Since resigning from her position as head of the now-paused Disinformation Governance Board, Nina Jankowicz has been far more vocal and outspoken than the few weeks she was in her actual position.

On Saturday, for instance, Jankowicz assured critics that she “never wanted to edit your tweets” and the belief that she potentially supported that idea is disinformation.

“I never wanted to edit your tweets,” she wrote. “My response to a question in January 2021 about Twitter’s then-brand-new Birdwatch program (which exists to add “informative context” to potentially misleading tweets) was decontextualized to make that absurd claim.”

She also linked to a fact-check by the Associated Press, which said the claim that Jankowicz “wants verified Twitter users to be able to edit other users’ tweets” is “missing context.”

Jankowicz’s comments were made in January 2021 during a virtual call with a school librarian association, according to AP. The outlet accused critics of taking her comments at the time “out of context to suggest she recently expressed a desire to have select Twitter users edit peoples’ tweets.”

“Disinformation is hardly ever about cut-and-dry fakes. It’s false *or misleading* information spread with malign intent. And this viral claim about me illustrates the way online disinformation often works,” Jankowicz said.

The original video clip got plenty of attention and criticism. Even potential Twitter owner Elon Musk reacted to it, calling the video “disconcerting.”

In the video, Jankowicz talks about Twitter’s Birdwatch program, which has never been fully launched on the social media platform to all users. Jankowicz explained the program would allow verified users to add context to other tweets. She did not give a full-on endorsement, but also didn’t say she was completely against the idea at the time.

“If President [Donald] Trump were still on Twitter and tweeted a claim about voter fraud, someone could add context from one of the 60 lawsuits that went through the court or something that an election official said … so that people have a fuller picture rather than just an individual claim on a tweet,” she explained at the time.

Later in the video, Jankowicz does say she likes the idea of adding context to tweets, though she did express some doubt as to whether this pilot program was the solution to misinformation online, saying some verified users are not trustworthy sources.

“I like the idea of adding more context to claims and tweets and other content online rather than just removing it,” she said

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