Meaning of Twittergate | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A 2016 controversy where thousands of accounts were discovered to be posting child pornography on Twitter.
2. A 2022 controversy where internal communications showed that Twitter allegedly colluded with the United States government to censor unfavorable viewpoints.
3. Any other controversy involving Twitter.

Examples

“Earlier this week, we reported some happenings regarding #Pizzagate. Now, we have something that is being referred to as #Twittergate.”

“Twittergate had revealed the long game behind Russiagate, which was about manufacturing a crisis, in this case Trump, as a pretext for treating free speech as a national disinformation crisis requiring the suspension of civil rights and liberties in order to save democracy.”

“If it seems Mr. Musk is unfairly targeting the U.S. intelligence community for embarrassment, it should not be forgotten that “Twittergate” is just the latest in a series of damning revelations of dirty Washington tricks meant to rob voters of their constitutional right to self-government.”

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