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A fleet of AWACs collect radar data around the clock from the [[Polish]] and [[Romania]]n airspace, RQ-4 Global Hawks, with their SAR radars that photograph Crimea daily from the [[Black Sea]], the OTH [[shortwave]] radars doing early warning detection on Russia’s airforce flights from thousands of kilometers away, and more.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/hhUUBaCbuFCm/</ref> It’s even been suggested that U.S. forces use [[seismic]] sensor data to track large Russian force movements.
A fleet of AWACs collect radar data around the clock from the [[Polish]] and [[Romania]]n airspace, RQ-4 Global Hawks, with their SAR radars that photograph Crimea daily from the [[Black Sea]], the OTH [[shortwave]] radars doing early warning detection on Russia’s airforce flights from thousands of kilometers away, and more.<ref>https://www.bitchute.com/video/hhUUBaCbuFCm/</ref> It’s even been suggested that U.S. forces use [[seismic]] sensor data to track large Russian force movements.
====Biden regime collusion with [[Ukrainian gestapo]]====
Investigative reporter Lee Fang reports that he [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI) pressures [[Facebook]] to take down alleged Russian “[[disinformation]]” at the behest of Ukrainian intelligence, according to a senior Ukrainian official who corresponds regularly with the [[FBI]]. The same official said that Ukrainian authorities define “disinformation” broadly, flagging many social media accounts and posts that he suggested may simply contradict the Ukrainian government's narrative.<ref>[https://www.leefang.com/p/how-the-fbi-helps-ukrainian-intelligence How The FBI Helps Ukrainian Intelligence Hunt ‘Disinformation’ On Social Media], Lee Fang, April 28, 2003.</ref>
“Once we have a trace or evidence of disinformation campaigns via Facebook or other resources that are from the U.S., we pass this information to the FBI, along with writing directly to Facebook,” said llia Vitiuk, head of the Department of Cyber Information Security in the [[Security Service of Ukraine]].
"We asked FBI for support to help us with [[Meta]], to help us with others, and sometimes we get good results with that,” noted Vitiuk. “We say, 'Okay, this was the person who was probably Russia's influence.'"
Vitiuk, in an interview, said that he is a proponent of [[free speech]] and understands concerns around social media [[censorship]]. But he also admitted that he and his colleagues take a deliberately expansive view of what counts as “Russian disinformation.”
“When people ask me, ‘How do you differentiate whether it is [[fake news|fake]] or true?’ Indeed, it is very difficult in such an informational flow,” said Vitiuk. “I say, ‘Everything that is against our country, consider it a fake, even if it's not.’ Right now, for our victory, it is important to have that kind of understanding, not to be fooled.”
Vitiuk, a senior official in Ukraine’s domestic intelligence agency, spoke with Fang at the RSA Convention in [[San Francisco]], an annual gathering that brings together a collection of cyber security firms, law enforcement, and technology giants.
The FBI elicited scrutiny for the influence it exercises over at Twitter, Facebook, and other social media platforms. A series of reports and congressional hearings delved into the agency’s role in shaping content moderation decisions related to the [[2020 presidential election]].
Evidence of FBI pressure on social media companies comes at a time when those companies are already taking proactive steps to hunt down alleged foreign [[propaganda]] and fabricated materials. Since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine began in Feb. 2022, social media companies have been on the alert for hack and [[leak]] operations, fake personas, and other online tricks that might be used by [[Moscow]] to sway public opinion around the conflict. But critics charge that in the drive to label and remove content planted by the Russian government, Facebook and other tech firms suppress independent reporting and dissenting views about the war.
Facebook applied limited sharing penalties and a "false information" label to links containing journalist [[Seymour Hersh]]'s Substack story alleging NATO involvement in the destruction of the [[Nord Stream pipeline]], according to Michael Shellenberger, a writer who extensively covers social media censorship. After public outcry, Facebook modified the label to “partially false.”
In October, based on leaked documents from the [[Department of Homeland Security]], reports surfaced on government plans to lean more heavily on social media platforms to take down “disinformation” related to “the nature of [[Ukraine aid|U.S. support to Ukraine]].”
[[Email]]s revealed through the [[Twitter Files]] further show a number of FBI agents in regular correspondence with Twitter executives, pressing for the detection and removal of Russian content. In one exchange revealed by journalist Matt Taibbi, Elvis Chan, a special agent assigned to the San Francisco FBI field office, expressed frustration that Twitter officials had “not observed much recent activity from official propaganda actors on your platform.” Chan was part of the FBI team that had weekly meetings with Twitter to warn about Russian disinformation leading up to the 2020 election. Following repeated warnings from the FBI about a potential Russian influence operation, Twitter banned links to a ''[[New York Post]]'' story about the contents of the [[Hunter Biden laptop]] in the weeks before the election.
The extent to which U.S. military and intelligence shapes domestic social media conversations about the [[Ukraine-Russia war]] is still unclear. Researcher Jack Poulson revealed a presentation from U.S. Army Cyber Command shortly after the invasion began, in which Lt. Colonel David Beskow referenced work to defend NATO's "brand" across social media platforms.
During the RSA convention, Vitiuk spoke on a panel alongside Bryan Vorndran, the assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division; Alex Kobzanets, an FBI agent with the bureau's San Francisco office; and Laura Galante from the [[Office of the Director of National Intelligence]].
During the panel, Vitiuk thanked the Ukrainian government's many public and private sector allies in the United States, including Mandiant, Cisco, [[CrowdStrike]], Clearview, [[Google]], [[Amazon.com]], and Starlink, among others.
The war effort has also taught the FBI new lessons in private-public partnerships, according to Kobzanets. "I don't know how many times we've called the [[CEO]]s here in San Francisco to drive to their office on a Sunday afternoon and really engage with our Ukrainian partners,” he said.
==Ukraine aid/2022 Midterm election scandal==
==Ukraine aid/2022 Midterm election scandal==