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Jul 30, 2023 • 20 tweets • 11 min read • Read on X
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1. 🚨VIDEO - FACEBOOK EXECUTIVE ADMITS TO CENSORSHIP OF COVID MISINFORMATION, INCLUDING TRUE CONTENT LEADING TO VACCINE HESITANCY

Former CIA Operative, Aaron Berman, currently Head of Meta’s Misinformation Policy & Head of Elections Content Policy, is interviewed by “CIA Renee”… https://t.co/hxvbNhXK8D https://t.co/Ub1jwe1QgJtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

2. Aaron Berman spent over 17 years with the CIA before joining Facebook in 2019. He built their Misinformation Policy department and wrote most of the misinfo policy. Additionally, Berman says he 'represented Meta with external stakeholders.' This would include The White House,… https://t.co/7KMloZRJpRtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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3. Aaron Berman is very active on his LinkedIn, with over a 100 posts. Here is a post from 3 years ago, while Trump was President.

Berman expressed his frustration with COVID 'misinfo' about Hydroxychloroquine and mentioned that Meta was working hard to counter COVID-19… https://t.co/qe1p6cCqzVtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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4. In this next post, Aaron Berman stated that Meta was 'expanding' false claims they remove on Facebook & Instagram about COVID and vaccines. Again, this was written on April 16, 2020. Who was the President in 2020? Trump.

Therefore, @Jim_Jordan's claim that Facebook only… https://t.co/amGwc96V33twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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@Jim_Jordan 5. In this post, Berman discusses how Facebook is promoting 'reliable' vaccine information to parents and enforcing their policies on harmful content related to children. He expresses his happiness about the FDA authorizing COVID vaccines for children. Image
@Jim_Jordan 6. In the following tweets, you will see LinkedIn posts written by Aaron Berman that describe Meta’s extensive efforts to ‘combat misinformation’ in global elections.

This is nothing more than election meddling, interference & rigging.

In the first post, Berman talks about the… https://t.co/Q7qCv5UxNetwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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@Jim_Jordan 7. Berman writes in detail how Meta interfered in the 2022 Brazil election, by aggressively limiting the “forward messages” feature on WhatsApp and how Meta worked with 6 ‘fact checkers’ in Brazil

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@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 8. Berman posted about Meta’s election interference in Nigeria’s 2023 election which included ‘partering with local radio stations to create “NoFalseNewsZone” radio dramas in English & Pidgin”.

Meta also ran ads on Facebook & radio in 4 different languages – Yoruba, Pidgin,… https://t.co/B8ehN0IbREtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 9. Berman posted about Meta’s election interference in Kenya’s 2022 election which included partnering with fact checkers AFP, Pesa Check & Africa Check to review content in English & Swahili.

Berman states they also relied on ‘guidance from local partners.’ Who might that be?… https://t.co/wqR27Gj1zhtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 10. This is nothing more than election interference by the largest social media platform with over 3 billion users worldwide. So- Is this all happening because of pressure from the “Biden White House”?

Or is this a wider Intelligence Operation (Mockingbird) infiltrating Social… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 11. Berman posts on LinkedIn how Facebook & fact checkers are working in overdrive related to the Ukraine War. Also included is a tweet from Feb 2022, where he describes what Meta is doing to fight the spread of misinformation. He adds that Meta is working 24/7 on this.
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@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 12. Berman announces the launch of Facebook Climate Science Information Center to connect people to ‘authoritative info’ about climate change. He also tweeted how Meta has partnered with 80 independent fact checkers.

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@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 13. In a very bizarre post on LinkedIn, Aaron Berman states that intelligence assessments are not meant to be crystal balls. He describes these assessments as having a range of plausible outcomes in order to help policymakers assess risks & ‘shape events’ accordingly.

Lastly he… https://t.co/c8mu7uYZoQtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 14. Just this month, Aaron Berman attended TrustCon23, where he taught a workshop on how to write better emails in order to “influence tech executives more effectively”

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@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 15. Apparently there is a Global Fact Checker annual conference called “Global Fact”. It is hosted by Poynter’s International Fact Checking Network. This event was sponsored by Google, Meta, Tik Tok and News Initiative and held in Oslo, Norway. Aaron Berman was in attendance, of… https://t.co/Od2fn5qv7gtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 16. Looks like a great event! Image
@Jim_Jordan @ggreenwald 17. Aaron Berman was also featured in an ad campaign for Meta https://t.co/et3uCQ4Egmabout.meta.com/regulations/
18. Here's Berman on the Wall Street Journal. Image
19. There are an alarming number of other Intelligence Community operatives currently working at Meta in Trust & Safety and other departments. I wrote a thread about this in December 2022. Some of you have seen it, but I will be publishing a new thread that highlights more people… https://t.co/o7oLq4oAWrtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
20. Here is the full video, which is still available on YouTube. Moderated by CIA Renee DiResta from Stanford Internet Observatory. Includes Brian Clarke from Twitter Trust & Safety, Dr. Anne Merritt from Google & Aaron Berman from Facebook

https://t.co/Aq0FCZQBpz

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1. 🧵Google & Meta function as extensions of the US Intelligence Community. With Jacqueline Lopour, Google's Head of Trust & Safety, and Aaron Berman, Meta's Head of Elections Content/Misinformation Policy, both being career CIA officers, it underscores the CIA's substantial control over online censorship.

Why is this CIA-Big Tech revolving door, where career CIA officers wield power to censor & decide what misinformation is, purposefully suppressed in the broader conversation about censorship?

Why are career CIA officers like Jacqueline Lopour & Nick Rossmann, who both have a history of spreading misinformation & promoting the RussiaGate conspiracy theory, now in senior roles in Trust & Safety at Google, deciding what is misinformation & overseeing content moderation?

The cumulative number of former Intelligence Community personnel hired by Meta & Google since 2018 is staggering. Before 2018, there were only a handful. Here are the combined hires by both companies:
CIA-36
FBI-68
NSA-44
DHS/CISA-68
State Dept-86
DOD-121
2. Why would Google specifically choose these six senior executives to attend an @ISF_OSAC event in DC?

Everyone in this picture, alongside former CIA Director Robert Gates, is a current senior executive at Google & a former career CIA officer, except for the attorney from Perkins Coie (2nd from the left).

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3. Jacqueline Lopour spent 10 years at the CIA before joining Google in 2017. She is currently Head of Trust & Safety, where she not only determines what constitutes misinformation but also wields considerable power in content moderation on Search & YouTube.

In this interview, Lopour is promoting the RussiaGate conspiracy theory. I wonder if she believes her own propaganda.
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1. THREAD: MIKE BENZ – FROM PROUD BOYS TO FRAME GAME’S ANTISEMITISM

@mikebenzcyber has disclosed, that in 2016, he was a member of the Proud Boys, a far-right extremist group.

Benz admits to being 'Frame Game', a prominent alt-right & antisemitic account on Gab from 2016-2018. Although he describes it as a “Jewish project to deradicalize the alt-right,” a thorough examination of over 200 videos suggests otherwise.

Is Mike Benz an FBI informant?

It's concerning that despite Benz's antisemitic rhetoric & Holocaust denial, influential figures continue to support him, especially after NBC's @BrandyZadrozny unveiled these revelations. In his response to the NBC story, Benz showed no remorse for his antisemitic rhetoric; instead, he expressed pride in his 'Frame Game' operation.

I hope that after reviewing this thread & the audio evidence, individuals like @elonmusk, @shellenberger, @KyleSeraphin, & @Timcast will reconsider their endorsement of Benz & publicly condemn his antisemitism.

Recently, Elon Musk declared his stance against any form of antisemitism. Does this sentiment extend to Mike Benz?

2. @mikebenzcyber’s Frame Game also had a blog on Steemit. One entry titled “A Jewish Perspective on Jewish Influence” offers interesting insights into the psychology of Mike Benz.

In the blog, Mike blames Jews for “white decline”, acknowledges reading Mein Kampf, & in section 51 he says, “Hitler actually had some decent points.”

What does Mike mean by this?

Full blog here -
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3. @mikebenzcyber is misrepresenting his work history & even deleted his LinkedIn profile prior to joining Twitter, making it extremely difficult to validate his work experience. He worked as a corporate attorney between 2010-2017 & later tried to launch a dance company, @MyArtYourArt.

In 2019, he joined HUD in the White House. While he brags about being a “Cyber Expert” & diplomat at State Department, records indicate he joined the State Department on November 24, 2020, & left 2-3 weeks, not even staying long enough for an official profile picture.

Benz held the title of “Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Communications and Information Policy” at the State Department. Notably, this specific position neither existed before Benz’s appointment nor continued after his brief tenure. This is a red flag.

By the end of 2020, he moved from DC to Florida.

Currently, Benz claims to lead the Foundation for Freedom Online. However, this organization hasn't released any research since May 2023, & there's no evidence of IRS filings for this non-profit.

State dept hire date –

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1.🚨BOMBSHELL🚨

Inside a 2022 @DHSgov-@ODNIgov-led Program on Disinformation, there are alarming disclosures:

*The U.S. Government ROUTINELY engages with ex-Intel Community operatives currently working in the private sector; Meta is specifically cited

*This report marks the first disclosure that "mission centers at the CIA" also have developed relationships with Social Media firms

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2. In February 2023, I flagged concerns about the ODNI's Foreign Malign Influence Center (FMIC).

FMIC is a functional clone of the now-defunct Disinformation Governance Board & was launched in September 2022 under Director Jeffrey Wichman, who is a 30-year CIA veteran.

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3. The joint DHS-ODNI report emphasizes Public-Private Partnerships to combat Foreign Malign Influence and outlines recommended roles for FMIC:

*Directly engage with social media companies to address disinformation.

*Serve as a liaison between the Intelligence Community (IC) and Social Media platforms on disinformation issues.
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1. 🚨Jai Retter currently serves as the Policy Lead for Violent Extremism at @YouTube

Shockingly, a tweet from Ms. Retter in 2017 openly praises Hitler & includes the use of a swastika

@elonmusk - would you categorize this as anti-semitic?

Does anyone think this tweet is appropriate or even funny?

Is this the conduct fitting for someone in her position as a content moderator at @YouTube ?

Jai Retter previously worked for @DeptofDefense & is an active member of @CFR_org & @AtlanticCouncil

After the public scrutiny generated by this revelation, it is anticipated that Retter will:

1- Make her 𝕏 account private- @jjrett
2- Block me
3- Delete the Hitler tweet- (archived- )
4- Make her LinkedIn profile private (archived- )
5- Continue to moderate YouTube content for 'hate speech' & ‘violent extremism’




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2. Here is Jai Retter (@jjrett) openly calling for the deplatforming of anti-vaxxers across the board, as well as their public condemnation

(Archived- ) archive.is/4efds

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3. Here's another post from Jai Retter (@jjrett), who claims that the spread of 'misinformation & harmful content' by anti-vaxxers is a dangerous trend

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1. 🧵Why has Meta hired more than 160 individuals from the US Intelligence Community since 2018?

Is the Global Engagement Center (GEC) directly providing funding to Meta? Is this a modern-day version of Operation Mockingbird?

CIA-14
FBI-26
NSA-16
DHS-29
State Dept-32
DOD-49… https://t.co/3lORuE1ceP https://t.co/bVUJLiM2Ertwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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2. GEC was established in the 2017 NDAA. Its primary objective was not only to identify misinformation and disinformation targeted at the US and its allies but also to develop and distribute "fact-based" narratives to counter propaganda.
GEC was granted the authority to provide… https://t.co/g1HA40STZ6 https://t.co/VCjCYj2tYjtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…



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3. Aaron Berman possesses an extensive background at the CIA, spanning two decades, before joining Meta in July 2019. He built the Misinformation Policy team & wrote content policies, overseeing censorship during the 2020 US Election & COVID-19.

Notably, he collaborated with… https://t.co/DcuSRm6Rl0 https://t.co/Nhuq7uXgDztwitter.com/i/web/status/1…

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1. #DisinfoGate PART 3
SHELBY PIERSON-ODNI ELECTION CZAR

10/15/2020- One day after the NY Post Hunter Biden Laptop story, Pierson says-“Russians leak information…whether it denigrates Biden and/or boosts Trump”

Which Russian “leak operation” is she referring to?
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2. 10/19/2020- Five days after the NY Post story, Shelby Pierson’s boss, former DNI @JohnRatcliffe states emphatically:

“Hunter Biden’s Laptop is NOT part of some Russian Disinformation campaign”

Again, which Russian leak operation was Shelby Pierson talking about?
3. Elvis Chan (FBI) was deposed in the Missouri v Biden case

He ID'd Pierson as 1 of 4 Govt. officials that warned Social Media about concerns of a Russian “hack-and-leak” operation ahead of the 2020 election (pg. 222)

@AGAndrewBailey-it wasn't just FBI
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