DHS
Congressman Ted Lieu defends FBI after Twitter Files revelation
Lieu says the FBI was only flagging “foreign influence operations” and “misinformation.”
Members
FBI flagged jokes and satirical accounts to Twitter for censorship
More evidence of the agency’s pervasive and secret online speech policing.
President Trump outlines free speech policies for 2024 campaign
“If we don’t have free speech, then we just don’t have a free country.”
Maricopa County recorder contacted DHS cyber agency for help with social media partnerships
Documents found through legal discovery.
Twitter had regular meetings with FBI, allowed them to flag tweets
New published chats reveal.
CDC and Census Bureau had direct access to Twitter portal where they could flag speech for censorship
More Big Tech-Big Government censorship collusion.
Members
Former Twitter exec, Vijaya Gadde, who was appointed adviser to President Biden’s DHS in 2021, played a key role in suppressing Hunter Biden story a year earlier
More close censorship ties between the Biden admin and Big Tech.
New Zealand admits it has direct access to Facebook takedown portal where it can flag content for censorship
The censorship-loving government has a direct line to the tech giant.
Mayorkas defends DHS efforts to address online “disinformation”
But said recent documents showing social media collusion were from before he was in office.