Here’s some info contributing to an interesting timeline that might connect with Twitter/Taibbi:

USAGM (U.S. Agency for Global Media) formerly the Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) did a complete revamp 8/22/2018 and major expansion in collusion with the dept. of socialists to create major media hubs and expansion of Voice of America propaganda (25+ locations). P runs them on the socialist side- think GEC. In 2019, USAGM launched the Open Technology Fund (grants) to combat “internet censorship threats.” They are an independent, autonomous entity with control over all USG government-sponsored non-military international broadcasting funded by the government.