Hysteria over Newly Revealed Facebook “Influence Campaign” Doesn’t Fit the Facts

Perhaps the most jarring aspect of Facebook’s report on the “influence campaign” is the fact that the alleged “bad actor” pages were not even necessarily identified by Facebook itself, as Facebook notes that it had ample help from the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a House Energy and Commerce hearing on Capitol Hill April 11, 2018, about the use of Facebook data to target American voters in the 2016 election and data privacy. Andrew Harnik | AP

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA -- This past Tuesday, major U.S. news outlets were abuzz over a recent Facebook announcement regarding an “influence campaign” carried out by “bad actor” accounts on its platform in the lead-up to the 2018 midterm elections in November. Facebook stated that it was still unknown who was to blame for the campaign, which was

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Connecting the Diaspora to Ukraine’s Monsters Through a Ukrainian Diaspora Handler

Ukraine’s Intel operatives are working hard to con the US Congress into bankrolling Ukranian nationalists. They use this money to attack media that doesn’t support Ukraine’s right to violence against its people.

George Eliason
By George Eliason
"Volunteer Researcher" on Ukraine, Christina Dobrovolska

Over the last few articles, we looked at real-life examples of how and why Intel for hire companies are dangerous. Companies staffed with people who have no loyalties or training are generating information that gets read at the highest levels of government. This includes the (PDB) President's Daily Briefing. The President of the US uses the

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Facebook Partners With Hawkish Atlantic Council, a NATO Lobby Group, to “Protect Democracy”

The partnership between Facebook and the Atlantic Council is an attempt to ensure the grip of dominant imperialist powers – militaries, multinationals, banks, and philanthropists – who feel threatened by the unrestricted flow of information and anti-systemic narratives on social media.

Elliott Gabriel
By Elliott Gabriel
facebook censoring news

MENLO PARK, CALIFORNIA – Facebook is hoping that a new alliance with the Atlantic Council -- a leading geopolitical strategy think-tank seen as a de facto PR agency for the U.S. government and NATO military alliance – will not only solve its “fake news” and “disinformation” controversy, but will also help the social media monolith play “a positive

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As Syria Nears Victory Against Rebels, Israel Begins To Panic

Meddling by the U.S. and its allies was supposed to topple the Assad regime in Syria and give Israel a freer hand, but instead has brought Iran and other adversaries to Israel’s border, a risky moment.

Daniel Lazare
By Daniel Lazare
An Israeli soldier directs a tank near the border with Syria in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights, Nov. 28, 2016. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

There’s a rumor going around that the Syrian civil war is finally winding down and that the Baathist government is nearing its goal of driving out thousands of ISIS-Al Qaeda head-choppers financed and supplied – directly or indirectly – by the U.S., Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and the other Persian Gulf oil monarchies It would be good news if

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