#Jack Sweeney brings back Elon Musk jet-tracking Twitter account

#Jack Sweeney brings back Elon Musk jet-tracking Twitter account

“Jack Sweeney brings back Elon Musk jet-tracking Twitter account” A new Twitter account launched by suspended user Jack Sweeney that tracks Elon Musk’s private jet flights has been “search banned,” the mogul’s college-age tormentor told The Post on Friday. Sweeney, the 20-year-old University of Central Florida sophomore whose @Elonjet account was banned this month, returned…

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#Facebook, Twitter stocked with ex-FBI, CIA officials

#Facebook, Twitter stocked with ex-FBI, CIA officials

“Facebook, Twitter stocked with ex-FBI, CIA officials” WASHINGTON — Dozens of former national security officials have gone to work for Facebook and Twitter after leaving government service, raising concerns about the influence of their onetime agencies over the social media giants. At Twitter alone, at least eight former FBI agents work at the company’s so-called…

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#Latest ‘Twitter Files’ show FBI repeatedly grilled execs about ‘state propaganda’

#Latest ‘Twitter Files’ show FBI repeatedly grilled execs about ‘state propaganda’

“Latest ‘Twitter Files’ show FBI repeatedly grilled execs about ‘state propaganda’” The FBI repeatedly grilled Twitter execs about state propaganda on the social media platform in the summer of 2020 — insisting that the company provide more information about safety enforcement, according to the latest Twitter Files release. The agency’s Foreign Influence Task Force —…

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#Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals

#Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals

“Twitter bans linking to Facebook, Instagram, other rivals” Twitter users will no longer be able to link to certain rival social media websites, including what the company described Sunday as “prohibited platforms” Facebook, Instagram and Mastodon. It’s the latest move by Twitter’s new owner Elon Musk to crack down on certain speech after he shut down a…

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#FBI treated Twitter as ‘subsidiary,’ flagged tweets for misinformation

#FBI treated Twitter as ‘subsidiary,’ flagged tweets for misinformation

“FBI treated Twitter as ‘subsidiary,’ flagged tweets for misinformation” The FBI and other law enforcement organizations treated Twitter as a “subsidiary,” flagging numerous accounts for purportedly harmful “misinformation” since January of 2020, according to the sixth installment of the “Twitter Files.” Independent journalist Matt Taibbi described the FBI’s relationship with Twitter as having a “master-canine…

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