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Should there be any references to the Zuckerberg disclosure?
Recently Zuckerberg has admitted that Facebook was also complicit in suppressing factual information on behalf of the Biden-Harris administration, though only for marking COVID-19 observations as misinformation. 108.63.216.11 (talk) 12:18, 29 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, this article does not restrict itself to Covid-related suppression. Even though Zuckerberg does not own Twitter, the fact that government officials were making such requests, and to one of the few companies that had a comparable level of influence, is important context for this article. The twitter files project was an examination of government influence over social media. VRavenn (talk) 13:20, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Extended-confirmed-protected edit request on 31 October 2024
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"It should be noted however that while requests were made from the Trump White House to remove posts, the rate and amount requested and honoured were overwhelmingly Democrat Party affiliated , which is due to the fact that Twitter's employmees at the time was much more connected to the Democratic party of the United States"(source: https://x.com/mtaibbi/status/1598822959866683394?lang=en) Digg396 (talk) 23:06, 31 October 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As this article is protected, I can't modify it right now. What @Digg396 meant was to add context to the already existing section:
In a June 2023 court filing, Twitter attorneys strongly denied that the Files showed the government had coerced the company to censor content, as Musk and many Republicans claimed. Former Twitter employees asserted that Republican officials also made takedown requests so often that Twitter had to keep a database tracking them..
The section should therefore be:
In a June 2023 court filing, Twitter attorneys strongly denied that the Files showed the government had coerced the company to censor content, as Musk and many Republicans claimed. Former Twitter employees asserted that Republican officials also made takedown requests so often that Twitter had to keep a database tracking them. It should be noted however that while requests were made from the Trump White House to remove posts, the rate and amount requested and honoured were overwhelmingly Democrat Party affiliated , which is due to the fact that Twitter's employmees at the time was much more connected to the Democratic party of the United States.. Riky bet (talk) 09:26, 31 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
1. This article's description of Taibbi's findings is completely twisted, relies on cherry picked quotes taken out of context, and directly contradicts summary statements make by Taibbi, like his report to Congress: What we found in the Twitter Files was a sweeping effort to use machine learning and other tools to reverse that promise (democratized exchange of information) and use machine learning and other tools to turn the internet into an instrument of censorship and social control. Unfortunately, our own government appears to be playing a lead role.
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FD/FD00/20230309/115442/HHRG-118-FD00-Wstate-TaibbiM-20230309.pdf
2. Further, this article leaves out key evidence of Taibbi's actual conclusions- for example, the fact that the FBI warned Twitter execs of a potential hack and leak operation by foreign actors involving Hunter Biden. I looked through the archives and this topic was raised and discussed but moderators refused to accept twitter threads as a reliable source! This article acknowledges that the authors of the threads cited are journalists, not random twitter users. And it acknowledges that a condition of the reporters getting access to the twitter files is that the results be published on twitter!
In other words, the moderators used a flimsy rationale, which they had to know was unreasonable, to prevent any real information about the Twitter Files from making it into an article about the Twitter Files. This silly game serves no one - Wiki itself becomes a less credible source, and people who read and rely on Wiki articles will find themselves hopelessly lost in conversations with people armed with facts. VRavenn (talk) 14:09, 26 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format and provide a reliable source if appropriate. – Muboshgu (talk) 23:14, 31 October 2024 (UTC)
Not done: Text has changed in the interim, rendering this moot. Closing edit request from blocked user. LizardJr8 (talk) 02:09, 16 February 2025 (UTC)