USA: The Twitter Files is available now and details the methods used by the US government to collect, analyze and flag social media content for investigation.

According to the latest report by freelance journalist and author Matt Tabby, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) considers Twitter to be "helpful". Elon Musk Shares Twitter Expose, Emphasizes How Twitter Worked Before His Acquisition.

Through a series of tweets, Taibbi provided information about the FBI's terms of use for Twitter. He refers to the nature of the relationship as "master-canine".

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As if it were an "accomplice", Twitter had "sustained and extensive" contact with the FBI. Between January 2020 and November 2022, the FBI and Twitter's former head of trust and security, Joel Roth, exchanged over 150 emails.

Some of the emails, according to Taibi, dealt with routine topics such as wishing Roth a happy new year and other things. However, other emails contained "information requests" about Twitter users involved in the ongoing investigation.

Surprisingly, the FBI was asking Twitter to take action against users spreading misinformation about the election in a large number of emails, even including fake tweets from accounts with few followers.

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According to Taibi, the FBI's FTIF task force, which focuses on social media, was in constant contact with Twitter to investigate claims of foreign interference in the election and other forms of election tampering.

According to Taibbi, the Department of Homeland Security, along with security firms and think tanks, pressured Twitter to moderate the content. This was part of the reach of federal intelligence and law enforcement on Twitter.

Jim Baker, Twitter's recently fired deputy general counsel, received Stasia Cardile's notes on September 16. Cardile's letter included information about election-related operations, which he learned from a 90-minute meeting with FBI, DHS and other officials. Additionally, the letter suggests that the FBI saw no barriers to Twitter officials communicating classified information.

A government looks at a lot of data for a variety of reasons, such as finding terrorist suspects or forecasting the economy. However, according to Taybi, agencies such as the FBI and DHS were often using different entry points to send social media users and content to Twitter, necessitating its moderation.

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Taibbi shared an internal email sent from the FBI's National Election Command Post to the San Francisco Field Office on November 5, 2022.

A list of 25 accounts that "may warrant additional action" is included in the mail. Agent Elvis Chan sent it to "the people at Twitter" on 6 November.

Twitter responded with a list of 15 accounts that had been treated two days later.