Posted on 12/28/2018 6:47:23 PM PST by OddLane
Debunking the Russiagate conspiracy theory.
Who what where when how?
No info=clickbait
2011 - you know better than this.
“New Knowledge CEO attempts to capitalize on the RussiaGate chaos of social media disinformation and gets banned from Facebook. ”
And everybody gets banned from the evil empire !
Time to leave it !
It’s a video blog ! :(
Note: I almost never watch videos because I believe that most videos are a waste of time (I want to read text). The presentation is clear and points out what the Washington Post leaves out. He played a clip of the Google CEO admitting that the Russians spent $4700 on two ad buys. The Washiington Post never mentions how paltry the amounts of Russian money were.
I'm about 20% through and he's still teasing the lede. The Senate report was written by someone who is compromised? I'm still waiting for the story...
One of writers of the Senate report was Ryan Fox. Worked at NSA. He's a government flack spook. Another is Jonathon Morgan, another State Dept spook. These are the "third party experts" that Senator Burr wants to use to evaluate foreign influence. Both people are former deep state whipping up Russia hysteria so they can sell a solution. Their company is called "New Knowledge". They are selling a "disinformation solution".
The Post and NYT doesn't tell us that those guys are conflicted (and probabbly corrupt). The Senate report that was much touted by the media.
Finally at 13 out of 30 minutes, the presenter Jimmy Dore points out that the guy who started New Knowledge was suspended from Facebook for running a disinformation campaign in the Alabama election. Ok 15 minutes out of 30, I am done. I don't think there will be much more.
So you’re Jimmy Dore?
Nope.
The New Knowledge founder who was suspended was Jonathon Morgan.
New Knowledge, a cyber security company that fights online disinformation and defends public discourse using artificial intelligence, today announced $1.9 million in seed funding to fuel customer growth in the entertainment, energy and finance industries. The round is led by Moonshots Capital, with participation from Haystack, GGV Capital, Geekdom Fund, Capital Factory and Spitfire Ventures.
In November the company launched the world’s first platform for defending online communities from social media manipulation. The platform detects propaganda campaigns in real time, providing an early-warning system to identify which fake accounts and bots are conducting an attack.The platform also describes how the attackers are trying to manipulate other online users, helping pinpoint the extent of the threat. After alerting brands to emerging threats, the platform equips companies with the tools they need to respond quickly and effectively.
Recently, New Knowledge’s technology helped identify fake accounts that were part of the large-scale Russian effort to influence U.S. presidential elections. The company discovered these accounts in the summer of 2016, over a year before social media companies later admitted were tied to the Kremlin-backed Internet Research Agency.
“Disinformation attacks are anonymous, inexpensive, and effective— whether your goal is to influence an election or undermine a brand’s reputation,” said Jonathon Morgan, a co-founder and CEO of New Knowledge. “Brands are vulnerable, and public discourse won’t defend itself. It’s time to act. Our recent funding will allow us to scale operations and better serve customers.”
Morgan, a former digital content producer and State Department counterterrorism advisor, is joined by co-founders Ryan Fox, a former NSA officer and military intelligence veteran, and Sandeep Verma, who has led engineering teams for Halliburton and BP. Kelly Perdew, a Managing Partner at Moonshots Capital, will also be joining the board of directors.
“We’re proud to back New Knowledge as they help protect companies from a massively harmful cyber threat,” said Kelly Perdew, Managing General Partner at Moonshots Capital. “This team is uniquely qualified with technology, media, and security expertise to solve this complex problem.”
New Knowledge protects brands from social media disinformation by identifying fake accounts, fake news, and propaganda campaigns. Their products give companies early warnings when bad actors are trying to attack their reputation or manipulate their customers, and help companies defend themselves against this new form of information attack.
Moonshots Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm that invests in extraordinary leadership.
Great leaders are hard to come by. We believe the best ones are military-trained or trial-by-fire entrepreneurs who have the ability to motivate others to action, inspire trust, and plan heuristically. We invest with conviction when those attributes are present.
Moonshots Capital was founded by a team of veterans in 2017. We have collectively founded and operated 14 companies, and have personally invested in 70 ventures. Beyond capital, we deploy our military and entrepreneurial experience to help world-changing companies grow.
Work with us. Go to http://www.moonshotscapital.com/.
Moonshots Capital. Leadership Prevails.
Meet the Team: "Kelly Perdew – Co-Founder & Managing General Partner Kelly is the Managing General Partner of Moonshots Capital – an early stage VC fund that invests in early stage technology companies and leans in heavily in veteran founded companies. He is a co-founder & Managing Partner at DuMont Project – a consultative agency that helps accelerate the growth of direct to consumer brands. Prior to DuMont Project he was the CEO of Fastpoint Games, a venture-backed leading developer of live data-driven games for the fortune 500 brand set. After winning the Season 2 of the NBC hit show, The Apprentice, Kelly served as an Executive Vice President in the Trump Organization in New York, where he managed several real estate projects and worked directly for Donald Trump for the year following the show. Kelly is a nationally recognized speaker on leadership, technology, career development and entrepreneurship. He earned a BS from the US Military Academy, West Point, a JD from the UCLA School of Law, and an MBA from the Anderson School at UCLA. Kelly served in the US Army as a Military Intelligence Officer and completed Airborne and Ranger training. Kelly is author of “Take Command: 10 Leadership Principles I Learned in the Military and Put to Work for Donald Trump,”. . .Craig Cummings – Co-Founder & General Partner. . .Before he became an entrepreneur, Craig spent 17 years in the Army, most of that time as an Intelligence Officer serving in support of the National Security Agency (NSA). Craig deployed to Afghanistan with the Joint Special Operations Command where he earned the Bronze Star. He also served as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in the Department of Social Sciences at West Point, NY. Craig received a B.S. in Political Science from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he was their first Truman Scholar, and he received a Ph.D. in Political Science (minor: Econometrics) from Columbia University."
Check out #9-#11.
PS: Note Ryan Fox was also NSA.
and Army intelligence.
BTTT.
Interesting...
New Knowledge also had backing from French-Iranian billionaire Pierre Omidyar who had made his fortune with eBay.
[from another thread] New Knowledge is the company that helped sabotage Roy Moore’s lection in Alabama. ...
One and the same.
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