Matt Taibbi Surprised by FBI & Twitter's Collusion; Russiagate Info in Twitter Files

It could , it can be easily get out like that . They're so comfortable with the idea that the government should be involved in this censorship of what turns out to be true information , especially when in regards to the Hunter Biden laptop , that they would be so comfortable that they would just send it in emails . Yeah .

Matt Taibbi Surprised by FBI & Twitter's Collusion; Russiagate Info in Twitter Files

But , uh , I'm glad he did . Well , he truly believes that censored social media is a threat to democracy . He really believes that .

Matt Taibbi Surprised by FBI & Twitter's Collusion; Russiagate Info in Twitter Files

So we're going to strike him . And so they , so they sort of massively expanded the , the purview of what of things they can censor just in that one moment . Uh And it was , it's , you know , you can see it in these dialogues , how they came to that decision , which is just fascinating and they've never come out and said we were misinformed .

Matt Taibbi Surprised by FBI & Twitter's Collusion; Russiagate Info in Twitter Files

Um , they have a system where the DH S handles , um , you know , censorship requests that come up from the , the States and the FBI handles the international ones and they all float all these companies and , um , it's a big bureaucracy and we , I don't think we expected to see that . It's very bizarre to me that they , that they would just openly call for censorship in emails and these private transmissions but the ones that are easily duplicated , you could send them to other people . It could , it can be easily get out like that .

Matt Taibbi Surprised by FBI & Twitter's Collusion; Russiagate Info in Twitter Files

They have , um , a really intense structure , uh , that they've worked out over a period of years where they have regular meetings . Um , they have a system where the DH S handles , um , you know , censorship requests that come up from the , the States and the FBI handles the international ones and they all float all these companies and , um , it's a big bureaucracy and we , I don't think we expected to see that . It's very bizarre to me that they , that they would just openly call for censorship in emails and these private transmissions but the ones that are easily duplicated , you could send them to other people .