Allum Bokhari & Oscar Buynevich

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Whole of Society: How The Previous Administration Coordinated The Censorship Industry
, By Allum Bokhari & Oscar Buynevich

SUMMARY White House publications from 2022 shows that under the previous administration, the Federal government attempted to coordinate the global “counter-disinformation” industry, in an effort that spanned private and public sectors and traveled across borders. These efforts materialized in a White House-led interagency working group on “Information Integrity Research and Development,” overseen by the White…

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23 US-Funded Organizations Drive The EU’s War on Tech Companies
, By Allum Bokhari & Oscar Buynevich

SUMMARY The EU’s Digital Services Act aims to impose massive fines on American tech companies that fail to comply with its draconian requirements to curb disfavored speech. Once the EU’s “voluntary” Code of Practice on Disinformation becomes mandatory, tech companies will be obligated under EU law to censor “disinformation” and “misinformation.” The Foundation for Freedom…

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Congressionally-Chartered Nonprofit’s Disinformation Dashboard Used to Track Hunter Biden Laptop Story
, By Allum Bokhari & Oscar Buynevich

Junkipedia, a dashboard for tracking and reporting “problematic content” created by the Algorithmic Transparency Institute (ATI), a project of the Congressionally-chartered National Conference on Citizenship (NCoC), was used to help discredit the Hunter Biden laptop story ahead of the 2020 election — linking the laptop story to “Pizzagate” and other conspiracy theories. Rolled out in…

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‘Trusted Messengers:’ Volunteer Censors Trained to Control Your Community’s Speech
, By Allum Bokhari & Oscar Buynevich

SUMMARY Heading into 2024, the censorship industry wants to recruit “trusted messengers” in key demographics to take control of narratives, and monitor their communities for “misinformation,” logging their activity on databases controlled by censors. The government’s top-down coordination of online censorship has receded due to pressure from congressional scrutiny and lawsuits.  Censorship organizations have lost…

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‘Civic Listening’: Political Informants and Citizen Spies, Rebranded
, By Allum Bokhari & Oscar Buynevich

SUMMARY The popularity of private messaging channels such as WhatsApp to share news and political opinions is a major obstacle for the censorship industry, which cannot easily monitor such channels. These private networks are particularly popular in non-English speaking demographics, a growing cause of concern for online censors. In response, top censorship organizations have turned…

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