4. Between January 2020 and November 2022, there were over 150 emails between the FBI and former Twitter Trust and Safety chief Yoel Roth.
How is this constant? This is just 1 request every 7 days . I figured it would be more. Also, it's called the FBI. Their job is to investigate federal matters, which includes content on social social media. They do with with all major social networks. It's not just politics or the media, but things related to safety, terrorism, kidnaping, child exploitation, etc.
It seems like these files are becoming more and more underwhelming.
Regardless, while you may call this “underwhelming” it’s actually hard proof of illegal activity. The FBI cannot censor people, period. That’s fascism and illegal in the US, per multiple Supreme Court rulings.
This effectively gives trump, et al a direct path to a lawsuit against the federal government and AGs of states cause to sue the federal government. It could very well (and imo will) lead to a church committee of sorts.
That said, not sure if the powers are established enough to just resist all of it (they might be).
The FBI emailing Twitter to report possible violations of Twitter's terms of service is not censorship and it is not illegal.
> This effectively gives trump, et al a direct path to a lawsuit against the federal government
The FBI reported to Trump during the 2020 election cycle. It was headed by his own handpicked director, under the supervision of his own handpicked Attorney General.
What if the FBI only happened to report violations by Asians. Or only violations by women?
I guess it would not be censorship, and I guess it would not be not illegal either, but it would make people wonder if there is an agenda.
It’s as much about the violations reported as the violations left unreported.