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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by acdha on Sunday December 25, 2022 @03:23PM (#34130870)
Which specific actions do you think the FBI took which aren’t part of their mandate? Please link to the sources for those claims.
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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by lurquer on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:14PM (#34134166)
You have it backwards.

The Federal Statutes grant specific authority to the FBI. The burden is in the FBI to point to a specific grant of statutory authority to justify any particular action. What federal statute gives the FBI (or any agency) the right to advise, suggest, or even comment on a particular company’s policies? What statute gives the FBI the power to ‘suggest’ certain accounts be blocked?

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Re:The FBI was the primary link between the intelligence com... by acdha on Sunday December 25, 2022 @10:34PM (#34134287)
I note you’re continuing to present vague claims. Can you point to a specific example of something you think they don’t have legal authority for being involved in?

For example, the Twitter Files had a lot of stuff under election misinformation. Since that’s an entire mission, you can argue about effectiveness but it’s not like it’s a stretch:

https://www.fbi.gov/how-we-can-help-you/safety-resources/sca...

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