Laith Alkhouri

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5) Influence operations are a weapon and are used in defensive or offensive ways. The US gov works on defending against foreign influence operations (Russia, Iran, etc) that use Twitter as a medium. It sometimes requires (as it should) counter influence ops. — PolitiTweet.org

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4) The gov does not have countless analysts and spies to go through and monitor every account - that’s counterproductive and ridiculous. It uses tools to sift through the noise and monitor signal-rich accounts and conduct targeted investigations. That’s how plots are foiled. — PolitiTweet.org

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3) While the US gov works with social media companies to white list their accounts, especially those used in intel, scores of private brand protection, social media monitoring & due diligence companies use obscure accounts to do the same thing. — PolitiTweet.org

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2) The US government establishing a relationship with social media is not new. Since the early days of social networking, as threat actors rely on generating an audience, recruitment, financing, etc, gov agencies are embedded in the same environments to counter, defend & collect. — PolitiTweet.org

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Intelligence gathering from social media provides invaluable details about the behaviors, networks and geolocations of threat actors and foreign agents. Twitter, Facebook and others are a treasure trove of intelligence, period. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread 🧵 Since the release of the #TwitterFiles and all the talk about the US government’s “questionable” relationship with the social networking giants, it’s important to emphasize a few points: 1) The US and other governments rely on social media in intelligence gathering. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread 🧵 Since the release of the #TwitterFiles and all the talk about the US government’s “questionable” relationship with the social networking giants, it’s important to emphasize a few points: 1) The US and other governments rely on social media in intelligence gathering. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread 🧵 Since the release of the #TwitterFiles and all the talk about the US government’s “questionable” relationship with the social networking giants, it’s important to emphasize a few points: 1) The US and other governments rely on social media in intelligence gathering. — PolitiTweet.org

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Thread 🧵 Since the release of the #TwitterFiles and all the talk about the US government’s “questionable” relationship with the social networking giants, it’s important to emphasize a few points: 1) The US and other governments rely on social media in intelligence gathering. — PolitiTweet.org

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#ISIS has released a video featuring its fighters in #Pakistan pledging allegiance to the group’s new leader. — PolitiTweet.org

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Watch how some people will now call for defunding the Pentagon 🤪 — PolitiTweet.org

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Hey @TwitterSupport, I’ve been paying for #TwitterBlue from the beginning, but could you please return my Blue Verified note back to “Legacy Verified, may or may not be notable?” @verified — PolitiTweet.org

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Hey @TwitterSupport, I’ve been paying for #TwitterBlue from the beginning, but could you please return my Blue Verified note back to “Legacy Verified, may or not be notable?” @verified — PolitiTweet.org

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They know not what they say. — PolitiTweet.org

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Don’t you love how people just want to save humanity? — PolitiTweet.org

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#Iraq’s intelligence service has foiled a smuggling operation of 100 ancient artifacts from the Abbasid era, capturing 5 suspects. — PolitiTweet.org

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'Part of war is terror': A new neo-Nazi group is trying to capitalize on the Moore County power grid attack - Raw Story https://t.co/czAmscvEgb — PolitiTweet.org

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@p_vanostaeyen @verified @elonmusk Your still says verified legacy account. — PolitiTweet.org

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I have been verified on Twitter for years, mostly for my coverage of unfolding terror attacks and terror groups motives & tactics. I subscribed to @verified #TwitterBlue pre @elonmusk. I wanted the extra features. Twitter has now changed my verified note to Twitter Blue. https://t.co/GihgWuZufg — PolitiTweet.org

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As many of us have been shouting for a long time, the #Taliban is speedily prohibiting women’s education — and “until further notice” just simply and ominously means “never.” As I keep reminding the international community, #Afghanistan is very unwell. — PolitiTweet.org

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Literally nothing revelatory here except knowing the *exact* amount of money. All social media companies provide assistance to LE & process info about threat actors and suspicious activities including training on tools that help them process this info. — PolitiTweet.org

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@RealHughJackman @syndrome22q1 #MerryChristmasJustin 🎉 🎄 and Merry Christmas @RealHughJackman ! — PolitiTweet.org

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@rabiasquared A bit difficult to pin down the absolute scariest but some of the top ones are: Hereditary, Audition, It. — PolitiTweet.org

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The ⁦@USAfricaCommand⁩ has conducted two raids against Shabaab in Cadale, killing 8 of the terror group’s fighters. The raids took place on December 14 and 17 respectively. #Somalia https://t.co/30Ct6kYoXT — PolitiTweet.org

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Keep it up. Great job every time you vote against raising the minimum wage (Sarcasm emoji). — PolitiTweet.org

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Keep it up. Great job every time you vote against minimum wage (Sarcasm emoji). — PolitiTweet.org

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eBay sells more authentic stuff. Pence’s spine is not real. — PolitiTweet.org

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#ISIS has released a video featuring its fighters in #Syria pledging allegiance to the group’s new leader. — PolitiTweet.org

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Twenty third official pledge of allegiance to the new #ISIS leader is by the group’s branch in #Libya. https://t.co/7vEMsl5CIn — PolitiTweet.org

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Twitter’s value is not strictly, or even largely, in the social networking part but in the mass accumulation of data for 15+ years regarding hundreds of millions of individuals, governments, companies & organizations — and what you can do what this much data (& intel) is endless. — PolitiTweet.org