policy is not about achieving 0 covid, we know that s not attainable, we know it s controlling its citizens and using the passport system green, yellow or red to dictate their movements. that s what this was about for twitter it wasn t to to protect us it was to censor. i think the take away from twitter files, i think what we realize in this batch of tweets it was an arbitrary exercise of power dressed up in the guise of a policy. michael shellenberger was a journalist revealing twitter files for last night, here s what he tweeted, what happens next is essential to understanding how twitter justified banning donald trump. a sales executive wrote, are we dropping the public interest policy now. to that yoel ruth said six hours later, in the specific case for change in the public interest approach for his account. the long and short, there was never, there may have been in existence of a policy but it was at best i don t even think a
trust and safety director yoel ruth taught the policy change that would apply to president trump alone, joining us not to react author of supreme dis disorder. the focus overnight is on the dump of twitter files. i want to talk to about the revelations from the twitter files in totality. i want to talk with the government involvement. is there anything that you have seen so far that red flag for you what we have witnessed is an abridgment of the first amendment of the united states constitution? has the government influenced at the very least twitter s decisions to center? with to distinguish between legal and political issues. if it s biden campaign colluding with twitter to do various things that stop the government being involved that s problematic that there might be violations of twitter s own policies and they could be sued
here s why that s important i found these two tweets for michael shellenberger the journalist involves of twitter files to sum it up very well, the underlying problem and he s quoting will in this. the dominant platforms have always been loath to owned up to their own subjectivity. saying in fact policy was just arbitrary but there loath to owned up to their own subjectivity because the highlights unfettered power over the global public square. he goes on, places the responsibility for the power on their own shoulders they hide behind an ever-changing rulebook alternatively pointing to it when it s convenient and shoving under the nearest rug when it is not. a good explanation of what the release of file shows. there really was a yoel ruth. is there a group of people back there deciding what to dial-up and who to cancel and not to cancel. that s really how it happened. the head of safety. safety is always the guy
elections. roth is yoel ruth the former head of trust and safety. it is unclear how close dorsey was involved in decisions on content. shellenberger writes he was on vacation during this time. the ads on january 7 jack dorsey e-mails employees saying twitter needs to remain consistent its policies including the right of users to return to twitter after temp resuspension after roth ensures an employee that people who care about this aren t happy with where we are, the document shared according to shellenberger that prominent figures including former first lady michelle obama also pressured the company to remove trump. a day after the e-mail from dorsey trump was removed under a five strikes policy. in the document the singular junior employee that expressed concern that this may be a slippery slope. more documents are expected to be dropped today. eric: thanks so much. if you re sending money in the mail this holiday season you re going to want to know this the
in a lengthy thread he shows how executives created justification to ban president trump from twitter and how twitter s former ceo jack dorsey was removed in this pursuit but gave in to his staff. shellenberger writes on jan january 7 jack dorsey e-mails employees saying twitter needs to be consistent in the policies including the right of users to return to twitter after a suspension. after roth reassures an employee people who care about this aren t happy with where we are. the name roth refers to yoel ruth the former chief safety officer there who played a critical role in suppressing the new york post reporting on hunter biden s laptop. shellenberger continues. progress explains a member of roth s trust and safety team they exchange between roth and his colleagues makes clear they pushed jack dorsey for greater restrictions on the speech twitter allows around elections. then around 11:30 a.m. pacific time roth dm says colleagues