So I have just stumbled across this #masongate #ukraine related out sourced US censorship drama via @jeffpropulsion’s thread r.e. Ethiopia on @twittersafety.
As @MaxBlumenthal of @TheGrayzoneNews says this is indeed wild.
rokfin.com/stream/19293 #Rokfin
As @MaxBlumenthal of @TheGrayzoneNews says this is indeed wild.
rokfin.com/stream/19293 #Rokfin
It’s one thing to fight war disinformation actors, but quite another to target legitimate journalists through cutouts, then another thing altogether when a well known UK left leaning journalist - @paulmasonnews appears to be pitching schemes to the FCO to help with this work. 
The active involvement in all of this of internet platform operators including @google @twitter and @PayPal, the last of which has recently shut down income streams to several well known independent US publications makes all this very global.
Will certainly be looking more deeply into this in coming days.
It appears @paulmasonnews is responding to this by taking inappropriate legal actions in the UK to shut this down. Which appear to not be working well.
It appears @paulmasonnews is responding to this by taking inappropriate legal actions in the UK to shut this down. Which appear to not be working well.
Using hard edged anti-free speech legal action against legitimate journalists, to defend/protect covert information operations which purportedly support a war to defend the freedoms of Ukrainians - including their rights to free speech - seems a little daft.
I was aware of recent attacks on small independent media companies in the US in good standing, incl. @Consortiumnews and @MintPressNews.
Both had funding streams via @PayPal yanked from them suddenly.
To now see the curtain being pulled back and what lies behind is alarming.
Both had funding streams via @PayPal yanked from them suddenly.
To now see the curtain being pulled back and what lies behind is alarming.
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