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Facebook and Google are riddled with ex-CIA agents, many ex-FBI work at Twitter

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17 pointsSirLJ15 comments

People leave government jobs for higher paying ones in the private sector? Who would have suspected?

I'm terribly shocked. I think it won't be long before I have the vapors.

Nothing to see here, move along. Key positions in social media companies filled with ex-spies and police is no different than a high-school chemistry teacher going to work for a glue manufacturer.

Wait, I'm not sure, is this a Breaking Bad reference or something else ?

So there's going to be some evidence presented at some point that someone was doing something illegal or unethical?

Evidence of editorial and policy decisions subtly favoring US government agendas? No, there will always be plausible deniability that someone willing to play as dumb as you will interpret as innocence and impartiality.

And if I may be more direct for a moment, perhaps other Americans will play along with your charade, but those of us in other countries won't be as willing to turn a blind eye to "ex" foreign (to us) intelligence agents meddling with communication platforms, just as you would not be so placid if it were ex-FSB agents instead of your people.

That was a really emotional and irrational way of saying "no, I don't have any evidence".

It's irrational to expect "ex" government agents and spies to still pursue that government's agendas? You are confusing rationality with naivete.

If someone voted they are pursuing some kind of government agenda. In the absence of real evidence it's hard to take any of this seriously.

For those few deliberately obtuse souls that need evidence the fox may have ulterior motives for guarding the hen house:

In response to a 2017 request from the Pentagon, Twitter kept online a network of accounts that the U.S. military used to advance its interests in the Middle East, according to internal company emails that were made public on Tuesday by The Intercept, a nonprofit publication.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/12/22/technology/twitter-milita...

But I am certain you'll find a way to excuse this, or see no connection between this event and the ex-CIA staff.

It’s innuendo. You have not built the case.

Where is the proof the Pentagon harmed Americans? Pursuing interests abroad is not illegal.

Where is the proof Twitter was forced to do X, Y, and Z by the government?

Now imagine if those people worked for some Chinese government agency instead.

I didn't know that having worked for respected Federal agencies basically banned you from the job market until you were dead.

This is an example of how nowadays non-news are "reported" as a shocking, multi-pronged conspiracy.

The Twitter Files is literally about a private company doing content moderation.

The numbers I saw for Twitter were something like .5%.

The other question is what the ex-agents did at the agency. Were they on projects to make Fidel's beard fall out, or were they coders or analysts?

Funny how the Daily Mail considers this sort of thing to be worth reporting, but the likes of WaPo and NYT are curiously mum on the subject.

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