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MUELLER: Russian Meddling Predates Trump, Goes Back to 2014
Russian meddling in the United States via social media dates back to at least 2014.
The Mueller Report, released today by Attorney General Bill Barr, reveals that Russia’s Internet Research Agency has been engaged in “active measures” using social media to direct American political discourse since at least 2014, predating President Donald J. Trump’s entrance onto the national stage.
Russians both traveled to the United States for “intelligence gathering” operations and used social media to sway public discourse as early as 2014, according to the newly released, redacted Mueller Report.
“In mid-2014, the IRA sent employees to the United States on an intelligence-gathering mission,” the report reads. It continues that “the IRA later used social media accounts and interest groups to sow discord,” noting that the program began in 2014.
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“The campaign evolved from a generalized program designed in 2014 and 2015,” according to the Mueller Report.
It is also noted that “As early as the spring of 2014, the IRA began to hide its funding and activities” to allow it to facilitate this program.
At around the same time, “the IRA began to consolidate U.S. operations within a single general department, known internally as the ‘Translator’ department.”
The IRA employees who traveled to the United States in 2014 “applied to the U.S. Department of State” under false pretenses, “lying about the purpose of their trip and claiming to be four friends who had met at a party.”
The report notes that “Ultimately, two IRA employees–Anna Bogacheva and Aleksandra Krylova–received visas and entered the United States on June 4, 2014.”
“Starting as early as 2014,” the report continues, “the IRA’s U.S. operations included social media specialists focusing on Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter” and eventually included “specialists who operated on Tumblr and Instagram accounts.”
These “specialists” likely used the information gathered during the 2014 intelligence-gathering trip.
These social media pages and groups included pro-Black Lives Matter groups, pro-LGBT groups, pro-Muslim groups, and groups supporting President Donald J. Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders.
However, the Russians specifically did not support failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
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More Censorship: Controversial Right-Wing YouTuber Nick Fuentes is Booted From Platform, Even Ben Shapiro Says It’s Too Far
Fuentes received the boot after supposed terms of service violations.
Controversial right-wing Youtube personality Nick Fuentes has been booted from the Google-owned platform, as they continue to ramp up their campaign of Orwellian censorship.
“This account has been terminated due to multiple or severe violations of YouTube’s policy prohibiting hate speech,” they announced at the link of Fuentes’ former channel.
My Youtube channel has been wrongly terminated today for an alleged violation of “hate speech” policy. This is the end result of a concerted effort by leftists, conservative inc gatekeepers, and silicon valley censors to silence my show and the movement it has inspired. pic.twitter.com/arZqPIGbLi
— Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) February 14, 2020
Fuentes has come to prominence in recent months as his fans have frequently asked pointed questions toward conservatives like TPUSA Founder Charlie Kirk, Congressman Dan Crenshaw, and “Never Trump” leader Ben Shapiro who they feel are insufficiently right-wing. This has caused Fuentes to receive increased mainstream scrutiny, with many of his critics alleging he is a Holocaust denier, a charge that he vehemently denies.
Others who have been banished from popular social media platforms are speaking out on Fuentes’ behalf.
“Nick Fuentes has been banned from YouTube,” journalist and Congressional candidate Laura Loomer wrote on her Telegram account. “Not good. Censorship is getting out of control. He shouldn’t have been silenced.”
“The government hasn’t done a damn thing about censorship of conservatives online. Zero. The “conservative billionaires” have done less than zero,” noted Jacob Wohl.
“Reminder: “Hate speech” means being funny and popular while Right-wing,” banished provocateur Milo Yiannopolous wrote on Telegram.
“I would not be surprised if Michelle Malkin starts losing her accounts soon. Facebook’s rationale for nuking me was my support for Tommy Robinson, and she’s gone way further than that,” Yiannopolous added.
Malkin, who will be appearing alongside Fuentes at the America First Political Action Conference in Washington D.C. later this month, denounced YouTube in a post, also assigning the blame to “Conservative Inc.” voices for agitating against Fuentes.
You know ConInc is cheering @YouTube even as they pretend to champion #freespeech. They didn’t stand w/ #LauraLoomer or #GavinMcInnes. They tried to kill my career over defending @nickjfuentes & #AmericaFirst kids. They’ve done nothing to help @McNeilJaden. #freespeech poseuers! https://t.co/49m3S2ZRR8
— Michelle Malkin (@michellemalkin) February 14, 2020
Even Shapiro, who has a public feud with Fuentes, has come out against his censorship by YouTube.
Nick Fuentes is an absolute disgusting s***show. But if he was banned for his idiotic, garbage viewpoints rather than for violent threats, YouTube shouldn't be deplatforming him.
— Ben Shapiro (@benshapiro) February 14, 2020
Other prominent right-wing voices have voiced opposition to YouTube’s censorship of Fuentes as well:
Banning Nick Fuentes is another act of political censorship by YouTube.
Lots of conservatives go around college campuses saying they believe even offensive, disagreeable speech shouldn't be censored.
I look forward to them all being both vocal and consistent today.
— Allum Bokhari (@LibertarianBlue) February 14, 2020
Controversial YouTube Nick Fuentes has had his account banned completely by YouTube, which recently announced it was investing in The Young Turks – a channel where one contributor said “America deserved 9/11.” https://t.co/ZVZvHkSK07
— Mike Cernovich (@Cernovich) February 14, 2020
Fuentes banned by YouTube after taking on Conservative Inc. and them all calling for his deplatforming. Really makes you think. 🤔
— Paul Joseph Watson (@PrisonPlanet) February 14, 2020
YouTube’s parent company Google has been exposed for using their immense monopoly power to punish their political opponents, with a focus on manipulating the outcome of the election in November.
An insider leaked explosive documents to Project Veritas exposing Google’s illicit scheming last year.
BREAKING @Project_Veritas: Google "Machine Learning Fairness" Whistleblower Goes Public, says: "burden lifted off of my soul," Leaks Hundreds of Internal Documents – See all: https://t.co/0LZRyrWNqV pic.twitter.com/Y8WknYzG7o
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) August 14, 2019
Who asked "platforms" like Google to to rank news sites like @WSJ, @CNN, @MSNBC? Why would they make apparent news decisions? How do they determine which is more credible than the next, and who is making these decisions? Leaked Google doc: pic.twitter.com/9Q8IR8yGED
— James O'Keefe (@JamesOKeefeIII) August 14, 2019
Google appears to employ "human raters" to evaluate fake news. Doesn't that sound a bit like a newspaper editor . . . ? 🤔
I thought Google didn't have an editorial agenda . . . #GoogleExposed #ProjectVeritas pic.twitter.com/bFAQazAm7G
— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) August 14, 2019
Also leaked by Google was talk by YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki explaining what appear to be news and editorial decisions about "authoritative" and "fake" news. pic.twitter.com/l8nO8DuoO7
— Project Veritas (@Project_Veritas) August 14, 2019
The Big Brother crackdown against right-wing speech will only continue to intensify from Silicon Valley in the months to come.
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