TWITTER FILES AND REVEAL THEM.
THE LATEST BATCH OF THESE
TWITTER FILES SHOWS THAT
CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN ADAM
SCHIFF AND HIS WHOLE OFFICE AT
IT AGAIN, THIS TIME EXPOSING HOW
HIS STAFF REPEATEDLY ASKED
TWITTER QUITE OFTEN TO TAKE DOWN
TWEETS INCLUDING THE IMAGE OF
THEN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE JOE
BIDEN.
IT’S A JOKE.
SCHIFF’S STAFF DEMANDED THAT
TWITTER SUSPEND ACCOUNTS WITH
QANON RELATED ACTIVITY.
JOINING ME NOW, CHIEF OF STAFF
FOR CONTENT, PETE PASHEL.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
SO THAT BIDEN IMAGE WAS A JOKE.
IT WAS OBVIOUSLY MANIPULATED TO
BE A JOKE.
AND TWITTER HAD TO TELL SCHIFF’S
OFFICE, LISTEN, NO ONE WOULD
THINK THAT WAS A REAL IMAGE AND
IT WAS VERY OBVIOUSLY EDITED FOR
HUMOR BUT THEY WOULD NOT BACK
OFF AND IT -- DON’T THEY REALIZE
THAT THEY ARE -- THAT
INTERFERENCE WITH, WELL,
COMMUNICATION LIKE THAT IS A
FIRST AMENDMENT VIOLATION, IF
YOU WORK FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
>> YEAH.
SO THE TWITTER FILES HAVE BEEN
LIKE VERY INTERESTING, IT’S NOT
ENTIRELY SHOCKING THAT THERE’S A
LOT OF SHALL WE SAY THUMB ON THE
SCALE WITH REGARD TO WHAT
APPEARED OR DIDN’T APPEAR ON
TWITTER.
LOOK, LISTEN, YOU CAN’T REALLY
BLAME ANYONE WHETHER IT’S ADAM
SCHIFF OR WHOMEVER FOR
COMPLAINING TO TWITTER ABOUT
THINGS THEY DON’T LIKE, IT’S A
SERVICE THEY’RE USING.
THEY’RE GOING TO COMPLAIN.
WHAT THE PROBLEMS IS, CLEARLY
THEY’RE DOING THAT FOR A REASON
AND THE REASON THERE’S AN
EXPECTATION THAT THEY WILL BE HE
RESPONDED TO AND THINGS WILL
CHANGE AND THIS IS -- YOU KNOW,
THIS IS CLEARLY AN INDICATOR
THERE OF A LACK OF CLEAR
STANDARDS AND PRACTICES THAT
WOULD -- TO REGULATE SPEECH ON
THE PLATFORM AND SO THE FACT
THAT THESE PEOPLE FROM VARIOUS
POLITICAL PARTIES WOULD GO TO
VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS AT TWITTER
AND HAVE AN EXPECTATION THAT
SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN AND
ACTION WOULD BE TAKEN JUST SHOWS
THAT THEIR WHOLE SYSTEM WAS VERY
PROBLEM M MA PARTICULAR.
-- PROBLEMATIC.
IF YOU HAVE A COMPLAINT ABOUT
ANYTHING, IT GOES TO ONE PLACE.
ONE PARTICULAR SORT OF TRUST AND
SAFETY PLACE AND YOU CAN’T -- IN
OTHER WORDS, ANYONE -- YOU CAN’T
GO TO INDIVIDUALS ON TWITTER AND
ASK THEM TO TAKE THINGS DOWN.
THIS IS THE KIND OF THING YOU
NEED TO PUT INTO PLACE,
SOMETHING THAT CLEARLY HAS SO
MUCH STAKES WITH REGARDS TO
WHAT’S SAID ON THE PLATFORM.
DAGEN: FALLEN FTX FOUNDER SAM
BANKMAN-FRIED SPEAKING OUT FOR
FIRST TIME SINCE PUT UNDER HOUSE
ARREST, IN A LENGTHY POST HE
DENIES STEALING FUND FROM FTX,
CLAIMING HE P DIDN’T STASH
BILLIONS AWAY, ALSO SAYING THE
FORMER CRYPTO FUND, THE ADJACENT
HEDGE FUND LOST MONEY DUE TO A
MARKET CRASH.
PETE, YOUR REACTION TO THIS?
>> YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY.
SBF HAS BEEN TALKING SO MUCH
EVER SINCE FTX’S COLLAPSE.
I CAN’T IMAGINE WHAT HIS LAWYER
IS GOING THROUGH, CONSTANTLY
PULLING HIS HAIR OUT, LIKE WOULD
YOU PLEASE SHUT UP I’M SURE HE
IS THINKING.
REGARDLESS, HE MAKES A BUNCH OF
CLAIMS IN THE VERY LENGTHY POST.
HE BLAMES BINANCE AND THEIR CEO
MOSTLY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO THE
FTX ALAMEDA SCANDAL.
REALLY, ALL OF THIS IS HIM IN MY
VIEW CONTINUALLY PLAYING THE
HAPLESS VICTIM CARD, HE DIDN’T
KNOW, HE WASN’T THE CEO OF
ALAMEDA ANYMORE, HE WASN’T --
CERTAIN THINGS WERE BEING KEPT
TRACK OF AND CERTAIN THINGS
WEREN’T AND THINGS WERE KEPT
FROM HIM.
NOT BE CYNICAL ABOUT IT, IT’S
PLAYING INTO A LEGAL STRATEGY
WHERE HE CAN DID INTO COURT IN A
FEW MONTHS AND SAY I DIDN’T KNOW
AND THE THING IS, LIKE YOU’RE
STILL RESPONSIBLE AND HE MAKES
NO MENTION OF CERTAIN THINGS
LIKE PARTICULARLY THE LINE OF
CREDIT HAD THAT FTX GAVE TO
ALAMEDA, WHICH ESSENTIALLY
CREATED THIS HOUSE OF CARDS OF
PLAY MONEY OF THESE SORT OF
CRYPTO TOKENS THAT ENDED UP
BEING WORTHLESS AND THERE NEEDS
TO BE SOME ACCOUNTABILITY FOR
THAT.
SO WE’LL SEE WHAT SHAKES OUT IN
THE COURT IN A FEW MONTHS.
DAGEN: TWO PEOPLE WHO WORKED
FOR HIM INCLUDING HIS OLD
GIRLFRIEND WHO WAS OVER AT
ALAMEDA WILL APPARENTLY TESTIFY
AGAINST HIM, NUMBER ONE AND THAT
$250 MILLION BAIL IS A STEAMING
PILE OF HORSE MANURE BECAUSE HE
IS OF OUT WITHOUT ACTUALLY ONE
DOLLAR, ONE REAL DOLLAR BEING
PUT UP TO RELEASE HIM.
THAT BAIL IS ONLY BACKED BY A
HOUSE, $4 MILLION HOUSE THAT HIS
MOMMY AND HIS DADDY OWN.
NOTHING MORE.
IT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT NO MONEY,
NO ACTUAL MONEY HAD TO BE PUT UP
TO GET THIS GUY OUT OF JAIL.
PERIOD.
HE HAD 10 DAYS IN JAIL --
>> IT’S SO BOLD.
DAGEN: IN THE BAHAMAS.
THAT’S IT.
HE WAS COMPLAINING HE HAD TO
SUBSIST ON A JAR OF PEANUT