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#HongKonger
//The only real prison is FEAR, and the only real FREEDOM is freedom from fear.//

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 12. These initial reports are based on searches for docs linked to prominent executives, whose names are already public. They include Roth, former trust and policy chief Vijaya Gadde, and recently plank-walked Deputy General Counsel (and former top FBI lawyer) Jim Baker.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 11. After J6, internal Slacks show Twitter executives getting a kick out of intensified relationships with federal agencies. Here’s Trust and Safety head Yoel Roth, lamenting a lack of “generic enough” calendar descriptions to concealing his “very interesting” meeting partners.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 10. As the election approached, senior executives – perhaps under pressure from federal agencies, with whom they met more as time progressed – increasingly struggled with rules, and began to speak of “vios” as pretexts to do what they’d likely have done anyway.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 9. Before J6, Twitter was a unique mix of automated, rules-based enforcement, and more subjective moderation by senior executives. As @BariWeiss reported, the firm had a vast array of tools for manipulating visibility, most all of which were thrown at Trump (and others) pre-J6.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 8. The bulk of the internal debate leading to Trump’s ban took place in those three January days. However, the intellectual framework was laid in the months preceding the Capitol riots.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 7. Twitter executives removed Trump in part over what one executive called the “context surrounding”: actions by Trump and supporters “over the course of the election and frankly last 4+ years.” In the end, they looked at a broad picture. But that approach can cut both ways.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 6. As soon as they finished banning Trump, Twitter execs started processing new power. They prepared to ban future presidents and White Houses – perhaps even Joe Biden. The “new administration,” says one exec, “will not be suspended by Twitter unless absolutely necessary.”

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

@ShellenbergerMD @bariweiss 5. Whatever your opinion on the decision to remove Trump that day, the internal communications at Twitter between January 6th-January 8th have clear historical import. Even Twitter’s employees understood in the moment it was a landmark moment in the annals of speech.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

4. This first installment covers the period before the election through January 6th. Tomorrow, @Shellenbergermd will detail the chaos inside Twitter on January 7th. On Sunday, @BariWeiss will reveal the secret internal communications from the key date of January 8th.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

3. We’ll show you what hasn’t been revealed: the erosion of standards within the company in months before J6, decisions by high-ranking executives to violate their own policies, and more, against the backdrop of ongoing, documented interaction with federal agencies.

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

2. The world knows much of the story of what happened between riots at the Capitol on January 6th, and the removal of President Donald Trump from Twitter on January 8th...

[Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi]

1. THREAD: The Twitter Files
THE REMOVAL OF DONALD TRUMP
Part One: October 2020-January 6th

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Deplatforming the President (cont.)

[Michael Shellenberger @shellenberger]

1. TWITTER FILES, PART 4

The Removal of Donald Trump: January 7

As the pressure builds, Twitter executives build the case for a permanent ban

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Under pressure from hundreds of activist employees, Twitter deplatforms Trump, a sitting US President, even though they themselves acknowledge that he didn’t violate the rules:

[Morgan Ortagus @MorganOrtagus]

There are over 8,500 KFC restaurants in China. Palates don't cheat. #China has always been a part of Kentucky. The long lost child will eventually return home.

[平野雨龍 @uryuhirano]

日本国という歴史の中で、とても偉大な人だった。外交の安倍がいたからこそ、今の国際的な地位と信頼がある。

各国首脳との外交は本当に本当に頼もしくて、この人がいれば大丈夫だという安心感があった。今後、あれ程までに外交強い人は現れるだろうか。

[Benedict Rogers 羅傑斯 @benedictrogers]

Opinion | Abe’s legacy is a world better prepared to confront China https://t.co/i2dqP9vDm6

[The Great Translation Movement 大翻译运动 @TGTM_Official]

In this world today, only several Chinese people will carry out promotional activities for the event.

#ShinzoAbe #Japan
#TheGreatTranslationMovement https://t.co/dGQepUTZ5t

[Sunny Cheung @SunnyCheungky]

安倍首相は、G20サミットで香港への支援を表明した最初の首相でした。安倍氏の人権に対する関心と配慮に改めて感謝します。インド・太平洋と権威主義的中国に関する氏の洞察は深いものでした。氏の早すぎる死を悼みます。安らかにお眠りください。

Thank you for supporting HK.

#RIPAbeShinzo