Conservative Twitter users have finally been vindicated.
Thursday night, former New York Times columnist Bari Weiss released the second installment of the โTwitter files,โ Elon Muskโs purging of Twitter's private failures in hopes of rebuilding trust in the platforms.
Throughout the Twitter thread, Weiss revealed how the platform previously sought to silence and suppress some conservative users and accounts by placing them on โblacklistsโ and flagging particular information.
Images appeared to show that several of the accounts had been flagged with โRecent Abuse Strikeโ and that more basic information, such as when the accounts were โTwitter Blue Verifiedโ or โHigh Profile,โ had also been noted.
Jay Bhattacharya, a health policy professor from Stanford University who opposed COVID-19 lockdowns, appeared to have been placed on a โTrends Blacklist,โ as was the right-wing Libs of TikTok account, according to the photos.
The account of conservative commentatorย Dan Bonginoย was placed on a โSearch Blacklist,โ while the photos showed Turning Point USA Presidentย Charlie Kirkย had his account marked as โDo Not Amplify.โ
Weiss also noted that Twitter previously denied depressing particular accounts. In 2018, Twitter's then-Head of Legal Policy and Trust, Vijaya Gadde, along with then-Head of Product, Kayvon Beykpour said, โWe do not shadow ban.โ They added: โAnd we certainly don't shadow ban based on political viewpoints or ideology.โ
Thursday evening, Musk responded to users' concerns and said he plans to release a new feature to combat โshadowbanโ concerns.
โTwitter is working on a software update that will show your true account status, so you know clearly if you've been shadowbanned, the reason why and how to appeal,โ Musk tweeted.
โMost engineers don't feel strongly about politics, but do want to work with other great engineers,โ Musk added. โSilicon Valley has world's best engineering talent, but is co-located with San Francisco, which is far left. Thus, far left gained control of an incredibly powerful info weapon.โ
Musk also responded to a question about whether โany political candidates โ either in the US or elsewhere โ [were] subject to shadowbanning while they were running for office or seeking re-electionโ by answering, โYes.โ
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Seems to me that there is little doubt that there was ‘meddling’ – the only questions are how much of it went on and how much corrupt influence there was, and still is.