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Internet Sting Operation ‘J6 DELETED’ Exposes How
Twitter Manipulated Jan. 6 Narrative ‘In Real Time’

https://www.theepochtimes.com/exclusive-j6deleted-internet-sting-operation-exposes-in-real-time-how-twitter-manipulated-jan-6-narrative_4796503.html

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'Truth is a force of nature'

By Patricia Tolson
October 20, 2022

The developer of a social media monitoring algorithm explains how his
internet sting operation “J6 DELETED” exposed how Twitter manipulated
the narrative “in real time” on Jan. 6, 2021.

In 2018, Jason Sullivan—a social media and Twitter specialist—was
subpoenaed by the special counsel investigating the now-debunked
theory that Trump was colluding with Russia. Sullivan is now the lead
investigative consultant to former President Donald Trump’s legal
team, via Peter Ticktin. In an exclusive interview with The Epoch
Times, Sullivan explains how he discovered evidence of a coordinated
operation by influencers and Twitter to set the narrative on Jan. 6,
2021, as events unfolded.

“We’ve created an algorithm that enables us to determine which tweets
are on a trajectory of becoming a viral event,” Sullivan explained.
“We are watching social media intelligence in real-time, all day,
every day, based on specific search terms, key phrases, and hashtags.
Our algorithm can tell us exactly how much traction a particular tweet
is receiving and how often people are reciprocating, such as liking
and retweeting. When it meets a certain threshold, we are
automatically alerted.”
Jan. 6, 2021

“Leading up to January 6, we were listening to the social media
discourse,” Sullivan recalled, “and we set up the program to capture
every viral event that took place on January 6 that pertained to the
name ‘Trump.’ Think about that. ‘Trump’ is the most tweeted word on
the planet, and whether they liked Trump or hated Trump, if their post
included the word ‘Trump,’ we flagged it. We were listening to people
who were trending. We were listening to people who were leaking
things. We were listening to people who were seeding disinformation.
What we discovered is that there were trends that clearly indicated
there was going to be some type of false flag operation on January 6.”

As Sullivan noted, “the one who drives the narrative, drives the outcome.”
Screenshot of the cover of the Flip Book, created by Jason Sullivan,
to document and share all of the viral tweets captured by his
algorithm in real time, showing how Twitter and social media
influencers coordinated to set a narrative as events unfolded on
January 6, 2021. Screenshot of the cover of the Flip Book, created by
Jason Sullivan to document the viral tweets captured by his algorithm
on Jan. 6, 2021. (With permission from Jason Sullivan)

“What we discovered is that many of these captured tweets, which had
exculpatory evidence, had been conveniently and systematically removed
from Twitter and some of the pages have even been scrubbed from the
internet,” Sullivan recalled. So too had the communications feeds and
comments within the viral threads, which contained additional
exculpatory evidence.

“I want to make it perfectly clear that we conducted this sting
operation,” Sullivan asserted. “We have it all. We have all of the
tweets and all of the exculpatory evidence Twitter thinks it scrubbed
from the internet. We have them all.”

The collection of all viral tweets captured by his algorithm—J6
DELETED—is now available to the public.
The Social Media Influencers

According to Nashville Film Institute, “Social media influencers” are
“digital creators with a large social media following,” who “spark
dialogues, set trends, and generate interest among their fan
communities.” Among the dozens of influences who were active on Jan.
6, several stood out as leaders in pushing what Sullivan calls “the
false flag narrative.”
Screenshot of one of the 18 viral tweets posted by social media
influencer Aaron Rupar on January 6, 2021, spreading the
misinformation that President Donald Trump attacked "four Black
people) during his speech at the ellipse on January 6, 2021. The image
was captured by an algorithm created by Jason Sullivan. Screenshot of
post by social media influencer Aaron Rupar on Jan. 6, 2021. The image
was captured by an algorithm created by Jason Sullivan. (With
permission from Jason Sullivan)

Aaron Rupar, an associate editor at VOX, initiated no less than 18
viral Twitter posts on Jan. 6.

Investigative journalist Lara Logan has worked closely with Sullivan
and has seen his trove of tweets captured by his algorithm. She knew
immediately that Rupar was spreading misinformation. In particular,
she knew Rupar’s claim that Trump attacked “four black people within
30 seconds” when speaking about Stacy Abrams and Oprah Winfrey “had
absolutely nothing to do with race.”

During Trump’s speech on Jan. 6, he mentioned Abrams twice near the
halfway point and twice near the end. All references were related to
her failed campaign to become governor of Georgia. Trump also
mentioned Winfrey, twice, once saying Oprah “used to be” a friend of
his and then how he “didn’t notice there were too many calls coming in
from Oprah” after he became president.

Rupar is so well known for his history of spreading misinformation and
false narratives that on March 21, 2021, the Urban Dictionary unveiled
a new verb, “rupar.” It means “to lie with impunity; a brazen
statement with a focus on misleading, usually with intention of a
predetermined outcome.”

Social media influencer MeidasTouch had 14 tweets go viral on Jan. 6.
According to Open Secrets, MeidasTouch, a “Democratic/Liberal” Super
PAC based in Macomb, Michigan. According to the Federal Election
Commission, the largest disbursements appear to primarily benefit
Prestige WW Inc., “founded in 2020 to help progressive candidates and
organizations stick it to Trump and his enablers online” and the PACs
founding brothers, Jordan and Bret Meiselas.

In the meantime, attorney and Harvard Professor Laurence Tribe was
responsible for eight viral Twitter posts on Jan. 6, primarily to
insult and berate Trump.
Screenshot of Fire Alerts received through an algorithm developed by
Jason Sullivan showing one of the many posts by attorney, Harvard law
professor and social media influencer Laurence Tribe that went viral
on January 6, 2021 and help set the narrative that President Donald
Trump was guilty of inciting a riot at the Capitol. Screenshot of post
by attorney, Harvard law professor, and social media influencer
Laurence Tribe that went viral on Jan. 6, 2021. (With permission from
Jason Sullivan)

According to Logan, Tribe is also “one of the biggest architects of
the whole insurrection narrative, both publicly and behind the
scenes.”

Along with helping push the “false flag narrative” as an influencer on
Jan. 6, Tribe has been a key influencer in pushing the narrative that
Trump should be indicted. Tribe also used social media on Oct. 13 to
advise Attorney General Merrick Garland that “it won’t be enough … to
approve indictments of Trump related to Mar-a-Lago & obstruction.
[Garland] will have to approve indictments for trying to overthrow the
election, seditious conspiracy & insurrection.”

A day earlier, Tribe appeared on MSNBC, suggesting how many crimes
Garland could indict Trump with.

While Sullivan noted that “every person listed in J6DELETED is an
influencer because every single one of those 1,058 tweets were
considered viral events,” he also pointed out that the only posts that
were deleted by Twitter were those on the conservative side. Along
with the influencers, he said there were also “coordinators,” people
“using similar language in their tweets to perpetuate the chosen
narrative.” Words like “seditionist,” “fascist,” “insurrectionists,”
and phrases like “clashed with police,” “stormed the Capitol,”
“terrorist coup,” and “domestic terrorists” were promoted.

Asked if he believes the influences and coordinators will be nervous
when they learn that their activities are being monitored and exposed,
Sullivan said, “I think they better.”

The Epoch Times reached out to Rupar and Tribe for comment.
The Silenced Conservatives

While liberal influencers pushed the narrative that Trump instigated a
deadly insurrection and his supporters were violently storming the
United States Capitol, anyone who posted anything that conflicted with
that narrative had their posts deleted and their accounts shut down.
Screenshot of one of the posts by a conservative who eventually had
his posts deleted and his accounts shut down by Twitter on January 6,
2021. This image was one of 1,058 viral posts that was flagged and
captured by an algorithm developed by social media and Twitter expert,
Jason Sullivan. Screenshot post by The Election Wizard who eventually
had his posts deleted and his accounts shut down by Twitter on Jan. 6,
2021. (With permission from Jason Sullivan)

Elijah Schafer posted that “Trump supporters have breached the Capitol
building …” In response, Tracy Beanz said, “I don’t know that these
are necessarily Trump supporters … But holy hell.” In a similar post
by BNO News, Beanz said “These don’t look like Trump supporters to
me.” As liberals began posting that Trump supporters were clashing
with and pepper spraying police around 10:45 a.m. (PST), Beanz noted
10:53 a.m. (PST) that “The Trump crowd HAS NOT reached the capitol
yet.” All of her posts were subsequently deleted and her account was
suspended.
Screenshot of one of the many posts by Tracy Beanz who eventually had
her posts deleted and her account shut down by Twitter on January 6,
2021. This image was one of 1,058 viral posts that were flagged and
captured by an algorithm developed by social media and Twitter expert,
Jason Sullivan. Screenshot of a post by Tracy Beanz who eventually had
her posts deleted and her account shut down by Twitter on Jan. 6,
2021.  (With permission from Jason Sullivan)

The Election Wizard said he “would not be surprised if a number of
Trump Supporters clashing with police are Antifa in disguise.” His
post was deleted and his account “doesn’t exist” anymore. For asking
“who wears all black and attacks law enforcement,” the account of J
Homes was also suspended.
Screenshot of a post by Melissa Tate sharing a video of President
Donald Trump's supporters stopping suspected ANTIFA members, disguised
as Trump supporters, from breaking a window at the Capitol on January
6, 2021. Her post was deleted and her account was shut down by
Twitter. This image was one of 1,058 viral posts that were flagged and
captured by an algorithm developed by social media and Twitter expert,
Jason Sullivan. Screenshot of a post by Melissa Tate on Jan. 6, 2021.
Her post was deleted and her account was shut down by Twitter.  (With
permission from Jason Sullivan)

Melissa Tate posted a video showing Trump supporters stopping
suspected ANTIFA members from breaking Capitol windows. “Dems set us
up & GOP just threw us under the bus over a trap,” she said. Her post
was deleted and her account was shut down.

The account for Lrihendry is temporarily unavailable because it
violates the Twitter Media Policy. The accounts for Cari Kelemen,
Truth and ArtTV1, Gen. Michael Flynn, X22 Report, Sydney Powell1,
TheReal Maddog58, Kevin McCullough/KMC Radio, Carlos Silva, Melissa
Tate, and Awakened Outlaw were also suspended. These are but a few of
the hundreds of silenced conservative voices.
Shutting Down Trump

The most notable victim of Twitter’s censorship on Jan. 6 was Trump himself.
Screenshot of a tweet from President Donald Trump calling for peace on
January 6, which was deleted by Twitter. Screenshot of a tweet from
President Donald Trump calling for peace on Jan. 6, which was deleted
by Twitter. (With permission from Jason Sullivan)

Twitter started by deleting Trump’s tweets. When he posted a video
message calling for peace, Twitter disabled the ability of anyone to
like or share his message.
Screenshot of post exposing that Twitter had disabled users from
liking or sharing the video message President Trump posted on Twitter
on January 6, 2021, asking for his supporters to be peaceful and to go
home. Screenshot of post exposing that Twitter had disabled users from
liking or sharing the video message President Trump posted on Twitter
on Jan. 6, 2021, asking for his supporters to be peaceful and to go
home. (With permission from Jason Sullivan)

Then they removed the video completely. Twitter then locked his
account for 12 hours, saying, “If the Tweets are not removed, the
account will remain locked.”

“Future violations of the Twitter Rules, including our Civic Integrity
or Violent Threats policies, will result in permanent suspension of
the @realDonaldTrump account,” Twitter Safety added.
Screenshot of one of many posts announcing that Twitter and Facebook
had shut down the accounts of President Donald Trump on January 6,
2021. The image was captured as a "viral event" on Twitter by an
algorithm developed by social media and Twitter expert, Jason
Sullivan. Screenshot of post announcing that Twitter and Facebook had
shut down the accounts of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021.
(With permission from Jason Sullivan)

Then Facebook banned Trump for 24 hours. Then Adam Mosseri, Head of
Instagram, announced he was “locking” Trump’s “Instagram account for
24 hours as well.”
Screenshot of post from Instagram announcing that it too was shutting
down the account of President Donald Trump on Jan. 6, 2021. (With
permission from Jason Sullivan)

In the meantime, people like Reps. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Chuck
Schumer (D-N.Y.), and even President-elect Joe Biden were demanding
that Trump tell his supporters to stop and go home.
Screenshot of post from House Majority Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA)
demanding that President Donald Trump tell his supporters to leave the
Capitol building on January 6, 2021. The image was captured as a
"viral event" on Twitter by an algorithm developed by social media and
Twitter expert, Jason Sullivan. Screenshot of post from House Majority
Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) demanding that President Donald Trump tell
his supporters to leave the Capitol building on Jan. 6, 2021. (With
permission from Jason Sullivan)
Screenshot of post from President Elect Joe Biden demanding that
President Donald Trump" go on national television" to "fulfill his oat
and defend the Constitution by demanding an end to this siege" on
January 6, 2021. The image was captured as a "viral event" on Twitter
by an algorithm developed by social media and Twitter expert, Jason
Sullivan. Screenshot of post from candidate Joe Biden calling on
President Donald Trump” go on national television” to “fulfill his
oath and defend the Constitution by demanding an end to this siege” on
Jan. 6, 2021. (With permission from Jason Sullivan)

Sullivan also said the Jan. 6 Committee has had this information for months.

“The January 6 Committee contacted my attorney and asked for all of my
email communications regarding January 6,” Sullivan explained, adding
it included the posts deleted by Twitter. “We gave it to them, and now
they voted to subpoena Trump, demanding that he provide evidence to
defend himself against their allegations. I hope exposing this will
encourage them to be more forthcoming with the evidence they received
from me five months ago.”

According to Trump attorney Peter Ticktin, the truth is in the silence.
1984

“If you want to know what truth is, just look at what you’re not
allowed to say,” Ticktin, founder and Senior Managing Partner at The
Ticktin Law Group told The Epoch Times. “In a free world, where we are
allowed to have a voice, it doesn’t matter if someone makes up a lie
because the truth will out. But if you need to hide truth then you
have to censor everything and you have to erase people and eliminate
their ability to say things.”
Photo of attorney Peter Ticktin from the days when he attended New
York Military Academy with Donald Trump. Photo of attorney Peter
Ticktin from his days as part of the 1964 graduating class at the New
York Military Academy with Donald Trump. (Courtesy of Peter Ticktin)

Ticktin, who also attended New York Military Academy with Trump, said
the coordinated effort by liberal news media, social media
influencers, Big Tech, and politicians to silence conservative voices
reminds him of George Orwell’s “1984,” which warned of a world
governed through propaganda, surveillance, and censorship.
Peter Ticktin, attorney for President Donald Trump. Peter Ticktin,
attorney for President Donald Trump. (Courtesy of Peter Ticktin)

“It seems like that’s the example they want to live by in terms of how
to run society,” Ticktin explained. “If you look at the January 6
unselect committee and you believe that the election was fair and that
Donald Trump was pushing ‘the big lie,’ everyone but The Epoch Times
is required to put that news out, including FOX and Newsmax. But if
you show evidence like in 2,000 Mules, and how Twitter censored voices
and deleted exculpatory evidence, there’s no doubt that the election
was stolen.”

For the most part, Ticktin believes the majority of Trump’s base knows
the election was stolen.

“We have eyes,” he said. “We aren’t willfully blind. That’s the
biggest difference between the left and the right, willful blindness.”
It’s ‘Classic Fascist Behavior’

According to Kirk Wiebe, “the Twitter experience that we’re seeing is not new.”

Wiebe and William Binney became National Security Agency
whistleblowers in September 2002 when they exposed how the government
was using a program called Trailblazer to illegally monitor all
Americans.

“Twitter has removed tweets before. It has censored people before,”
Weibe told The Epoch Times. “This is a censorship operation by the
government working with Big Tech in classic fascist behavior. Whenever
government colludes with big business to control people, which is what
this is all about, it’s fascism, and I’m not sure the average reader
understands that.”
Kirk Wiebe, a senior analyst at the National Security Agency from 1975
to 2001, became a whistleblower when he and colleague William Binney
exposed how the government was using a program called Trailblazer to
monitor American citizens. Kirk Wiebe, a senior analyst at the
National Security Agency from 1975 to 2001, became a whistleblower
when he and colleague William Binney exposed how the government was
using a program called Trailblazer to monitor American citizens.
(Courtesy of Kirk Wiebe)

According to Kirk Wiebe, the vocabulary being tossed around in public
discourse has blurred a history that was once crystal clear. “The
people on the left call Trump a Nazi. The people on the right say
liberals are the real fascists, and people are confused because they
don’t teach this stuff in school anymore.”

According to dictionary.com, fascism is “a governmental system led by
a dictator having complete power, forcibly suppressing opposition and
criticism, regimenting all industry, commerce, etc., and emphasizing
an aggressive nationalism and often racism.”

Wiebe also contends it’s not just a matter of “deleting truth or
changing news, it’s omitting news, and it’s rampant. Stories are not
covered.”

He noted how Big Tech censors things that conflict with the
government’s narratives on climate change, COVID-19, and election
integrity.

“It’s massive, purposeful censorship of free speech in this country by
an administration that has no regard for our constitutional republic
as defined by our founders,” Wiebe said.
‘Our Chance to Make Them Scramble’

Logan urges everyone to read through the deleted tweets “for many
reasons, regardless of your political leanings. As a journalist, I can
tell you that, when we do our jobs properly, we gravitate toward
first-hand information and first-hand sources. In this case, it’s the
independent record of what was said [on Jan. 6] and what was censored.
So you don’t have to take anyone’s word for it. Go read it. It’s so
important. Go and read it for yourself and make up your own mind.”
Screenshot of Flip Book, created by Jason Sullivan, showing a
collection of messages posted on Twitter in real time, which were
systematically deleted by Twitter to censor information that did not
suit the government narrative that the protesters that went to the
Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 were "violent insurrectionists"
who wanted to overthrow the government by the direction of President
Donald Trump. Screenshot of Flip Book, created by Jason Sullivan,
showing a collection of messages posted on Twitter in real-time on
Jan. 6, 2021. (Courtesy of Jason Sullivan)

The frustration for Sullivan is that conservatives have a tendency to
complain but do nothing to right the wrongs perpetrated upon them.

“How come we’re not on the offense?” he asked rhetorically. “How come
we’re always on the defense? How come we’re not setting the pace? That
is exactly my strategy here, to set the pace, keep the opposition off
balance and control the terms of public debate. This is how we do
that. This is our chance to put them on the ropes. This is our chance
to make them scramble. Truth is a force of nature.”

The Epoch Times reached out to Twitter and the Jan. 6 committee for
comment, as well an Laurence Tribe and Aaron Rupar.


Jason Sullivan, social media and Twitter expert, developed an
algorithm that monitors and flags Twitter posts that reach a threshold
of going viral.


Reporter
Patricia Tolson, an award-winning national investigative reporter with
20 years of experience, has worked for such news outlets as Yahoo!,
U.S. News, and The Tampa Free Press. With The Epoch Times, Patricia’s
in-depth investigative coverage of human interest stories, election
policies, education, school boards, and parental rights has achieved
international exposure. Send her your story ideas:
patricia.tolson at epochtimes.us


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