Taibbi began the thread by saying drops of data from inside the company before it was purchased by Elon Musk are “revealing more every day about how the government collects, analyzes, and flags your social media content.”
Taibbi then reported an FBI task force charged with scouring social media after the 2016 presidential election was in constant contact with Twitter to take down content that spread election misinformation. He claimed 80 FBI agents were responsible for flagging content that was reported to Twitter for moderation.
The Department of Homeland Security, private contractors, and “think tanks” were also involved in reporting content that included jokes, Taibbi reported.
The thread continues with screenshots, many of which are purported to be conversations between law enforcement officials and Twitter employees:
Taibbi also wrote state governments were in contact with Twitter to flag content for moderation.