goldenequity
02-08-2018, 11:46 AM
FBI Establishes Task Force to Target Alternative Media
https://www.newsbud.com/2018/02/07/newsbud-exclusive-fbi-establishes-task-force-to-target-alternative-media-2/
The FBI has thrown its weight behind the campaign to discredit alternative media as peddlers of Russian influence and disinformation.
Last month, the agency announced it plans to establish a task force to “alert U.S. companies and the public about efforts by Russia or other nations to use disinformation and social media manipulation to interfere in upcoming elections, while being careful not to upset free speech and constitutional rights,” according to Bloomberg.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-10/fbi-plans-task-force-to-expose-russian-social-media-manipulation
In other words, the FBI will go after what it considers purveyors of thoughtcrime, that is to say any news source or social media post critical of the establishment and its rigged elections and corrupt political class.
Considering the FBI’s long history of subverting political movements and attacking the leaders of those movements—ostensibly protected under the Constitution it claims to uphold—the announcement is, to say the least, worrisome.
"Adversaries like Russia are blending cybersecurity, criminal and counter intelligence operations
in order to distort the truth or prevent people from finding what’s true." (aka 'What yer TOLD.')
"The task force is seeking to build partnerships with companies, friendly foreign governments and academic institutions." (uh-huh)
The FBI’s new approach contrasts with how the bureau handled Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
(Of course. They're PISSED their candidate LOST.)
The FBI remained silent until after the election that it was conducting a broad counter intelligence investigation into whether Trump or any of his associates colluded with Russia to interfere in the election.
(hahaha... they sure DID!)
https://www.newsbud.com/2018/02/07/newsbud-exclusive-fbi-establishes-task-force-to-target-alternative-media-2/
The FBI has thrown its weight behind the campaign to discredit alternative media as peddlers of Russian influence and disinformation.
Last month, the agency announced it plans to establish a task force to “alert U.S. companies and the public about efforts by Russia or other nations to use disinformation and social media manipulation to interfere in upcoming elections, while being careful not to upset free speech and constitutional rights,” according to Bloomberg.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-10/fbi-plans-task-force-to-expose-russian-social-media-manipulation
In other words, the FBI will go after what it considers purveyors of thoughtcrime, that is to say any news source or social media post critical of the establishment and its rigged elections and corrupt political class.
Considering the FBI’s long history of subverting political movements and attacking the leaders of those movements—ostensibly protected under the Constitution it claims to uphold—the announcement is, to say the least, worrisome.
"Adversaries like Russia are blending cybersecurity, criminal and counter intelligence operations
in order to distort the truth or prevent people from finding what’s true." (aka 'What yer TOLD.')
"The task force is seeking to build partnerships with companies, friendly foreign governments and academic institutions." (uh-huh)
The FBI’s new approach contrasts with how the bureau handled Russia’s interference in the 2016 election.
(Of course. They're PISSED their candidate LOST.)
The FBI remained silent until after the election that it was conducting a broad counter intelligence investigation into whether Trump or any of his associates colluded with Russia to interfere in the election.
(hahaha... they sure DID!)