Journalist Paul Thacker dropped another Twitter Files on Tuesday: Who Are the People Claiming RFK Jr. is \u201cDisinformation\u201d?<\/p>\n
*Elon Musk\u2019s reaction is at the bottom of the article*<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Twitter Files: Who Are the People Claiming RFK Jr. is \u201cDisinformation\u201d?<\/p>\n Let’s look at what I found inside Twitter’s internal documents. pic.twitter.com\/fnzgPu7giQ<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Paul Thacker: 2. First thing I found was Twitter officials discussing action they were taking on @RobertKennedyJr b\/c of a report put out by the Center for Countering Digital Hate @CCDHate<\/p>\n CCDH\u2019s report was called \u201cThe Disinformation Dozen.\u201d<\/p>\n But was the report credible?<\/p>\n 2. First thing I found was Twitter officials discussing action they were taking on @RobertKennedyJr<\/a> b\/c of a report put out by the Center for Countering Digital Hate @CCDHate<\/a> <\/p>\n CCDH’s report was called “The Disinformation Dozen.”<\/p>\n But was the report credible?<\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 3. Facebook said @CCDHate report lacked credibility and posted a statement dismissing it.<\/p>\n 3. Facebook said @CCDHate<\/a> report lacked credibility and posted a statement dismissing it. pic.twitter.com\/kQzZcEUMSk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 4. But the report took off like a rocket, getting attention from the White House and Congress. Who is this group CCDH by the way?<\/p>\n 4. But the report took off like a rocket, getting attention from the White House and Congress. Who is this group CCDH by the way?<\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 5. It\u2019s run by a British political operative named Imran Ahmed, who wrote \u201cNew Serfdom\u201d a book critical of free market ideology.\u201d<\/p>\n QUESTION 1: How did being a Labour Party political operative prepare Ahmed to rebrand himself as an expert in vaccines and disinformation?<\/p>\n 5. It’s run by a British political operative named Imran Ahmed, who wrote “New Serfdom” a book critical of free market ideology.”<\/p>\n QUESTION 1: How did being a Labour Party political operative prepare Ahmed to rebrand himself as an expert in vaccines and disinformation? pic.twitter.com\/idV4BtbCIL<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 6. QUESTION 2: Who runs Imran Ahmed and @CCDHate? Is it governments? Is it pharma interests?<\/p>\n I asked. Imran Ahmed won\u2019t respond.<\/p>\n 6. QUESTION 2: Who runs Imran Ahmed and @CCDHate<\/a>? Is it governments? Is it pharma interests?<\/p>\n I asked. Imran Ahmed won’t respond.<\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 7. Twitter officials discussed taking action based on the CCDH report. \u201cCOVID-19 misinfo enforcement team is planning on taking action on a handful of accounts surfaced by the CCDH report.\u201d<\/p>\n 7. Twitter officials discussed taking action based on the CCDH report. \u201cCOVID-19 misinfo enforcement team is planning on taking action on a handful of accounts surfaced by the CCDH report.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/khTr1w6GhF<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 8. Note that Imran Ahmed released his report to coincide with Biden\u2019s vaccine rollout and congressional hearings w\/ Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey.<\/p>\n QUESTION: Who is Ahmed working with?<\/p>\n 8. Note that Imran Ahmed released his report to coincide with Biden’s vaccine rollout and congressional hearings w\/ Mark Zuckerberg and Jack Dorsey.<\/p>\n QUESTION: Who is Ahmed working with? pic.twitter.com\/iUcHD1sFcN<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 9. Based on this discredited report, Twitter labeled the following tweets. (When Elon Musk took over Twitter, these labels were removed).<\/p>\n 9. Based on this discredited report, Twitter labeled the following tweets. (When Elon Musk took over Twitter, these labels were removed). pic.twitter.com\/2Q0v5Nk1Ts<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 10. Twitter placed a \u201cVaccine Safety\u201d label on this tweet where Kennedy sent a letter to Biden. What is wrong with sending the President a letter? <\/p>\n How does this violate safety? It\u2019s just odd.<\/p>\n 9. Twitter placed a \u201cVaccine Safety\u201d label on this tweet where Kennedy sent a letter to Biden. What is wrong with sending the President a letter? <\/p>\n How does this violate safety? It’s just odd. pic.twitter.com\/NpZyoWU22T<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 11. Ahmed\u2019s CCDH ran a bumbling campaign the year prior ran the year prior, CCDH targeted 10 websites for allegedly posting racist narratives. One of the group\u2019s they targeted was ZeroHedge<\/p>\n 10. Ahmed’s CCDH ran a bumbling campaign the year prior ran the year prior, CCDH targeted 10 websites for allegedly posting racist narratives. One of the group’s they targeted was @zerohedge<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 12. Fact checkers w\/ NBC News \u201cverify unit\u201d fell for CCDH\u2019s report,\u201cGoogle has banned two far-right websites from its advertising platform after research revealed the tech giant was profiting from articles pushing unsubstantiated claims about the Black Lives Matter protests.\u201d<\/p>\n 11. Fact checkers w\/ NBC News \u201cverify unit\u201d fell for CCDH\u2019s report,\u201cGoogle has banned two far-right websites from its advertising platform after research revealed the tech giant was profiting from articles pushing unsubstantiated claims about the Black Lives Matter protests.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/eXnxf5NO2L<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 13. But Ahmed\u2019s report wasn\u2019t true. Ahmed took passages from the comments section and claimed they were articles. NBC then stealth edited their story.<\/p>\n This is NBC\u2019s \u201cverify\u201d fact check unit, mind you.<\/p>\n 12. But Ahmed’s report wasn’t true. Ahmed took passages from the comments section and claimed they were articles. NBC then stealth edited their story.<\/p>\n This is NBC’s “verify” fact check unit, mind you. pic.twitter.com\/2BGkfxsz5y<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 14. Another incident involves disinformation researcher Filippo Menczer at the U of Indiana. Back in 2014, a member of the Federal Communications Commission wrote a Washington Post essay calling his federally funded research \u201cOrwellian\u201d<\/p>\n 13. Another incident involves disinformation researcher Filippo Menczer at the U of Indiana. Back in 2014, a member of the Federal Communications Commission wrote a Washington Post essay calling his federally funded research \u201cOrwellian\u201d pic.twitter.com\/SCiFc1rxoi<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n 15. Menczer\u2019s University shot back that his research had nothing to do with \u201cattempting to track political misinformation in a way that would somehow limit free speech.\u201d<\/p>\n 14. Menczer’s University shot back that his research had nothing to do with \u201cattempting to track political misinformation in a way that would somehow limit free speech.\u201d pic.twitter.com\/7WFD3TVUP9<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Paul D. Thacker (@thackerpd) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n Elon Musk responded to a few of the Twitter Files drops:<\/strong><\/p>\n Great question! Let\u2019s find out who is funding the destruction of free speech.<\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cAnyone know who is supporting this rat?\u201d Elon Musk said of Imran Ahmed.<\/p>\n Anyone know who is supporting this rat?<\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n \u201cWho is funding this organization? They spread disinformation and push censorship, while claiming the opposite. Truly evil.\u201d Musk tweeted.<\/p>\n Who is funding this organization? They spread disinformation and push censorship, while claiming the opposite. Truly evil.<\/p>\n \u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 18, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n The post Latest Twitter Files Drop: Who Are the People Claiming RFK Jr. is \u201cDisinformation\u201d? \u2013 Elon Musk Responds<\/a> appeared first on The Gateway Pundit<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Journalist Paul Thacker dropped another Twitter Files on Tuesday: Who Are the People Claiming RFK Jr. is \u201cDisinformation\u201d?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n