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Google finds evidence of attack linked to Iran state media

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This all seems far too fishy for me. It seems like someone is trying to Manufacture Consent for war with Iran and they're using fear to do so. With Facebook acting on a Fireeye report yesterday, they took down Anti-Israel/Pro-Palestine, Anti-Saudi, and Pro-Iran media [1]. What's the issue with being Anti-Israel/Pro-Palestine other than that it conflicts with 'American Values'? Saudi Arabia funds ISIS [2] and is a major player in Imperialism and war, why wouldn't Americans on the left be against this?

Mark my words, this new push by social media to take down "inauthentic" pages is really being used to crush dissent and alternate opinions that go against the grain of the allowed discourse in USA.

If China can do it, so can USA. This seems oddly familiar to the run up to Iraq.

[1] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/08/more-coordinated-inauth...

[2] https://www.salon.com/2016/10/11/leaked-hillary-clinton-emai...

How do you know that the takedown was due to the content being anti-something? I’m genuinely asking.

There is an endless supply of deeply offensive content on fb that’s not taken down. Including anti-Israel/Pro-Palestine.

If you believe the official announcement, this content was taken down not because some people disagree with it, but because it’s “inauthentic”.

>How do you know that the takedown was due to the content being anti-something? I’m genuinely asking.

https://www.fireeye.com/blog/threat-research/2018/08/suspect...

>This operation is leveraging a network of inauthentic news sites and clusters of associated accounts across multiple social media platforms to promote political narratives in line with Iranian interests. These narratives include anti-Saudi, anti-Israeli, and pro-Palestinian themes, as well as support for specific U.S. policies favorable to Iran, such as the U.S.-Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA).

It seems the word 'inauthentic' is being used as an alternative to 'dissenting'.

The writing is in the wall for Iran just like it was for Iraq. It's just a question of when not if... With the destruction of Iran the Middle East will be finally pacified for US and Israeli interests.

The end of the American Century or joining their axis of evil? They would literally need the support of NK and Russia to not lose their pants in about 8? conflicts that are just waiting for the US to be spread that thin and lack European/Anglo support.

Is anyone surprised that Iranian state media is behind malicious activities?

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