{"id":4359,"date":"2023-07-14T13:12:54","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:12:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2023-07-14T13:15:32","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T18:15:32","slug":"fbi-colludes-with-ukrainian-intel-to-censor-americans-under-biden-misinformation-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/?p=4359","title":{"rendered":"FBI Colludes with Ukrainian Intel to Censor Americans under Biden Misinformation Campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg'%20viewBox='0%200%20370%20247'%3E%3C\/svg%3E\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-66.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-image-4360\"\/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"401\" src=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-66.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-66.png 768w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-66-300x157.png 300w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-66-293x153.png 293w, https:\/\/nakedpolitics.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/image-66-390x204.png 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the most recently exposed Biden administration scheme to combat misinformation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) colluded with a compromised Ukrainian intelligence agency to censor the speech of Americans. The federal agency responsible for protecting the nation against terrorists, violent street gangs and serial killers joined forces with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which is widely known to be infiltrated by Russian-aligned forces, to take down the authentic social media accounts of Americans. This includes a verified U.S. State Department profile and those belonging to American journalists. Interestingly, accounts targeted for removal by the SBU and FBI criticized Russian President Vladimir Putin and expressed pro-Ukrainian views.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Details of the illicit operation are outlined in a new congressional&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/judiciary.house.gov\/sites\/evo-subsites\/republicans-judiciary.house.gov\/files\/evo-media-document\/fbi-sbu-staff-report-7.10.23-sm.pdf\">report<\/a>&nbsp;made public this week by the House Judiciary Committee. The document also exposes how the FBI offered Facebook and Instagram legal cover to delete social media accounts singled out by the SBU. The two agencies routinely sent the popular social media platforms spreadsheets and other documents identifying thousands of profiles to eliminate. \u201cRegardless of its intended purpose in endorsing the SBU\u2019s requests, the FBI had no legal justification for facilitating the censorship of Americans\u2019 protected speech on social media,\u201d the report states. \u201cIn contrast to the Biden Administration\u2019s stated support for Ukraine, the FBI, on behalf of the SBU, flagged Americans\u2019 accounts and posts that were critical of Vladimir Putin and Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The report says that the FBI also delivered censorship orders from the SBU to Google and YouTube and reveals that a senior cybersecurity employee at Google said the company was \u201cdeluged with various requests\u201d for content removal after Russia invaded Ukraine. The primary liaison between the FBI and Silicon Valley is Elvis Chan, a San Francisco-based assistant special agent in charge of the division\u2019s cyber branch. The congressional probe highlights the FBI\u2019s unconstitutional role in enabling the SBU\u2019s censorship regime and raises grave concerns about the agency\u2019s credibility and competence as the nation\u2019s premier law enforcement organization. \u201cPut simply, the FBI worked with and on behalf of a foreign intelligence agency\u2014widely known to be compromised by Moscow at the time\u2014and directly abetted efforts to censor Americans engaging in protected speech,\u201d the report says. \u201cAs a result, the FBI agents\u2019 actions had the potential to render substantial aid to the Kremlin\u2019s war effort.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strangely\u2014or perhaps not surprisingly\u2014the alarming document has received scant coverage from the mainstream media. One national outlet that did publish a story about it,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/07\/10\/politics\/house-judiciary-committee-fbi-report\/index.html\">dismissed it<\/a>&nbsp;as \u201cthe latest in a series of Republican efforts to attack the Biden administration\u2019s work with social media platforms, which ramped up over intervention on stories about Hunter Biden\u2019s laptop.\u201d The operation is hardly the first involving the administration\u2019s highly questionable efforts to control information. Just days ago, a federal judge issued an&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520\/gov.uscourts.lawd.189520.293.0_1.pdf\">order&nbsp;<\/a>prohibiting the Biden administration from pressuring social media companies to suppress free speech protected under the Constitution. The ruling involves a lawsuit filed by states accusing the federal government of going too far to supposedly combat COVID-19 disinformation. In the decision, the judge wrote that there was \u201csubstantial evidence\u201d of a far-reaching censorship campaign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is part of a broader effort to divert public funds for a fictitious crisis created by the Biden administration to control information. The movement started with a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) panel known as the Disinformation Governance Board, which was technically dismantled after major backlash. Taxpayer dollars keep flowing to related causes, however. Millions in DHS terrorism prevention grants have gone to combat \u201cmisinformation and disinformation\u201d and to create media disinformation networks worldwide. Large sums have also gone to related projects such as fighting science misinformation and misperceptions in black communities and, of course, COVID-19 misinformation, especially involving minorities and vaccines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Original Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/misinformation-campaign\/\">https:\/\/www.judicialwatch.org\/misinformation-campaign\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the most recently exposed Biden administration scheme to combat misinformation, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) colluded with a compromised Ukrainian intelligence agency to censor the speech of Americans. The federal agency responsible for protecting the nation against terrorists, violent street gangs and serial killers joined forces with the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), which is widely known to be infiltrated by Russian-aligned forces, to take down the authentic social media accounts of Americans. 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