🚨🗣️📣 #WhistleBlower: The US And UK Military Contractors Created Sweeping Plan For Global Censorship In 2018. A whistleblower provided documents detailing the activities of the Cyber Threat Intelligence League (CTIL), initially a volunteer project by data scientists and defense veterans, but later integrated into projects including those of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). These documents show the genesis of modern digital censorship programs, the involvement of military and intelligence agencies, and tactics like the use of sock puppet accounts. CTIL's activities extended beyond censorship, including offensive operations to influence public opinion. The group's ultimate goal was to integrate into the federal government and build "Misinfosec communities." They developed a strategy called Adversarial Misinformation and Influence Tactics and Techniques (AMITT), used later by the World Health Organization in Europe. The documents illustrate a coordinated effort by the US and UK governments to establish a domestic censorship and influence operation, with parallels to tactics used in foreign countries.

There's more 👇 #Thread 🧵👇 2/5: Let's connect the CTIL Files and the Twitter Files, when considered together, present a complex picture of alleged government involvement and influence in digital censorship and content moderation, with some parallels drawn to the control of information in countries like North Korea.

CTIL Files Summary:
- Originating in 2018, US and UK military and intelligence contractors developed a comprehensive censorship framework, leading to the birth of the "Censorship Industrial Complex".
- The Cyber Threat Intelligence League (CTIL) began as a volunteer project by data scientists and defense veterans but eventually integrated into official projects, including those of the Department of Homeland Security.
- The CTIL's tactics included using sock puppet accounts and engaging in offensive operations to influence public opinion.
- The CTIL's activities went beyond censorship to include influencing public opinion by promoting counter-messaging, co-opting hashtags, creating fake accounts, and infiltrating private groups.
- These efforts were partly aimed at integrating into the federal government and building "Misinfosec communities" that would include government involvement.

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