I think people are right to compare what’s happened with these social media files to operation mockingbird. It’s a good comparison. Mockingbird+, mockingbird2.0 perhaps lol.
People accept operation mockingbird as real because of the church committee and having actual agents name the operation.
But what we’re seeing with the tech companies is an infiltration that is several magnitudes larger in both its size and sophistication.
As others have opined, there’s no way all those people ended up there by accident, and it’s likely there was a formal op name for this as well. Or could be at least.
I think the twitter files are just a sleight of hand. I knew this stuff when it originally happened and so far nothing of any new information has been released from what I have seen....
Trust News Initiative is also old hat. That started in 2018-2019 and was not just social media. The news was actively looking for platforms as well - I built one which was requested in 2019 to change and support a trust News platform, a police and government portal, military, etc.....
This was common....if you were in apps that is....these were legit requests.....
Client: 'So the News needs their own portals....and the government needs their own moderation....etc....can you build this?'
Consultant: 'Sure! Though Google and Apple have been making it harder to reseller those services....since they have them under lock and key and have been trying to avoid people cutting into their business....'
I think people are right to compare what’s happened with these social media files to operation mockingbird. It’s a good comparison. Mockingbird+, mockingbird2.0 perhaps lol.
People accept operation mockingbird as real because of the church committee and having actual agents name the operation.
But what we’re seeing with the tech companies is an infiltration that is several magnitudes larger in both its size and sophistication.
As others have opined, there’s no way all those people ended up there by accident, and it’s likely there was a formal op name for this as well. Or could be at least.
I think the twitter files are just a sleight of hand. I knew this stuff when it originally happened and so far nothing of any new information has been released from what I have seen....
Trust News Initiative is also old hat. That started in 2018-2019 and was not just social media. The news was actively looking for platforms as well - I built one which was requested in 2019 to change and support a trust News platform, a police and government portal, military, etc.....
This was common....if you were in apps that is....these were legit requests.....
Client: 'So the News needs their own portals....and the government needs their own moderation....etc....can you build this?'
Consultant: 'Sure! Though Google and Apple have been making it harder to reseller those services....since they have them under lock and key and have been trying to avoid people cutting into their business....'