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Twitter staff relented to a pressure campaign spearheaded by a Democratic lawmaker in the fall of 2017, changing its advertising policy to allow for a closer relationship with U.S. intelligence agencies, according to internal documents published Tuesday by independent journalist Matt Taibbi.
Twitter executives did not believe that there was significant activity by Russian election interference groups on the platform as of Sept. 6, 2017 , and had internally decided to direct concerned reporters to Facebook, who they believed to be facing the brunt of congressional scrutiny , according to Taibbi. However, Twitter faced renewed pressure after Democratic […]
Around the Web – Original Source: beckernews.com