Leaked documents reveal a British intel contractor singled out The Grayzone’s Max Blumenthal for online censorship, and seeks to redefine factual criticism of NATO as disinformation. This report was originally published at Jack Poulson’s All-Source Intelligence Fusion. Subscribe here. A leaked 130-page report made public here for the first time documents an international censorship campaign funded by the British government and led by a public relations contractor for U.S. Special Operations Forces. The basic strategy is to redefine “disinformation” to include even […]
Not really. Their sources explicitly talk about disinformation and information based on true info but misconstrued to mislead people into false or pro-Putin narratives. But this “report” continues to frame this as if they’re trying to censor credible, unbiased and factual reporting, which is a claim their source does not support.
Western organisations seeking to protect the west fund those combatting disinformation from primarily Russian sources that harms the west. Not exactly a bombshell, is it?
Not really. Their sources explicitly talk about disinformation and information based on true info but misconstrued to mislead people into false or pro-Putin narratives. But this “report” continues to frame this as if they’re trying to censor credible, unbiased and factual reporting, which is a claim their source does not support.
Even ignoring that, the report serves to draw attention to the funding sources of those “combating disinformation.”
It’s a conspicuous bunch.
Western organisations seeking to protect the west fund those combatting disinformation from primarily Russian sources that harms the west. Not exactly a bombshell, is it?