{"id":1912749,"date":"2023-04-10T21:43:35","date_gmt":"2023-04-11T01:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-and-big-tech-companies-have-hired-hundreds-of-people-from-federal-agencies-including-fbi-doj-cia\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T21:44:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T01:44:42","slug":"social-media-and-big-tech-companies-have-hired-hundreds-of-people-from-federal-agencies-including-fbi-doj-cia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/social-media-and-big-tech-companies-have-hired-hundreds-of-people-from-federal-agencies-including-fbi-doj-cia\/","title":{"rendered":"Numerous individuals from governmental agencies, such as the FBI, DOJ, and CIA, have been hired by public television and big tech companies."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">44<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsocial-media-and-big-tech-companies-have-hired-hundreds-of-people-from-federal-agencies-including-fbi-doj-cia%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1912749&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div id=\"sPost_Inner_0_0_8_0_0_4_0_0_0\">\n<div data-attr-id=\"sPost_Inner_0_0_8_0_0_4_0_0_0_0_1\" data-attr-layout_quality=\"5\" data-attr-format=\"splash-custom\" data-attr-all_element_order=\"headline,section,subheadline,author,date,post_shares,photo_credit,badges,badges_sponsored,body,snark_line,page_views,follow_button,community_comments,like_button,source_link,collection_button,tags,primary_tag,main_author,community_name,photo_caption,all_sections,site_field_author-twitter,site_field_author-facebook,site_field_blaze-author-title,date_modified,product_prices,product_vendor,product_buy_link,words_count,time_to_read\" data-attr-layout_headline=\"top\" data-attr-layout_subheadline=\"top\" data-attr-layout_all_image_crop=\"16x9\" data-attr-layout_all_date_format=\"%B %d, %Y\" data-attr-layout_photo_credit=\"bottom\" data-attr-layout_author=\"top\" data-attr-layout_date=\"top\" data-attr-layout_post_shares=\"top\" data-attr-all_share_buttons=\"Facebook,Twitter,Linkedin,Email,Separator,Tumblr,GooglePlus,Pinterest,Whatsapp,Reddit,CopyLink,Flipboard,SMS,Slack\" data-attr-layout_linkedin=\"active\" data-attr-layout_separator=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_tumblr=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_googleplus=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_pinterest=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_whatsapp=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_reddit=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_copylink=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_flipboard=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_sms=\"inactive\" data-attr-layout_slack=\"inactive\" data-attr-data-rm-device-crops=\"true\" data-attr-layout_mobile_image_crop=\"16x9\" data-attr-layout_section=\"top\" data-attr-header_template=\"jinja\/post\/custom-css.html\" id=\"sPost_Inner_0_0_8_0_0_4_0_0_0_0_1\">\n<article elid=\"2659761313\" data-frozen-sections=\"[]\" data-category=\"News\">\n<div>\n<p>Idrees Abbas&#8217; picture example, SOPA Images, and LightRocket via Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class id=\"sWidget_-_2020_Newsletter_Post_0_0_11_0_0_2_1_0\">\n<p>similar to <em>Blaze News<\/em> Deliver the most important message right to your inbox.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"sPost_Inner_0_0_8_0_0_4_0_0_0_0_3\">\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/04\/09\/google-twitter-meta-tiktok-crawling-hundreds-former-feds\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Daily Caller<\/a> analysis, federal law enforcement organizations like the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Department of Justice, and the CIA hired about 250 workers by software companies like Google, Meta, TikTok, or Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>According to the state, Silicon Valley and software companies have hired 248 people from the FBI, DOJ, Department of Homeland Security, and Central Intelligence Agency. After holding positions in government agencies for more than 20 years in many cases, several of the workers now hold top positions at the companies.<\/p>\n<p>Between 2017 and 2022, a significant portion of the training took place. 130 former CIA, DHS, DOJ, and FBI employees were hired by Google only. 47 was hired by Meta. Sometimes the Chinese-owned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/search\/?q=tiktok\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TikTok<\/a> has 25 previous CIA, DHS, DOJ, or FBI employees working for it.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, Twitter instantly hired a number of FBI employees who had spent more than 20 years working for the organization.<\/p>\n<p>After working 22 years in the FBI, an&#8221; embedded protection boss&#8221; worked for Twitter for 10 months before switching to Chevron. A 22-year FBI work was already held by a&#8221; senior security coach&#8221; for Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>An FBI agent with 23 years of experience served as Twitter&#8217;s&#8217;s chairman of information security for the inside challenge program. However, the federal agency had 25 and 23 years of experience under the corporate security and crisis managers of the tech company, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>With FBI backgrounds, Twitter also offers the positions of&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/doug-hunt-425b1a24\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">senior director<\/a> ,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christopher-destito-a9208a107\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">security specialist<\/a>, director of corporate security \/ risk ,&#8221; and&#8221; director of Corporate Resilience.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The previous FBI individuals mentioned in the report, as well as Google, Meta, TikTok, and others, either didn&#8217;t answer questions from the Daily Caller or said nothing. Twitter officially responded with a poo icon, as is customary there.<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk, the Director of Twitter, has lately engaged in conflict on numerous sides, with varying degrees of success.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who initially referred to National Public Radio as&#8221; state &#8211; affiliated media ,&#8221; is now battling media credibility claims. He later changed the label to&#8221; government funded media&#8221; in the same way that he did with the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BBC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Musk also temporarily changed the website&#8217;s&#8217;s Twitter logo to the&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/cointelegraph.com\/news\/elon-musk-changes-twitter-icon-to-doge-after-seeking-lawsuit-dismissal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">doge<\/a>,&#8221; a popular cartoon depiction of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mystart.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/My_Shiba_Inu_04.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Shiba Inu<\/a> dog breed.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Musk and 1, 000 other tech industry figures urged a halt to the development of artificial intelligence in late March 2023 due to&#8221; serious risks to society and humanity.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors, sign up for our newsletters, and get stories like this direct to your inbox. <\/em><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theblaze.com\/newsletters\/theblaze-articlelink\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Sign up here<\/a><\/em><em>!<\/em><em><br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p observeid=\"tbl-observe-2\"><a id=\"tbl-read-more-box-btn_trc_93839\" href=\"http:\/\/bonginoreport.com\/#\">View ADDITIONAL<svg viewBox=\"0 0 8 6\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6.85381 0.203525L3.99181 3.06553L1.12981 0.203525C1.00407 0.0820867 0.835672 0.0148905 0.660874 0.0164095C0.486076 0.0179284 0.318868 0.088041 0.195262 0.211646C0.0716568 0.335252 0.00154415 0.50246 2.52017e-05 0.677258C-0.00149374 0.852056 0.0657025 1.02046 0.187141 1.14619L3.52047 4.47953C3.64549 4.60451 3.81503 4.67472 3.99181 4.67472C4.16858 4.67472 4.33812 4.60451 4.46314 4.47953L7.79647 1.14619C7.86015 1.08469 7.91094 1.01113 7.94588 0.929795C7.98081 0.848459 7.99921 0.760979 7.99997 0.67246C8.00074 0.58394 7.98388 0.496154 7.95036 0.414223C7.91683 0.332292 7.86733 0.257857 7.80474 0.195262C7.74214 0.132667 7.66771 0.083165 7.58578 0.0496444C7.50385 0.0161238 7.41606 -0.00074404 7.32754 2.51711e-05C7.23902 0.000794382 7.15154 0.0191852 7.0702 0.0541246C6.98887 0.0890639 6.91531 0.139852 6.85381 0.203525Z\" fill=\"#BCBCBC\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Illustration by Idrees Abbas\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images Like Blaze News? 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