

If you haven’t read Part 1 and Part 2 of this series on the massive conspiracy to censor COVID information and manipulate public understanding and perception, follow these links to start from the beginning.
To no one’s surprise, FBI guy Jim Baker makes an appearance in these Twitter files as well. At the time, he was Twitter’s Deputy General Counsel after having left the FBI as lead counsel at the agency. You know, the same FBI that paid Twitter $3.5 million dollars to have staff at their beck and call to process their requests. He asked fellow Twitter execs why it wasn’t a violation for then-President Trump to tell people, “Don’t be afraid of Covid.” Is anyone surprised that they were even trying to censor our attitudes in order to manipulate people to be terrified?
34. In a surreal exchange, Jim Baker, at the time Twitter’s Deputy General Counsel, asks why telling people to not be afraid wasn’t a violation of Twitter’s Covid-19 misinformation policy. pic.twitter.com/SxvOKcvaT7
— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022
Then head of Trust and Safety at Twitter, Yoel Roth, had to explain to the FBI guy that a “broad, optimistic statement” isn’t a violation because “it doesn’t incite people to do something harmful, nor does it recommend against taking precautions or following mask directives (or other guidelines).” I’m surprised he didn’t think optimism was a violation because he has admitted that he thinks satire is dangerous, and he repeatedly determined satire to be in violation of Twitter policies. And Roth does seem open to the possibility that they might finagle a violation out of it when he says, “Curious whether you have a different read on it, though.” As though maybe the deputy lead counsel could find a way to consider it a violation.
35. Yoel Roth, Twitter’s former head of Trust & Safety, had to explain that optimism wasn’t misinformation. pic.twitter.com/1pj8uvzWR1
— David Zweig (@davidzweig) December 26, 2022
It was never about whether something was true. It was always about whether it fit the narrative. But we knew that, didn’t we? It was never about public health. It was always about control.