The FBI reimbursed Twitter to the tune of more than $3 million as it pushed the social media company to ban accounts.
The email,Michael Shellenberger, explained that Twitter’s Safety, Content & Law Enforcement division had instituted a “reimbursement program” in exchange for devoting staff hours to “processing requests from the FBI.”
The email notes that the funds will be used by Twitter on “[law enforcement]-related projects” including “LE training, tooling, etc.” The email explained that Twitter’s Safety, Content & Law Enforcement division had instituted a “reimbursement program” in exchange for “processing requests from the FBI.
The bureau would often send the company lists of users they wanted investigated for terms of use violations. In some cases, Shellenberger noted, Twitter would probe cases presented by the bureau but come up empty, not finding evidence of a foreign influence campaign.
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