- A whistleblower revealed secret CTIL documents, exposing government involvement in online censorship.
- Journalists like Michael Shellenberger uncovered how the CTIL, initially portrayed as a volunteer group, was linked to government agencies in the U.S. and UK.
- Investigations confirmed CTIL's role in shaping narratives and suppressing information, impacting major events like Trump's election and Brexit.
- The findings highlight the extensive collaboration between government, media, and private sectors in controlling online discourse and information.
Prominent journalist Michael Shellenberger put out his latest investigation on this front and how his latest CTIL files were put together with the help of fellow colleagues.
“Volunteer” and “Former” Government Agents
— Michael Shellenberger (@shellenberger) November 28, 2023
Bloomberg, Washington Post and others published credulous stories in the spring of 2020 claiming that the CTI League was simply a group of volunteer cybersecurity experts. Its founders were: a “former” Israeli intelligence official, Ohad… pic.twitter.com/4jabvHJGIf
From such breakthrough reporting, we’ve got more data regarding how so many journalists and media personnel went on to bring the truth about reports having to do with Western officials who denied being a part of the famous Censorship industrial complex.
The whistleblower outlined in his long list of documents that proved that CTIL or a league for Cyber Threat Intelligence did in fact exist. This was all done through leading governmental agencies found in the US as well as the UK whose goal was to give rise to big censorship plans to ward off narratives that went off track from the usual discourse and even avoid huge political events like Trump’s victory seen in the year 2016 or the massive decision of Brexit during the time.
The huge research offerings are collaborative efforts from Michael Shellenberger, Matt Taibbi, and even Alex Gutentag. The first two outlined above would be taking part in a much anticipated hearing in front of the House Subcommittee regarding how it was used as a political strategy to get the Federal Government instrumentalized.
Firstly, the CTIL was called out as a simple voluntary offering featuring researchers and veterans with a defense and intelligence background. Later on, it got the hype of being taken up as an official project belonging to different governmental agencies such as the country’s Homeland Security Department.
Bombshell Findings: Censorship Does Exist
Most of us were accustomed to hearing how the government is not taking part in things like censorship but the CTIL files proved otherwise. We’re getting the missing replies to various top queries that were not found on other bombshell files like Facebook Files or even the famous Twitter Files.As a whole, they give out the most comprehensive image of the uprising of anti-disinformation or Censorship Companies, which was put out on the X app by Shellenberger.
The documents highlighted how exactly the entire CIC came into being and these findings have been verified by leading journalists who have taken out painstaking efforts to reach the bottom line.
The Censorship Industrial Complex (CIC) included a top list of NGOs and even agencies belonging to the Government and media. They took part in the act of censoring data across various apps like Twitter and Meta’s Facebook.
In the report, readers get a taste of how American and British contractors working for the military or even intelligence were led on by another top defense researcher from the UK who helped in creating the whole CTIL censorship. As per the study, all the contractors worked to lead the framework that united with the CISA as well as DHS Cybersecurity. This is shocking as it was one of the biggest agencies that marketed censorship on social media against those who were more conservative.
Such documents put out by a complainant went on to elaborate on how so many programs linked to censorship proved to have military links related to the US and the UK.
They similarly went on to add how such activities related to censorship taking place abroad are usually conducted in other countries by the NSA, the Defense Department, and the CIA. However, when it comes down to the US, it needs to be done via private partners as the government doesn’t have the rights to fulfill the efforts solo.
The CTIL’s Strive To Pursue Objectives
The documents highlight how the CTIL even went against certain chronicles regarding the restrictions that came after COVID-19. This included points of view like how every job is crucial or pursued by a leading anti-disinformation league via media channels.Similarly, this group also dug down deep in terms of finding more data about specific users that published hashtags including making the CA Free and published work regarding detailed narratives of X, which is interesting. Similarly, the journalists also vowed to hand over all of the documents to the country’s investigators who were a part of the Congress.
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