Jessica Ashooh spent years at the Atlantic Council, the organizational brains of NATO. There, she crafted its Middle East policy.
Ashooh spent much of her time liasing with "moderate rebels" in Syria and devising ways to overthrow the Assad government.
Ashooh has virtually zero relevant experience for a social media company.
But her hire did coincide with a number of other eyebrow-raising moves that saw national security officials take key positions at major social media companies.
Ashooh worked for the govt of UAE, advising them on their Syria policy at exactly the same time that the Emiratis were funnelling weapons and money to al-Qaeda, al-Nusra and ISIS fighters there. 👁️
Here's Joe Biden explaining what the UAE's role was in Syria at the time.
Her opposition to authoritarians in 🇮🇷 or 🇸🇾 would be more credible if she didn't work for the UAE and wax lyrical about how progressive and forward thinking the Saudi govt is. Her stated dream job is US Ambassador to Saudi. For now, she'll have to settle for controlling Reddit
The Atlantic Council has also partnered with Facebook, advising them on how to curate the news feeds of nearly 3 billion people. Facebook's head of intelligence is also NATO's former press officer.
Considering that the Atlantic Council's board of directors includes Henry Kissinger, dozens of generals, Bush-era planners like C.Powell and C. Rice, and 7 ex-CIA bosses, the AC controlling Facebook and Reddit is tantamount to state censorship on a global level.
A lot of people who aren't on Reddit underestimate its size. It is the 8th largest website in the world by traffic, with 1.2 billion visits per month. Its traffic is 3x Fox News and 5x the New York Times. It's 1.5 times the size of Twitter.
The IDF just committed one of the worst massacres in modern history. But if you rely on US media, you wouldn't even know that from their headlines.
New investigation from me:
Alexey Navalny's death in a Russian prison dominated headlines for days. But US media barely covered the death of a US journalist in a Ukrainian prison last month.
[Thread] For the third weekend in a row, cities across Europe 🇪🇺 have seen massive demonstrations in solidarity with Palestine 🇵🇸
1) London: A wall of humanity marches through the city center. Some estimates say 500,000 people are there.
2) Hundreds of thousands of people in Istanbul 🇹🇷 create an ocean of red at their Great Palestine Rally.
3) Paris 🇫🇷. These protests are explicitly illegal in France. But thousands still braved arrest to show solidarity with those suffering in Gaza and the West Bank 🇵🇸.
Incredible scenes as @Lowkey0nline owns @PiersMorgan so hard that they end the interview early.
Lowkey tells Piers his previous guests, Israeli Ambassador Mark Regev and CIA chief David Petraeus "deserve to be in The Hague and tried for war crimes."
"This badge was given to me by an employee of this building who said they were told they could not wear it because it was the Palestinian flag. You talk about 'uncensored'. This is censored!" - @Lowkey0nline
. @Lowkey0nline subtly suggests that Piers Morgan comparing himself to Nelson Mandela wasn't quite appropriate.
[Thread] As the Israeli attacks intensify, Europe has seen a massive, unprecedented wave of protests this weekend condemning the violence and showing solidarity with Palestine.
1) France 🇫🇷: Thousands of Parisians defy President Macron's ban to protest.
2) Absolutely massive demonstration in London 🇬🇧 on Saturday saw over 100,000 people march to Downing Street, demanding their government stop supporting Israeli war crimes.
3) Central Stockholm 🇸🇪 was flooded with Palestinian flags tonight, as thousands called for a free Palestine
[Video Thread] In response to the Israeli attack on the Al-Ahli Baptist Hospital in Gaza earlier today, huge, spontaneous demonstrations have broken out across the Middle East tonight.
Let's go through them:
1) In Iran 🇮🇷, crowds have gathered in Palestine Square.
2) In Jordan 🇯🇴, protestors have surrounded the Israeli Embassy and set it on fire.
3) A similar situation might be brewing in Ankara, Turkey 🇹🇷, where enraged crowds have besieged the Israeli Embassy.