The Federal Bureau of Investigation pressures Facebook to take down alleged Russian “disinformation” at the behest of Ukrainian intelligence, according to a senior Ukrainian official who corresponds regularly with the FBI. The same official said that Ukrainian authorities define “disinformation” broadly, flagging many social media accounts and posts that he suggested may simply contradict the Ukrainian government’s narrative.
How The FBI Helps Ukrainian Intelligence Hunt ‘Disinformation’ On Social Media (archived)
Tag: Independent Journalism
Why is Facebook censoring Sy Hersh’s NordStream report?
The social media giant says the piece on US responsibility for blowing up the pipeline is false, allows other stories with proven dubious claims.
Why is Facebook censoring Sy Hersh’s NordStream report?
Democrats Threaten Matt Taibbi With Jail Time Over Twitter Files Testimony
Stacey Plaskett, a Democrat, is the delegate from the Virgin Islands to the U.S. Congress. Last month, when independent writers Matt Taibbi and Michael Shellenberger testified before the House Judiciary Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government, she described them as “so-called journalists” and sought to undermine their testimony about government pressure to restrict speech on Twitter.
Democrats Threaten Matt Taibbi With Jail Time Over Twitter Files Testimony
NAFO: Social-Media Account Overseen by Former Navy Noncommissioned Officer Helped Spread Secrets
Social-Media Account Overseen by Former Navy Noncommissioned Officer Helped Spread Secrets
There is no evidence that Ms. Bils, who had a security clearance during her Navy service, has used that access to steal any classified information herself. “I obviously know the gravity of top-secret classified materials. We didn’t leak them,” she said.
Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, a spokesman for the Pentagon, referred requests for comment on Ms. Bils and her role in reposting classified information to the Justice Department, which declined to comment
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Elon Musk Throws Matt Taibbi Under The Bus, Backs Up, and Runs Over Him Again
Matt Taibbi, the former Rolling Stone journalist who was given access to the Twitter Files by Elon Musk, reportedly had his official Twitter account “shadow banned” by the mogul after he refused to permanently decamp from his lucrative Substack subscription newsletter site.
Twitter Files journalist Matt Taibbi ‘shadow banned’ by Elon Musk in Substack feud
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Elon Musk tweets then deletes DMs from Matt Taibbi over his Substack snit
Elon Musk apparently on the outs with Matt Taibbi over Twitter-Substack feud
Meanwhile, Matt’s supposedly on vacation.
iEarlGrey: Myrotvorets
Marked for death. Not sure what I did to be branded American though.
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How Zelensky was Prevented From Making Peace in the Donbas
A true story censored by the media bubble
There are two Volodymyr Zelenskys: the one we have known since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, who has since been celebrated every day in the Western media as a hero with a spotless white (or green) vest; the other, who was less well-known prior to this significant escalation of the war, which, according to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, began in 2014. (Here are details on the actual start of this war in 2014).
How Zelensky was Prevented From Making Peace in the Donbas
Graham Phillips: A correction
In fact, police had not confirmed that they were investigating Mr Phillips, who disputes that any such investigation was ongoing at the time of publication.
Totalized Censorship
Content warning, canceling, de-platforming, denying access: The fate of Sy Hersh’s Democracy Now! interview on YouTube is the latest indication of how much rougher press suppression is in this new media era.
PATRICK LAWRENCE: Totalized Censorship
Pentagon Blows Deadline To Explain US Role in Nigerian Airstrike That Killed 160 Civilians
One human rights campaigner said the military’s failure to provide a timely response to Democratic lawmakers’ questions “does not bode well for the U.S. government’s expressed commitment to transparency and accountability.”
Pentagon Blows Deadline To Explain US Role in Nigerian Airstrike That Killed 160 Civilians
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