Taibbi and Shellenberger grilled on Capitol Hill today about the Twitter Files

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

1. TWITTER FILES: Statement to Congress THE CENSORSHIP-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

I repeated four times that we found evidence of censorship against both the right and left.

Frankly_Speaking @franklago

@alwaysands @mtaibbi @Jim_Jordan @ShellenbergerMD Of course it was. @mtaibbi spews exactly what Jordan likes to hear. Anti-left sentiment. @mtaibbi was exposed today as biased. Too bad, he should have looked into the Trump WH but Elon didn't give him that data. This committee is a JOKE

Michael Shellenberger @ShellenbergerMD

EXPOSED: America's Secret Censorship-Industrial Complex U.S. government officials, agencies, and contractors are violating the First Amendment My testimony to Congress

public.substack.comEXPOSED: America’s Secret Censorship-Industrial ComplexU.S. government officials, agencies, and contractors are violating the First Amendment

Leighton 明 Woodhouse @lwoodhouse

What I’m hearing from the Democrats today at the Twitter Files hearing is that journalists are the enemy of the people, reporting is “profiteering,” and reporters should reveal their sources when asked by important politicians.

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

Thank you chairman @Jim_Jordan for inviting @ShellenbergerMD and me to speak today. It was an honor, and as Michael and I both worried this frightening issue would be ignored, we are very grateful you and your committee took the time to explore it. https://t.co/JIfmn4U6kt

Rep. Jim Jordan @Jim_Jordan

“You cannot have a state-sponsored system targeting ‘disinformation’ without striking at the essence of the right to free speech.” -@mtaibbi

Substack @SubstackInc

Stack around and find out

Greg Price @greg_price11

Rep. Sylvia Garcia (D-TX): "You posted on your umm I guess it's kind of like a web page. I don't quite understand what Substack is." https://t.co/LJQx7nIpJy

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

This is a devastating email. Here is Stanford’s Virality project — which partners with multiple state agencies — recommending against “stories of true vaccine side effects” and “true posts that could fuel hesitancy.” A conscious decision to emphasize narrative over truth.

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

32. In one remarkable email, the Virality Project recommends that multiple platforms take action even against “stories of true vaccine side effects” and “true posts which could fuel hesitancy.” None of the leaders of this effort to police Covid speech had health expertise. https://t.co/UUd50ZaghG

Matt Taibbi @mtaibbi

10. We came to think of this grouping – state agencies like DHS, FBI, or the Global Engagement Center (GEC), along with “NGOs that aren’t academic” and an unexpectedly aggressive partner, commercial news media – as the Censorship-Industrial Complex.