Alan MacLeod is Senior Staff Writer for MintPress News. After completing his PhD in 2017 he published two books: Bad News From Venezuela: Twenty Years of Fake News and Misreporting and Propaganda in the Information Age: Still Manufacturing Consent, as well as a number of academic articles. He has also contributed to FAIR.org, The Guardian, Salon, The Grayzone, Jacobin Magazine, and Common Dreams.
鉴于俄罗斯入侵乌克兰，一场与地面战斗一样激烈的信息战已经爆发，Meta（Facebook 的官方名称）宣布已与九个组织合作，以帮助其区分事实与虚构。
Most of the fact-checking organizations Facebook has partnered with to monitor and regulate information about Ukraine are directly funded by the U.S. government, either through the U.S. Embassy or via the notorious National Endowment for Democracy (NED). In light of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, an information war as bitter as the ground
MintPress 研究了就业网站和数据库，发现谷歌近年来从中央情报局雇佣了数十名专业人员。 Alan Macleod 揭示了这段暧昧关系的细节。
Google – one of the largest and most influential organizations in the modern world – is filled with ex-CIA agents. Studying employment websites and databases, MintPress has ascertained that the Silicon Valley giant has recently hired dozens of professionals from the Central Intelligence Agency in recent years. Moreover, an inordinate number of
在这项新的 MintPress 调查中，记者 Alan MacLeod 发现 Facebook 已经从中央情报局招募了数十名人员，以及来自 FBI 和国防部 (DoD) 的更多人员。这些员工主要从事高度政治敏感的领域，例如信任、安全和内容审核，以至于有些人可能会觉得很难看出美国国家安全状态在哪里结束，而 Facebook 从哪里开始。
It is an uncomfortable job for anyone trying to draw the line between “harmful content and protecting freedom of speech. It’s a balance”, Aaron says. In this official Facebook video, Aaron identifies himself as the manager of “the team that writes the rules for Facebook”, determining “what is acceptable and what is not.” Thus, he and his team
“就他们对世界的看法以及错误信息和互联网安全问题而言，你无法找到更好的专业领域，他们几乎天生就会更符合政府的观点。” ——联邦调查局举报人科琳·罗利
SAN FRANCISCO – Twitter has been on a recruitment drive of late, hiring a host of former feds and spies. Studying a number of employment and recruitment websites, MintPress has ascertained that the social media giant has, in recent years, recruited dozens of individuals from the national security state to work in the fields of security, trust,
毫无疑问，五角大楼知道，如果电影观众意识到这是一部由军方自己制作的长达数小时的宣传片，那么《壮志凌云：特立独行》的宣传价值将大大降低。
BEVERLY HILLS, CALIF – “Top Gun: Maverick” is a box-office smash, a massive hit with both critics and the public alike. Navy and Air Force units across the country have set up recruitment stalls inside movie halls, hoping to sign up individuals buzzed after watching the high-paced aviation action. But documents obtained under the Freedom of
波诺将自己描绘成一个激怒羽毛并为世界受压迫者挺身而出的激进活动家。事实上，他几十年来没有做过或说过任何让世界政治和经济统治者感到不安的事情，这正是他不断被邀请进入权力殿堂的原因。
DUBLIN – Bono is again in the news for his political activism. At the behest of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Irish rockstar and frontman of U2 traveled to Kiev, where he performed a few songs with Ukrainian soldiers inside the Khreshchatyk metro station to a crowd of around 100 people – most of whom were journalists. After the
从 2002 年成立以来，SpaceX 一直与国家安全国家，尤其是中央情报局极为接近。然而，马斯克本人继续受益于一种普遍的看法，即他不是系统的一部分。
AUSTIN, TEXAS – Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter has ruffled many feathers among professional commentators. “Musk is the wrong leader for Twitter’s vital mission,” read one Bloomberg headline. The network also insisted, “Nothing in the Tesla CEO’s track record suggests he will be a careful steward of an important media property.” “Elon Musk
