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Twitter claims it bans ads from state-affiliated media outlets. That is false. The US government’s propaganda organs, especially Voice of America’s VOA Persian, pay the social media corporation huge sums of money to spread constant disinformation against foreign adversaries. The Grayzone’s Ben Norton discusses how Silicon’s Valley close relationship with the US government is a threat to the freedom of the press and speech.
Further reading: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army ‘psyops’ soldier; Twitter relying on US/European gov-funded regime-change groups to crack down on foreign states
By Ben Norton
Published on The Grayzone, Aug 9, 2020
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