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…
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…
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.
@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.
@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.
@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…
@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…
@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”?
@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.
@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.
@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.
@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”
Interesting.
@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!
@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.
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. #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)
It’s mission is identical to DHS Disinformation Governance Board
FMIC mission is to counter “malign influence” that seeks to influence public opinion & behavior
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2. The Foreign Malign Influence Center is operated under the ODNI
Jeffrey Wichman, former 30 year CIA agent, is the acting Director of #FMIC
Wichman, for lack of a better term, is the defacto leader of the “Thought Police”
3. In 2019, @SenAmyKlobuchar & @SenJackReed introduced legislation to establish the Foreign Malign Influence Center, using “Russian disinformation” as a pretext.
#FMIC was founded under the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act
1. #TwitterFiles & #FacebookFiles A deep dive into how Twitter & Facebook became willing partners with The Deep State
Should Facebook & Twitter hiring practices, along with their close ties to FBI, CISA & other Government Agencies be a focus in @Jim_Jordan investigation?
2. At a September 5, 2018 Senate hearing, @Jack stated, “We’ve really strengthened our PARTNERSHIP with Government Agencies since 2016.”
Jack requests regular meetings with “Twitter’s Law Enforcement partnerships” & asks for a “single point of contact” with the Government
3. Twitter was not pressured at all. @jack went to Congress requesting more help expanding their already existing "partnerships" with Law Enforcement & Government.
1. After learning that Twitter employs at least 15 former FBI agents, I searched Facebook. What I found is alarming
Facebook currently employs at least 115 people, in high-ranking positions, that formerly worked at FBI/CIA/NSA/DHS:
17 CIA
37 FBI
23 NSA
38 DHS
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2. All, but a few, of the former intelligence agents were hired, by Facebook after the 2016 Presidential Election & after the FBI established their social media-focused task force FTIF.
3. As @mtaibbi detailed in #TwitterFiles Part 6, we know there was massive coordination of censorship between the FBI & Twitter during 2020-2022.
Who is controlling “misinfo” censorship at Facebook?
Is there similar coordination between Facebook & the Intelligence community?