Thread by @RealBristolNews

@stonesister7 @NarcAware In 2011 Facebook still had not crossed to dark side and it was in play during Arab Spring as the 'force for good' organising the uprisings by proxy (this is why it was hit) - NewsCorp gets badly burned on MySpace due to Facebook - so it leads the change

theguardian.com/technology/201…

@stonesister7 @NarcAware May 2016 MySpace hacked to death - pre 2013 records (things like voter databases etc) clearly a Moscow job (is it plausible that password access could be handed over by former owners? :-) )

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware Paul Staines - Jag Singh - Harry Cole all went to Moscow to sell advertising to the Russian government in the same period - exhibit A

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zelo-street.blogspot.com/2011/12/wrong-… (this is a particularly good one) 7th December 2011 - note date

@stonesister7 @NarcAware SAME DAY - Facebook was pulling Putin's chain AND HARD - and he's really pissed off
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@stonesister7 @NarcAware Facebook had to be taken out of the equation by Putin - so he needs to 'turn it' so it becomes a tool rather than a weapon

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware Russians fight Twitter/Facebook battles over Putin election - Protests against president's party escalate across social media with flood of automated counterattacks, alleged hacking (so Putin engages his mafia state to neuter (minimum) or convert Facebook

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware When you are a Putin vampire you strike at the jugular when the opponent is weakest - Facebook 'seemed to be screwing up its float in 2012' - revenues dropping off, new subscribers slowing, outstanding debt skyrocketing

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware "In early 2011, Goldman Sachs helped F'book conjure IPO-type money without an actual IPO by creating a special inv product to sell its private shares to Goldman's wealthiest clients" (Goldman Sachs: Bannon) - the U.S. SEC didn't like it so Facebook floated theatlantic.com/business/archi…

@stonesister7 @NarcAware Yuri Milner's money = Ulisher Usmanov + VTB Bank + Gazprom Invest Holding (the Holy Trinity of Putin 'political investments') - Zuckerberg and Milner became close friends meeting monthly

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware This is what Milner's DST Group had to say after the NYT exposed the connection

nytimes.com/2017/11/05/wor…

@stonesister7 @NarcAware "Medvedev will meet Zuckerberg in Moscow on Oct 1st although location/agenda for talks not yet been decided. Zuckerberg will meet officials/Skolkovo Foundation, high-tech innov center founded by Medvedev in 2010 as Russia’s answer to Silicon Valley."

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware And lo and behold here is Zuckerberg scouting for Russian talent at Facebook's Hack the World event in October 2012

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware In 2012, Zuckerberg hosted "World Hack Moscow" and gave prizes for figuring out how to mine Facebook friends' data to RUSSIANS

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware Oct 2012 BoostMate (Moscow - linked to Mail.ru (KGB's internet) took one of the top prizes. Then proceed to vanish off global radar - a bit suspicious what!!! You are champion Facebook hackers hacking Facebook friends data and you 'vanish'

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware Beautifully explained by @LincolnsBible and I tagged relevant stuff on end - Facebook in the hands of the mob

https://twitter.com/realbristolnews/status/1023724626717954049?lang=en

@stonesister7 @NarcAware @LincolnsBible Zuckerberg, Medvedev Discuss Facebook's Future In Russia (October 1, 2012) Milner is heading for about 8% ownership of FSB Book (as it is now called) and Twitter - Facebook 'now captured by Putin'

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware @LincolnsBible @threadreaderapp 'Unroll'
Please read ALL tweets in this thread - it is a story tweet by tweet not a one tweet dip - It explains how Russia captured Facebook

@stonesister7 @NarcAware @LincolnsBible @threadreaderapp You want ugly on Elliott? Here you go
Dmytro Firtash is from? Moscow sphere of influence is?

@stonesister7 @NarcAware @LincolnsBible @threadreaderapp Aug 2012 "250 guests including Tory MPs, peers and Russian diplomats attended event on Tuesday at London residence of Russian Amb Alexander Yakovenko." Barbecue, drinks and a raffle, with prizes of vodka, champagne and a biography of Vladimir Putin.

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@stonesister7 @NarcAware @LincolnsBible @threadreaderapp TIMELINE - TIMELINE - TIMELINE

@stonesister7 @NarcAware @LincolnsBible @threadreaderapp Matthew Elliott's wife is quoted as saying he knew his next big campaign was Brexit in December 2012 - just after he visits Moscow (Sept) - Moscow buys Facebook (May 2012) - timeline

@stonesister7 @NarcAware @LincolnsBible @threadreaderapp Enter Business for Britain - spring 2013 within nine months Dom Cummings is onboard driving research right up to the 2014 European Elections