| | [[Project Echelon]] is the forerunner of the Five Eyes agreement. U.S. and the [[British Empire]] intelligence sharing pre-dates [[World War II]], the [[National Securty Act of 1947]], and the creation of the [[CIA]] and [[NSA]]. The UK and American close relationship is sometimes referred to as the "[[special relationship]]." | | [[Project Echelon]] is the forerunner of the Five Eyes agreement. U.S. and the [[British Empire]] intelligence sharing pre-dates [[World War II]], the [[National Securty Act of 1947]], and the creation of the [[CIA]] and [[NSA]]. The UK and American close relationship is sometimes referred to as the "[[special relationship]]." |
| − | On July, 26, 2022 ''[[Reuters]]'' reported the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism's (GIFCT) database "will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters and neo-Nazis.”<ref>https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-120357590.html</ref> The Conservativetreehouse commented, "Think about that sentence structure very carefully. They are 'adding to' the preexisting list…. admitting the group (aka [[Big Tech]]) already have access to the intelligence-sharing database… and also admitting there is a preexisting list created by the Five Eyes consortium. Obviously, who and what is defined as 'extremist content' will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves. This provides a gateway, another [[plausible deniability]] aspect, to cover the [[Intelligence community|Intelligence Branch]] from any oversight."<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/12/03/a-baseline-understanding-mostly-missing-behind-the-twitter-discussion-govt-influence-over-social-media-influence-and-the-surveillance-state/ A Baseline Understanding Mostly Missing Behind the Twitter Discussion – Govt Influence Over Social Media Influence and the Surveillance State], December 3, 2022. Sundance. </ref> | + | On July, 26, 2022 ''[[Reuters]]'' reported the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism's (GIFCT) database "will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters and neo-Nazis.”<ref>[https://news.yahoo.com/exclusive-facebook-tech-giants-target-120357590.html Facebook and tech giants to target attacker manifestos, far-right militias in database], Elizabeth Culliford, ''Reuters'', July 26, 2021</ref> The Conservativetreehouse commented, "Think about that sentence structure very carefully. They are 'adding to' the preexisting list…. admitting the group (aka [[Big Tech]]) already have access to the intelligence-sharing database… and also admitting there is a preexisting list created by the Five Eyes consortium. Obviously, who and what is defined as 'extremist content' will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves. This provides a gateway, another [[plausible deniability]] aspect, to cover the [[Intelligence community|Intelligence Branch]] from any oversight."<ref>[https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/12/03/a-baseline-understanding-mostly-missing-behind-the-twitter-discussion-govt-influence-over-social-media-influence-and-the-surveillance-state/ A Baseline Understanding Mostly Missing Behind the Twitter Discussion – Govt Influence Over Social Media Influence and the Surveillance State], December 3, 2022. Sundance. </ref> |