
Twitter Aided Pentagon Propaganda Campaigns across Middle East, Amplifying Agency-Aligned Accounts
• Yahoo NewsDespite testifying before Congress that Twitter pledged "to rapidly identify and shut down all state-backed covert information operations & deceptive propaganda," Fang tweeted, "Twitter gave approval & special protection to the U.S. military's online psychological influence ops."
In one case, Fang shared screenshots of an official letter sent by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) to Twitter officials in July 2017 asking the social-media platform to "amplify certain messages" along with requests for the accounts to be "whitelisted" as well.
3. But behind the scenes, Twitter gave approval & special protection to the U.S. military's online psychological influence ops. Despite knowledge that Pentagon propaganda accounts used covert identities, Twitter did not suspend many for around 2 years or more. Some remain active.
— Lee Fang (@lhfang) December 20, 2022