FBI Asked Twitter to Censor Western Journalists on Behalf of Ukraine

FBI Asked Twitter to Censor Western Journalists on Behalf of Ukraine

THE SIGNAL

The FBI asked Twitter to censor accounts it accused of spreading “Russian disinformation,” including a number of American and Canadian journalists, according to new emails released via the Twitter Files.
Starting in December 2022 shortly following his takeover of the company, Twitter owner Elon Musk opened up an archive of the company’s internal communications to several journalists, revealing co-ordination between the federal government and Twitter on censorship.

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A newly released email dated March 27, 2022 shows FBI Special Agent Aleksandr Kobzanets passing a list of accounts to Twitter, compiled by Ukraine’s intelligence agency, the SBU. According to Kobzanets, the accounts were “suspected by the SBU in spreading fear and disinformatio …

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