Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy + Social Media Is a Tool of the CIA

It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team effectively decide what content the platform’s 2.9 billion active users see and what they don’t see.

Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook’s Content Policy

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[2011] Social Media Is a Tool of the CIA. Seriously.

Google is already helping the government write, and rewrite, history. Here, from its transparency report, are some stats on the amount of information it has either given to the government or wiped from the web based on requests by U.S. agencies:

US Government requests to remove content from Google Transparency Report

Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent

We are witnessing the gradual dismantling of every constitutional principle that serves as a bulwark against government tyranny, overreach and abuse.

Dismantling the Constitution: Police No Longer Have to Honor the Right to Remain Silent

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Supreme Court Creates New Immunity For Cops Who Violate The Fifth Amendment

Cast-Out Police Officers Are Often Hired in Other Cities

POLICE INDEMNIFICATION

Israel accused of torture, murder and concealment of Egyptian POW bodies in 1967

Israel accused of torture, murder and concealment of Egyptian POW bodies in 1967

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Dozens of Egyptian soldiers buried in mass grave underneath ‘Mini Israel’ parking lot

In the mid-90s, a mass grave was discovered in the Sinai Peninsula, with the bodies of hundreds of Egyptian soldiers who were executed by Israel without trial during their occupation of the region.

Another mass grave, in the Red Sea town of Ras Sedr, was discovered in the year 2000. It held the remains of 52 Egyptian prisoners executed by Israeli paratroopers during the Six-Day War.