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Former Intelligence Officials, Citing Russia, Say Big Tech Monopoly Power is Vital to National Security
Glenn Greenwald at Substack ^ | 4/20/22 | Glenn Greenwald

Posted on 04/20/2022 8:21:29 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...

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"...their centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy..."

Geez. They are really slipping now, saying the quiet parts aloud. It is alarming to realize they might not even know how that statement sounds to people who pay attention.

21 posted on 04/20/2022 8:57:26 PM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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“centralized censorship power is crucial”


22 posted on 04/20/2022 8:59:51 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie ("Trannies be wack." - Gays)
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It is alarming to realize they might not even know how that statement sounds to people who pay attention.
***What’s alarming is, they simply don’t care. The fix is in.


23 posted on 04/20/2022 9:14:11 PM PDT by Kevmo (Give back Ukes their Nukes https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/4044080/posts)
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Agreed. It’s obvious.


24 posted on 04/20/2022 9:28:20 PM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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The Deep State is flexing on us.


25 posted on 04/20/2022 9:30:26 PM PDT by TTFlyer (Lenin: that by the infliction of terror, a well-organized minority can conquer a nation.)
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I think big corporations are needed to help with military
hardware and the like.

Google, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook...

Surely they jest.


26 posted on 04/20/2022 9:43:26 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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It’s back to Russia, Russia, Russia....


27 posted on 04/20/2022 9:44:05 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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I don’t care much for national security.

As an American, I care for FREEDOM.


28 posted on 04/20/2022 9:49:46 PM PDT by Sapwolf (Talkers are usually more articulate than doers, since talk is their specialty. -Sowell)
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Well, I’m not a supporter of Biden, nor do I think that Ukraine itself is of particular importance to US interests.

But the US does have a major interest in preventing a resurgence of Russian aggressiveness (and the accompanying nuclear threats).

Opposition to Russia’s war is broad enough that some people will try to co-opt it to push other political agendas. That’s what we’re seeing here.

In fact, strengthening big-tech censorship helps Putin: it divides the West, it ruins our PR advantage, and it creates suspicion about what our goals are.


29 posted on 04/20/2022 9:55:00 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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Up is down, and black is white.

More gobbledygook from you


30 posted on 04/20/2022 9:57:31 PM PDT by SoConPubbie (Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
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What part don’t you agree with?

1. Do you think we should maintain an isolationist foreign policy? (The background here is that there is obviously a case to be made for generally avoiding foreign entanglements.)

2. Do you think that Putin is a friend of liberty? (I don’t.)

Or,

3. Do you think that tech censorship is worthy of the US and that it will actually help in any way? (I don’t.)

Keep in mind that China is watching the West to see how we react.


31 posted on 04/20/2022 10:13:24 PM PDT by Alvin Diogenes
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Yes...that’s the saying aloud part that indicates that.


32 posted on 04/20/2022 10:22:17 PM PDT by rlmorel (Democrats running things is termite infestation, and the exterminator won't be here for 3 years.)
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centralized censorship power is crucial to advancing U.S. foreign policy.

33 posted on 04/20/2022 10:27:08 PM PDT by McGruff (It's America First.)
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Big Tech Monopoly Power is Vital to National Security
Yea because we never had national security before we had "big tech monopoly power" < /sarcasm >.
34 posted on 04/20/2022 11:19:50 PM PDT by lewislynn (Is Fox News covering for Soros, Dominion, themselves with their continued silence on 2020)
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Good. Glad to hear them admit busting up Big Tech would help to thwart their globalist ambitions.

Bust up Big Tech post haste. No, don’t merely slap some restrictions on them. Break them up into a million pieces. Start with Alphabet. They’re the worst. Then move on to Amazon. Then Facebook, Twitter, Apple, Microsoft, and we can go from there.


35 posted on 04/21/2022 1:53:40 AM PDT by FLT-bird
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I think you are the add to that,before we do any of that, ending United States aggressiveness also. While a lot of people may not want to acknowledge it we are where we are today because of the aggressive moves of the west towards Russia.


36 posted on 04/21/2022 4:33:05 AM PDT by rottweiller_inc (inter canem et lupum)
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good article, thanks
These tyrants are a danger to our constitution.
Big Tech needs to be broken up or we’ll never regain our freedom of speech.


37 posted on 04/21/2022 6:43:02 AM PDT by CarolinaReaganFan
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Big Tech Monopoly Power is Vital to National Security.

Hackers chuckle now downloading data for sale.


38 posted on 04/21/2022 9:37:22 AM PDT by Vaduz ( )
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I see your point.

I see.

39 posted on 04/21/2022 9:57:56 AM PDT by Navy Patriot (Celebrate Decivilization)
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Awesome.

Big Tech + Big Govt + Big Media + Etc + Etc

“You must believe everything we tell you about Ukraine, Russia, etc. Do not question what you see or are told!”


40 posted on 04/21/2022 10:21:59 AM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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