Source : Zéro Hedge, Tyler Durden
Twitter reported that it had recently suspended dozens of accounts for undermining confidence in NATO. The move is part of a larger purge of nearly 400 Twitter accounts suspected of having “ties to Russia, Armenia and Iran,” state actors who have been found to have “violated its maneuver policies. platforms, ”according to Reuters.
And further, Twitter said, according to Reuters, that “100 accounts with links to Russia were deleted for amplifying accounts that undermined faith in NATO and targeted the United States and the Union European. “
That’s right, of the many examples of recent abuse on Twitter and Silicon Valley’s blatant attempts to crush speech deemed politically embarrassing or off-limits, this one is arguably the most bizarre and blatant yet. day – the offending accounts were deemed to have failed to maintain their “faith” in the NATO military alliance. (Did we miss the “oath” that must be taken when creating an account?)
Some of the accounts appear to have been suspended in previous months, with Twitter now disclosing the results of its more comprehensive investigation and the reasons for action taken against those accounts.
Here is the official Twitter statement in full:
“Today we reveal two separate networks that have ties to Russia. Our first investigation uncovered and removed a network of 69 fake accounts that can be reliably linked to Russian state actors. A number of these accounts amplified narratives that were aligned with the Russian government, while another subset of the network focused on undermining faith in the NATO alliance and its stability. As part of our second investigation in this region, we removed 31 accounts from two networks that show signs of affiliation with the Internet Research Agency (IRA) and other actors linked to the Russian government. These accounts amplified accounts that had previously been associated with the IRA and other Russian influence efforts targeting the United States and the European Union. “
In a Russian RT report detailing some of the prominent accounts affected by the ban, it has since been revealed that “one of the affected accounts belonged to Valdai’s chat club. This leading Russian think tank holds an annual event in Sochi that attracts dignitaries such as former Afghan leader Hamid Karzai, former Finnish President Tarja Halonen, former South African President Thabo Mbeki, former Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi and China’s richest man, Jack Ma. ”
It’s completely crazy. Twitter removes accounts that “undermine faith in NATO”. Note that Gordon McMillan, captain of the British 77th Brigade in the Psychological Warfare Division, is a Twitter executive.
Valdai does have several accounts he manages, however, and this isn’t the first time he’s been targeted by a Twitter purge of state-affiliated “evil” actors.
In addition, according to Twitter, 31 accounts were deleted for allegedly associated with the Internet Research Agency, which some in the West claim to be a hacking pharmacy linked to the state, and other government structures. Russian. The company added that some of them were engaged in criticism of the EU, ”RT wrote.
Twitter’s latest “purge” caught the Russian government’s attention, with Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying on Tuesday that the Kremlin would launch its own investigation. Russia recently passed a law opening up U.S. social media companies to fines, penalties, or even the possibility of being stranded in Russia if they are found to have unfairly targeted Russian users or entities ( although this remains largely symbolic given that the Kremlin is unlikely to ban outright these apps which remain extremely popular among the Russian population).
By Benjamin Norton
While it wasn’t already clear who Twitter is for, it is now suspending accounts for “undermining faith in the NATO alliance and its stability.” According to these US government policemen, if you don’t support the imperialist NATO cartel, you are a Russian bot
She referred to the latest events surrounding Navalny to highlight Twitter’s hypocrisy and its overbroad punitive measure: “Millions of users can fall under [ce terme]. Even Navalny and his associates – they certainly influence the US and the EU, given how quickly anti-Russian sanctions have been approved, she said. We will assess the grounds for blocking and give an expert response, ”Ms. Zakharova added.
Source : Zéro Hedge, Tyler Durden, 25-02-2021
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