Twitter whitelisted CENTCOM accounts used to run its online propaganda campaigns abroad. 👀
“[Twitter] provided direct approval and internal protection to the U.S. military’s network of social media accounts and online personas, whitelisting a batch of accounts at the request of the government. The Pentagon has used this network, which includes U.S. government-generated news portals and memes, in an effort to shape opinion in Yemen, Syria, Iraq, Kuwait, and beyond.”
https://theintercept.com/2022/12/20/twitter-dod-us-military-accounts/
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