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Internal Twitter documents reviewed by The Intercept reveal that the social networking giant 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/