Well folks, Elon Musk is making a splash on social media again.
This time he’s dropping bombs on Texas Lindsay podcast about Twitter’s FBI portal, which apparently “auto-deleted all comms after 2 weeks.”
Is this allowed?
He points out that under the Freedom of Information Act, this is a no-no.
According to Musk, this is happening all across different branches of the governement.
I’m sure this doesn’t suprise any of us, but with his massive reach I’m certain there are still those that will be shocked to hear this.
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— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) March 19, 2024
The Post Millennial reports:
X owner Elon Musk revealed during a recent interview that the FBI had a portal that “auto-deleted all comms with Twitter after 2 weeks,” remarking that it was likely a violation of the Freedom of Information Act.
Musk made the comments on the Texas Lindsay podcast while discussing the censorship of Americans on social media by the US government. “This is coming from multiple parts of the government. From the State Department, the FBI, Homeland Security, from really many, many parts of the government. It wasn’t just one arm of the government.”
Musk continued, “There was this FBI portal that auto-deleted all communications after two weeks, so we actually don’t know what was said there.”
He added that the move struck him “as a FOIA violation, a Freedom of Information Act violation…because you shouldn’t be able to delete orderly things after two weeks.”
Musk also revealed that “there’s a little-known agency in the state department called the Global Engagement Center, which most people have never heard of, but they might have been the single worst offender because they demanded the suspension of over 250,000 accounts which I think all Twitter largely complied with.”
“The suspension demands were so broad that they accidentally demanded a suspension of a journalist on CNN and an elected Canadian politician. It was just an incredibly broad swath.”
The Twitter Files, released through late 2022 into 2023 by a number of journalists, revealed the depth to which the FBI and other government agencies were working with Twitter.
LISTEN to the clip here:
Elon Musk reveals Twitter had an FBI portal that auto-deleted all communications after 2 weeks.
“This strikes me as a FOlA violation… because the government shouldn't be able to delete/auto-delete things after 2 weeks." pic.twitter.com/sNu35b3HYV
— SULLY🇺🇸 (@SULLY10X) March 19, 2024
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