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tdb_single_author tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><a class=\"tdb-author-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.based-politics.com\/author\/hannah-cox\/\" title=\"Hannah Cox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/IMG_9668-scaled.jpg\" width=\"96\" height=\"69\" alt=\"Hannah Cox\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 wp-user-avatar wp-user-avatar-96 alignnone photo\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_87 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_87\">\n<p><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2023-02-07T07:03:32-04:00\">February 7, 2023<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_88 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_1 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_88\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p class=\"p1\">Elon Musk might not be British but he certainly has the tea, and today, it\u2019s piping hot.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">On Monday, the Twitter mogul posted on his social media platform to expose US government operations that enforce online censorship policies. This violates the free speech rights for many Americans.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Musk has previously leaked information about agencies such as the FBI pressuring old Twitter\u2019s leadership to make content moderation decisions that suited the current administration(s) end goals. But this week he named a lesser known agency\u2014GEC, or rather, the State Department\u2019s Global Engagement Center\u2014and called it the \u201cworst offender in US government censorship &#038; media manipulation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">These charges are very high considering what we know of other offenders in its ranks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">Musk later called the agency a \u201cthreat to democracy\u201d This thread is linked to a thread that provides more information about their activities by independent journalist Matt Taibbi, who has broken some of them \u201cTwitter Files\u201d online).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">They are a menace to our democracy<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1622740637891149825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">February 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For more information, please refer to this thread <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2igo7PPwLy\" class=\"stylish-link\">https:\/\/t.co\/2igo7PPwLy<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Elon Musk (@elonmusk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/elonmusk\/status\/1622745298438176770?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">February 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Taibbi\u2019s thread was indeed damning. His reporting shows that in February 2020, during COVID&#8217;s initial breakout, GEC sent a report to the media titled, \u201cRussian Disinformation Apparatus Taking Advantage of Coronavirus Concerns.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BcFhHCvjAE\" class=\"stylish-link\">https:\/\/t.co\/BcFhHCvjAE<\/a> February, 2020, as COVID broke out, the Global Engagement Center \u2013 a fledgling analytic\/intelligence arms of the State Department \u2013 went to the media with a report called, \u201cRussian Disinformation Apparatus Taking Advantage of Coronavirus Concerns.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KjUeE8vejt\" class=\"stylish-link\">pic.twitter.com\/KjUeE8vejt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1610394203422433280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">He also noted that GEC was not a good idea. \u201cflagged accounts as \u2018Russian personas and proxies\u2019 based on criteria like, \u2018Describing the Coronavirus as an engineered bioweapon,\u2019 blaming \u2018research conducted at the Wuhan institute,\u2019 and \u2018attributing the appearance of the virus to the CIA.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">4.Accounts were flagged by the GEC \u201cRussian personas and proxies\u201d These criteria include: \u201cDescribing the Coronavirus as an engineered bioweapon,\u201d Blaming \u201cresearch conducted at the Wuhan institute,\u201d  \u201cattributing the appearance of the virus to the CIA.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a4xBotQZ2m\" class=\"stylish-link\">pic.twitter.com\/a4xBotQZ2m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1610394206316466177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">5.State flagged accounts that retweeted the news that Twitter had banned ZeroHedge from being used in the United States. \u201cled to another flurry of disinformation narratives.\u201d ZH had made reports suggesting that the virus might have lab origin. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JlIobPzAFE\" class=\"stylish-link\">pic.twitter.com\/JlIobPzAFE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1610394209302847488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Unlike the response to some other agencies weighing in on the government\u2019s censorship practices, it appears many at Twitter did balk at GEC\u2019s role in these decisions.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">17. There was another reason. It was not the DHS or FBI which were. \u201capolitical,\u201d Roth stated that the GEC was \u201cpolitical,\u201d This code appeared to be partisan in Twitter-ese.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think they thought the FBI was less Trumpy,\u201d This is what a former DOD official said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y33deYO50B\" class=\"stylish-link\">pic.twitter.com\/y33deYO50B<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1610394244388388864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">But accounts were apparently still blocked at their request.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">29.Twitter honored almost everyone else\u2019s requests, even those from GEC \u2013 including a decision to ban accounts like <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RebelProtests?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">@RebelProtests<\/a>  <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bricsmedia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">@BricsMedia<\/a> Because they were identified by GEC as \u201cGRU-controlled\u201d These two are linked \u201cto the Russian government,\u201d respectively: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OQjQuKTzTO\" class=\"stylish-link\">pic.twitter.com\/OQjQuKTzTO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1610394291352014848?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/08M51rg2BM\" class=\"stylish-link\">https:\/\/t.co\/08M51rg2BM<\/a> All this led to the following situation: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShellenbergerMD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">@ShellenbergerMD<\/a> Two weeks ago, Twitter was paid $3.415,323 primarily for being an overwhelmed subcontractor. <\/p>\n<p>Twitter wasn\u2019t just paid. They were underpaid for the amount of work that they did for government.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mtaibbi\/status\/1610394321966010375?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" class=\"stylish-link\">January 3, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\">Honestly, there\u2019s too many problems here to list. Obviously this is a crystal clear attack on the First Amendment rights of hundreds of thousands of people\u2014and we have no reason to believe these activities have ceased. These kinds of violations are allowed to continue by the government by allowing them be done behind closed doors by unelected bureaucrats that we don&#8217;t know much about and over whom we have no accountability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">While there are some bad laws passed by Congress that violate the Constitution it is not nearly as many or as severe as the violations that occur when no bill has ever been passed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">They can threaten your business by imposing regulations, taxes, and even antitrust on you. Without a law, you don&#8217;t have any recourse. You can&#8217;t sue the government or seek justice in court. The media is all you have and the hope that people will be as angry about these injustices if they are perpetrated.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\">We must not get excited about these activities. Demand that these bottom dwellers are reprimanded and that they stop using the same tactics.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><b>You like this article? 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