Baker, who was involved in a lot of controversy surrounding his involvement in different investigations into former President Donald Trump, thought that the FBI’s actions were strange.</p>
<p>“Odd that they are searching for violations of our policies,” Baker said in an email.</p>
<p><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/twitter-was-in-contact-with-multiple-gov-agencies-ex-fbi-lawyer-surprised-by-fbis-actions-feds-sought-action-on-foreign-narratives-on-ukraine-covid" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter Was In Contact With Multiple Gov Agencies; Ex-FBI Lawyer Surprised By FBI’s Actions; Feds Sought Action On Foreign Narratives On Ukraine, COVID</a></strong></p>

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