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   From: NOT-SURE@idiocracy.gov   
      
   On 12/2/22 8:05 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > EXCLUSIVE – An FBI agent testified to Republican attorneys general this   
   > week that the FBI held weekly meetings with Big Tech companies in   
   > Silicon Valley ahead of the 2020 presidential election to discuss   
   > "disinformation" on social media and ask about efforts to censor that   
   > information.   
   >   
   > On Tuesday, lawyers from the offices of Attorneys General Eric Schmitt   
   > of Missouri and Jeff Landry of Louisiana deposed FBI Supervisory   
   > Special Agent Elvis Chan as part of their lawsuit against the Biden   
   > administration. That suit accuses high-ranking government officials of   
   > working with giant social media companies "under the guise of combating   
   > misinformation" to achieve greater censorship.   
   >   
   > Chan, who serves in the FBI’s San Francisco bureau, was questioned   
   > under oath by court order about his alleged "critical role" in   
   > "coordinating with social-media platforms relating to censorship and   
   > suppression of speech on their platforms."   
   >   
   > During the deposition, Chan said that he, along with the FBI’s Foreign   
   > Influence Task Force and senior Cybersecurity and Infrastructure   
   > Security Agency officials, had weekly meetings with major social media   
   > companies to warn against Russian disinformation attempts ahead of the   
   > 2020 election, according to a source in the Missouri attorney general's   
   > office.   
   >   
   > Those meetings were initially quarterly, then monthly, then weekly   
   > heading into the presidential election between former President Donald   
   > Trump and now President Biden. According to a source, Chan testified   
   > that in those multiple, separate meetings, the FBI warned the social   
   > media companies that there could be potentially Russian "hack and dump"   
   > or "hack and leak" operations.   
   >   
   > In their complaint, the GOP AGs noted an Aug. 26 podcast episode of   
   > "The Joe Rogan Experience," in which Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stated   
   > that "the FBI basically came to us" and told Facebook to be "on high   
   > alert" relating to "a lot of Russian propaganda." Zuckerberg added that   
   > the FBI said "there’s about to be some kind of dump… that’s similar to   
   > that, so just be vigilant."   
   >   
   > As noted in the complaint, Zuckerberg stated, "If the FBI… if they come   
   > to us and tell us we need to be on guard about something, then I want   
   > to take that seriously." Zuckerberg said he could not recall if the FBI   
   > specifically flagged the Hunter Biden laptop story as Russian   
   > disinformation, but said that the story "basically fit the pattern"   
   > that the FBI had identified.   
   >   
   > "On information and belief, the FBI’s reference to a 'dump' of   
   > information was a specific reference to the contents of Hunter Biden's   
   > laptop, which was already in the FBI's possession," the complaint said.   
   >   
   > Two GOP attorneys general are probing whether Big Tech companies were   
   > pressured into censoring information about Hunter Biden's laptop.   
   > Two GOP attorneys general are probing whether Big Tech companies were   
   > pressured into censoring information about Hunter Biden's laptop. (Drew   
   > Angerer/Getty Images)   
   >   
   > "The FBI regularly engages with private sector entities to provide   
   > information specific to identified foreign malign influence actors’   
   > subversive, undeclared, covert, or criminal activities," the FBI said   
   > in a statement. "It is not based on the content of any particular   
   > message or narrative. Private sector entities independently make   
   > decisions about what, if any, action they take on their platforms and   
   > for their customers after the FBI has notified them."   
   >   
   > According to the complaint, pursuant to a third-party subpoena, Meta   
   > identified the FBI’s Foreign Interference Task Force and Chan as   
   > involved in the communications between the FBI and Meta that led to   
   > Facebook’s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story.   
   >   
   > A Louisiana federal judge ordered Chan's deposition on Nov. 14. "Chan   
   > had authority over cybersecurity issues for the FBI in the San   
   > Francisco, California region which includes the headquarters of major   
   > social-media platforms and played a critical role for the FBI in   
   > coordinating with social-media platforms related to censorship," Judge   
   > Terry A. Doughty wrote in his court order.   
   >   
   > "Even if Chan played no role in the Hunter Biden laptop communication   
   > issue, he may have knowledge of who did, and his deposition is   
   > nonetheless warranted," the judge said. "If Chan played no role in the   
   > suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story, then such information   
   > will be made clear in his deposition."   
   >   
   > Fox News Digital also learned that, according to Chan's testimony, the   
   > FBI regularly sends social media companies lists of internet URLs and   
   > social media accounts that should be taken down because they are   
   > "disinformation" from "malign foreign influence operations." The FBI   
   > then inquires whether the platforms have taken down the content. On   
   > many occasions, the platforms take down the accounts flagged by the   
   > FBI.   
   >   
   > "It’s clear from Tuesday’s deposition that the FBI has an extremely   
   > close role in working to censor freedom of speech," said Missouri   
   > Attorney General Eric Schmitt.   
   >   
   > "Since filing our lawsuit, we've uncovered troves of discovery that   
   > show a massive 'censorship enterprise,'" Attorney General Eric Schmitt   
   > told Fox News Digital. "Now, we're deposing top government officials,   
   > and we're one of the first to get a look under the hood — the   
   > information we've uncovered through those depositions has been shocking   
   > to say the least. It's clear from Tuesday's deposition that the FBI has   
   > an extremely close role in working to censor freedom of speech."   
   >   
   > "Americans should be angered that during the 2020 election cycle,   
   > federal agencies peddled information that has since been disproven,"   
   > Attorney General Jeff Landry told Fox News Digital.   
   >   
   > "No American should be censored by the government," he added.   
   >   
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   > Let's go Brandon!   
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