Twitter Files Part 8 Drops: Pentagon Was Influencing Twitter, Running "Psyops" On The Platform

Part 8 is now out… Unbeknownst to the majority of users, the US government’s Pentagon was reportedly in close contact with Twitter to track down dissenters, silence critics, and — of course — try out and “amplify” psychological operations, sometimes referred to as psyops.

This is hearty fare for the conspiracy theorists out there: more validation! The Pentagon was literally working with a social media giant to silence critics of the military industrial complex, doesn’t get more of a First Amendment violation than that.

Accounts controlled by the Pentagon were able to get automatic blue checkmark verification status and evade ban and de-boosting attempts; “whitelisting” is the internal practice at Twitter which allowed for this manipulation of the platform.

Well-known investigative reporter Lee Fang mid-wifed and analyzed this particular batch of the Twitter Files, which are being released by Twitter’s new owner.