Comrade rebels, a remarkable little bit of independent journalism by Lee Fang, who interviews a high-ranking Ukraine intelligence official named Ilia Vitiuk.
Throughout the interview the pinnacle of the Ukraine Cyber Information Security Service admits to how they use the FBI to pressure Facebook into removing content the Ukraine government doesn’t like.
[…] “Once now we have a trace or evidence of disinformation campaigns via Facebook or other resources which can be from the U.S., we pass this information to the FBI, together with writing on to Facebook,” said llia Vitiuk, head of the Department of Cyber Information Security within the Security Service of Ukraine.
“We asked FBI for support to assist us with Meta, to assist us with others, and sometimes we get good results with that,” noted Vitiuk. “We are saying, ‘Okay, this was the one who was probably Russia’s influence.’” (read more)
Apparently, Ukraine is as strong a democracy as america. Where the strength of democracy is defined by the thin-skinned sensibility of the federal government that must censor any voice that speaks against their policy.
All correct and good pondering residents speak favorably about their government comrades.
