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Pentagon-Funded Censorship Firm Graphika Began Monitoring Covid “Disinfo” On Dec. 16, 2019 – Two Weeks Before WHO Knew Covid Existed

ReportsApril 25, 2023

SUMMARY Graphika, a company that monitors online communities for government agencies, began collecting data on social media users sharing “disinformation” about Covid-19 two weeks before the World Health Organization even knew of an outbreak. The private firm, which has received millions in Pentagon grants and contracts, targeted “US right-wing” communities as the top disinfo threat,…

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10 Terms of Censorspeak Decoded

ReportsMarch 27, 2023

Online censorship continues to proliferate in government agencies, using hidden meanings for everyday terms in order to spread a paradigm of distrust that turns censorship tools against US citizens.

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FLASH REPORT: DHS Quietly Purges CISA “Mis, Dis, and Malinformation” Website to Remove Domestic Censorship References

ReportsMarch 16, 2023

The public-private domestic censorship operation coordinated by the federal government has quietly been organized to quell the online opinions of everyday Americans.

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Renée DiResta “Worked For The CIA” Before Stanford Disinformation Role, According To Video Remarks From Her Supervisor Alex Stamos

ReportsMarch 9, 2023

For years, Renée DiResta has been one of the most prominent thought leaders, ubiquitous media voices, and influential “disinfo experts” in the emergent field of professional social media censorship (i.e. the “content moderation” vocation associated with “counter-disinformation” work).

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The National Science Foundation’s “Convergence Accelerator Track F” Is Funding Domestic Censorship Superweapons

ReportsJanuary 29, 2023

Before we describe the “Science of Censorship” federal grant program that is the focus of this report, perhaps the most disturbing introduction is to watch how grantees of your tax dollars describe themselves.

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Biden’s National Science Foundation Has Pumped Nearly $40 Million Into Social Media Censorship Grants and Contracts

ReportsNovember 22, 2022

When most people think of the National Science Foundation (NSF), they think about the US government investing tax dollars in grand advancements in mathematics, aerospace and engineering.

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US Gov’t Funding ‘Disinformation’ Video Game ‘Cat Park,’ Leaked State Dept Memo Reveals

ReportsNovember 17, 2022

SUMMARY The US gov’t produced a cat-themed “disinformation” video game to “inoculate” young people against populist news content. The game aspires to create a “psychological vaccination against fake news” in those surfing social media. The US and UK gov’ts plan to embed the game in local schools and educational curricula around the world, especially “ahead…

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DHS Censorship Agency Had Strange First Mission: Banning Speech That Casts Doubt On ‘Red Mirage, Blue Shift’ Election Events

ReportsNovember 9, 2022

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) quiet coup to establish, for the first time in US history, an explicitly inward-facing domestic censorship bureau.

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