Musk says US government demanded Twitter suspend 250000 accounts, including journalists

A new release of internal Twitter correspondence details the relationship between the social media company and government agencies, including how the U.S. government “demanded” that the social media giant suspend nearly 250,000 accounts.  “US govt agency demanded suspension of 250K accounts, including journalists and Canadian officials!” Elon Musk replied to journalist Matt Taibbi’s Twitter thread on Tuesday evening.  Taibbi revealed the U.S government’s mounting and endless pressure on Twitter to work hand-in-hand with Congress to hunt for Russian meddling on the platform.Twitter’s subsequent task force to hunt Russian influence on the platform showed “no coordinated” effort and mostly “lone-wolf” accounts with low ad spends. TWITTER FILES PART 11 SHOWS HOW ‘PR CRISIS’ FOLLOWING 2016 ELECTION ALLOWED COMPANY TO EMBRACE INTEL COMMUNITYDespite the findings, the social media platform began its partnership and censorship with Congress to fight against supposed Russian misinformation. TWITTER TAKEOVER OF 2022: ELON MUSK’S WILD RIDE SINCE BUYING THE SOCIAL MEDIA GIANTUnder U.S. government pressure, Twitter went on to suspend nearly 250,000 accounts, including accounts tied to journalists, some questioning the pandemic’s origins, and accounts that followed “two or more” Chinese diplomatic accounts.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPIn the first Twitter Files of 2023, Taibbi, exposed how
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