This is a rather bold public admission. They are saying the quiet part out loud and absolutely confirming what we have been writing about in our Fourth Branch of Government series. Remember, the Fourth Branch is only possible because of a Public-Private partnership with the intelligence apparatus.
Today, the biggest names in Big Tech announce they have partnered with the Five Eyes intelligence network, ultimately controlled by the NSA, to: (1) monitor all activity in their platforms; (2) identify extremist content; (3) look for expressions of Domestic Violent Extremism (DVE); and then, (4) put the content details into a database where the Five Eyes intelligence agencies (U.K., U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand) can access it.
Facebook, Twitter, Google and Microsoft are all partnering with the intelligence apparatus. I can’t believe they admit this sentence in the release (emphasis mine):
[…] “The Group will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters and neo-Nazis.”
Think about that sentence structure very carefully. They are “adding to” the pre-existing list…. admitting the group (aka Big Tech) already have access to the the intelligence-sharing database… and also admitting there is a pre-existing list created by the Five Eyes consortium.
Obviously, who and what is defined as “extremist content” will be determined by the Big Tech insiders themselves. This provides a gateway, another plausible deniability aspect, to cover the Intelligence Branch from any oversight.
When the Intelligence Branch within government wants to conduct surveillance and monitor American citizens, they run up against problems due to the Constitution of the United States. They get around those legal limitations by sub-contracting the intelligence gathering, the actual data-mining, and allowing outside parties (contractors) to have access to the central database.
The government cannot conduct electronic searches (4th amendment issue) without a warrent; however, private individuals can search and report back as long as they have access. What is being admitted today is exactly that pre-existing partnership. The difference today is that Big Tech will flag the content from within their platforms, and now a secondary database filled with the extracted information will be provided openly for the Intelligence Branch to exploit.
The volume of metadata captured by the NSA has always been a problem because of the filters needed to make the targeting useful. There is a lot of noise in collecting all data that makes the parts you really want to identify more difficult to capture. This new admission puts a new massive filtration system in the metadata that circumvents any privacy protections for individuals.
Previously, the Intelligence Branch worked around the constitutional and unlawful search issue by using resources that were not in the United States. A domestic U.S. agency, working on behalf of the U.S. government, cannot listen on your calls without a warrant. However, if the U.S. agency sub-contracts to say a Canadian group, or foreign ally, the privacy invasion is no longer legally restricted by U.S. law.
What is being announced today is an alarming admission of a prior relationship along with open intent to define their domestic political opposition as extremists.
July 26 (Reuters) – A counterterrorism organization formed by some of the biggest U.S. tech companies including Facebook (FB.O) and Microsoft (MSFT.O) is significantly expanding the types of extremist content shared between firms in a key database, aiming to crack down on material from white supremacists and far-right militias, the group told Reuters.
Until now, the Global Internet Forum to Counter Terrorism’s (GIFCT) database has focused on videos and images from terrorist groups on a United Nations list and so has largely consisted of content from Islamist extremist organizations such as Islamic State, al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Over the next few months, the group will add attacker manifestos – often shared by sympathizers after white supremacist violence – and other publications and links flagged by U.N. initiative Tech Against Terrorism. It will use lists from intelligence-sharing group Five Eyes, adding URLs and PDFs from more groups, including the Proud Boys, the Three Percenters and neo-Nazis.
The firms, which include Twitter (TWTR.N) and Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube, share “hashes,” unique numerical representations of original pieces of content that have been removed from their services. Other platforms use these to identify the same content on their own sites in order to review or remove it. (read more)
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All is not lost. There is a way to stop the Intelligence Branch, but it requires some outside-the-box thinking and reliance on the Constitution as a tool to radically change one element within government. We will be covering this in the near future.
In the interim, we must remain focused on the three tiers that we need for success.
♦ Tier One is “tactical civics” at a local level. Engaged and active citizen participation at the community, city, town and hamlet level of society. This is what might be described as grassroots level. School Board level; City Council level; County Commissioner level.
♦ Tier Two is “extreme federalism” at a state level. Engaged and active citizen participation through your State House and State Senate representative. This is state level assembly and action demands upon the House, Senate and State Governor.
♦ Tier Three the challenge of “federal offices” on a national level. This is where CTH will present an action that can be taken way upstream that allows the first two tiers to take control over federal offices. This is where we throw the One Ring into the fire of Mordor.
I am confident that ultimately We The People will win. Details will come soon; in the interim, tactical civics and extreme federalism are doable right now, in this next election cycle.
Google, Facebook, Twitter & Co. have been created as dual use platforms since their inception, hence all the backdoors, censorship, and manipulation.
The IC took care of the competition (funding, traffic, slander, and sabotage).
Let’s not pretend we didn’t know that because we all did.
This is also why both the GOP and the Democrats cannot stop the abuse. The IC controls both wings of the UniParty.
Re “Let’s not pretend we didn’t know that because we all did.”
Treepers knew. The Sheeple don’t…
Sadly, even a lot of people who know about the Swamp still don’t have a clue as to the depth of its depravity. They have not yet realized that the federal government is now controlled by the intelligence community. Or that global corporations write the laws passed by Congress. Or, or, or…. ad infinitum, ad nauseam…
Anyone think CTH will survive the crackdown? Your e mail and cell phone access?
Can we survive the coming total blackout?
IMO if we do not prepare for this and move to home groups, we are going to be caught flat footed all of a sudden. Yet all the signs were there that this was where it was headed.
Yes
I agree. Time to get the old ham radio out of storage, dust it off and fire it up.
I think you underestimate a large amount of people out there…
The only reason we are not revolting is the fact that U.S. is still one of the richest and freest countries on the planet with a very high standard of living (for everyone who is not a complete moron).
Re “I think you underestimate a large amount of people out there…”
Do you really think so? REALLY?
Here’s a very simple way to prove yourself right and me wrong…
At your earliest convenience, take a walk down a busy street in your town or any town of your choice. Ask the first five adult strangers you meet if they visit this website. Anyone who reads Sundance’s articles does not qualify for this experiment. Keep asking until you have asked five who aren’t Treepers.
Ask the first five who are not Treepers if they realize the federal government is now controlled by the intelligence community; and, that global corporations write the laws passed by Congress.
I’ll be happy to admit in advance that I’m wrong, IF you run into ONE such person who says he/she is aware of both those facts and can offer a couple of sentences to show their opinion is based on real factual evidence.
The only reason there isn’t a revolt is bc too many ppl don’t care enough and they are complacent. As long as they have their sports and entertainment, they are satisfied. It takes too much effort to do otherwise. Plus you don’t miss what you never had. Neither political party gives a dam about the ppl who pay their salaries, benefits, and pensions. The fed gvt is the largest employer!!! Do you really think they are going to rock the boat? This is all going according to the plan and its too late to recalibrate a new course.
Re “I can’t believe they admit this sentence in the release…”
Here’s why they’re not worried…
The way that Reuters article is written, the majority of Americans will not see the danger. Most who are still on those social media platforms will likely think what the IC is reportedly doing is a good thing.
Besides, if the government were doing something bad, surely they would never admit it, right? I’m being sarcastic; but sadly, that’s the way too many people think; i.e, if it’s admitted publicly, it must be alright…
It is reasonable to assume all phone calls, texts, Emails, comments on websites, with this site for certain, are intercepted and stored by any number of our and foreign agencies and tech companies, etc. With the use of AI designed algorithms, patterns of key words and locations can be monitored and files created on individuals, far more efficiently than previous police states.
Our family refuses to submit to behavioral control. We have a rare advantage in ability to communicate in our grandparents Alaska Native dialect, for which there is no written form. And know every living person who still is able to speak this particular dialect. There are other similar dialects, but as every language, “slang” is used. The combination creates a user friendly and easy way to enjoy freedom of speech living in a totalitarian world. It is ironic that our grandparents were forced to use only English by their white “betters” who had the same controlling mindset as the modern woke fascists. This has resulted in a very few living people with the ability to openly communicate and laugh out loud about all matters including “unapproved” thoughts or sharing “misinformation”.
The same concept was used by the US Marines with Navajo speakers, the difference is there are tens of thousands of living speakers and it is written, for which AI technology could be used to monitor what is being expressed. Our goal is to keep alive the concept of liberty, freedom and logical thought and pass onto to children and grandchildren.
Someday, when the fascist global corporate/police state being consolidated fails, we need the embers of the precepts of the American Experiment to live and once again shine brightly. The more human depositories of these precepts scattered worldwide, the better.
Beautiful . . . thank you for posting that . . .I enjoyed reading that.
By admitting such things publicly, they are being clever. They avoid the outrage and implicit guilt they would have incurred had they had been secretive about it then involuntarily exposed. Of course, the fact this and similar activities are being expressed now, is both an expression of confident and a declaration of war. Their confidence may be warranted.
And now you know why Clucker Carlson could be so open about this!
Americans are facing the unprecedented consolidation of power in the hands of totalitarian globalists – corrupt dictators – throughout our government institutions.
This Republic was divined by God. We have unalienable individual rights endowed by Him. The government is lying to us at every turn, and it’s using the media to push its lies. God loves truth, and He hates deceit. We must return to God and work to restore truth, justice, and righteousness with all that we do. We must stand together, make our voices heard civilly, and advocate for all that we know is right.
There is nothing right about the way our fellow citizens – even some who overstepped their bounds – are being treated in federal confinement in Washington DC.
Defending the Republic will work to correct this injustice on behalf of all of us.
Hold Fast,
Sidney Powell
Amen Sidney! Amen!
The only way to win back this Republic is to return to our roots which is in Judeo Christian religion. If we want the blessings of God we need to honor him and obey him or else this republic will fall. Donald Trump will not save us.
Ok. Say we do.
What is your Vision of how God saves the Republic?
All the Commies get religion?
We all get Martyred and The Republic is not saved?
The Rapture Happens?
The Great Awakening produced The Founders and The Revolution.
Is that your vision?
Is your model Nineveh?
Nebuchadnezzar?
Esther?
Gideon and the other Judges?
Sodom?
ELECTION FRAUD is the #1 issue in America today. The demorats will so anything to lie, cheat and steal elections. These vile and hateful people must be destroyed.
I agree with you but I hate to say the republicans aren’t much better.
I would think, that legally, the intelligence agencies would still be liable under the constitution even though they use outside contractors, even foreign. Same thing as if someone used a hired hit man to take out somebody. Even though the person that hired the hit man didn’t pull the trigger, he or she is still liable for first degree murder as much as the hit man. This should be challenged in court and I would think that this would be found just as unconstitutional.
It is impossible for a law which violates the Constitution to be valid.
“All laws which are repugnant to the Constitution are null and void”
Marbury vs. Madison 5 US (2 Cranch) 137, 174, 176, (1803)
Well we know who enforced what on 1/6.
But who will bring those cases, not the gop; they don’t even bring the election fraud and fbi spying on trump cases.
Re “I would think, that legally, the intelligence agencies would still be liable under the constitution even though they use outside contractors, even foreign.”
Your instincts are well grounded, Roe…
My apologies for failing to bookmark it and thus not being able to post a link; but, a Supreme Court case has been cited here in which it was ruled that the federal government cannot legally get others to do something it is Constitutionally forbidden to do itself.
The problem is that swamp critters choose to ignore the Constitution and Supreme Court rulings that hinder them from doing as they please; and, there is no authority left that is willing to even call out their malfeasance; much less, bring them to justice.
Some may pay lip service to doing the right thing and/or promise promise promise promise! to investigate investigate investigate investigate!; but, never never never never! actually do a damned thing!
This is the reason why I always felt that the federal government was never serious about launching antitrust lawsuits against Big Tech.
And then they are gonna tell your mommy. Worthless Social Media. Who cares.
I read somewhere a theory about a “Five Eyes Cabal’ being the corrupt power behind the curtain controlling the plandemic and shots machinations, for their goal of seizing totalitarian control though their puppet governments in the name of “saving humanity” from the mass morbidity and deaths coming as a result of the shots.
(Here is one plausible part of such a mechanism: https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/dr-charles-hoffe-issues-vaccine-warning/)
Seems like its all coming into focus now.
Read elsewhere that:
The surveillance is not limited to the named big tech partners’ platforms, of course. It is vastly greater than that, if AI surveillance fusion developed with unlimited budgets in complete secrecy after 9/11 is as powerful as technically possible now. And it probably is.
If you can imagine a sensor connected to the internet feeding into the AI data collection system, it probably does.
The old problem of data overload is probably solved now with AI and massive computational power.
Use your imagination. Think of all the many sensors all over the place even outside your residence, things like facial recognition and audio processing, your smartphone with better-than-Pegasus snoopware, your Apple watch, laptop microphone, license plate readers and surveillance cams, USPS mail scanning, the neighborhood doorbell cams, etc., combined with all the other data you generate such as CC and bank transaction data, web purchases and activity, text, email, voice calls, videoconferencing… We could fill a book. Basically EVERYTHING being collected now and fed into this.
And the AI analyzing not just data but patterns and context to generate interpretations of what you are doing, and even what you may be thinking with some confidence, which are used to make predictions about what you may do next.
No wonder the IC became a monster joined into a multi-headed hydra from beyond Orwell’s wildest nightmares, and took control.
“Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Add another goal of a “Five Eyes Cabal” near-collapse of western civilization by shots-induced catastrophe:
It would provide an excuse to default on the US federal debt and start over.
“It wasn’t our fault – it was the covid that the shots were created to save us from.” Problem solved. (Bonus: Depopulation, with the god-like position occupied by the cabal at the top of the totalitarian system.)
Look at how all restraint is gone and the government is piling on debt like it is meaningless. It seems everybody agrees it will not be possible to fix this problem now, so they’ve just given up and are all scrambling to spend even faster.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/were-not-going-to-fix-our-spending-crisis/
antiwoke: They can make all the AI-based predictions they want. And then, a squirrel will jump in front of someone’s car, nearly causing an accident. There goes the prediction.
Great reporting by the CTH about the “4th Branch”. IMHO, the exposure of the depth and breadth of the surveillance reflects professional, responsible reporting.
Frodo lives.
I had to look Frodo up to understand this significance. I have read the Trilogy and have seen the movies, but I needed to read to remember how important that character is to the salvation of the world Tolkien created. Some see him as a Christ-like character (or priestly anyway). So, yes, Frodo lives.
How is this even legal? This needs to get to SCOTUS asap. When President Trump resumes his rightful place, he should shred apart the IC, not matter how long it takes or how daunting it may be.
“I am confident that ultimately We The People will win. ”
The fact that you even have to say this proves we’ve already lost and it’s time to change wars.
Ditch the computer and phone…
But, you won’t…
Each day brings more Orwellian plans. It’s a freight train out of control. If we all stand in front of it it will still run us over. Pulling out the conductor(s) and removing them is the only option.
So BLM and Antifa get a pass. That tells you everything you need to know about who they are and who they are working for.
You nailed it.
And by Extreme, does that mean anyone who believe in the constitution and the Bill of Rights?
Are NZ still in the Five Eyes? I thought it was the Four Eyes now?
“All is not lost. There is a way to stop the Intelligence Branch, but it requires some outside-the-box thinking and reliance on the Constitution as a tool to radically change one element within government. We will be covering this in the near future.”
Will this involve the addition of 20 IQ points to the IQ of the 50% of people on the left hand side of the IQ bell curve, the creation of a highly contagious mind virus that instills in the far larger percentage of people who have never learned the learned skill of critical thought and analysis the ability to do so, all of that supplemented by the creation of a free, highly addictive anti-apathy game automatically delivered to their latest Chicom-made smarter-than-they-are phone which they just bought to thank the CCP for their wonderful virus and thereby contributing the current overloading the left coast ports?
Keep in mind that the big tech spies will all be foreign nationals operating from their call centers in foreign nations because they employ few USA workers in USA. Foreigners will decide our future from afar, putting us on lists, probably without our knowledge.
So, we will be spied upon and punished by foreign spies working for USA corps and gov, with no due process.
This is the new “Shock and Awe” blitzkrieg on the American people who believed we had a Constitution that protected us.
“Oath Keepers” are also in the list. Imagine that. People who made and oath to defend the constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, are targets of “the government.”
They know what they are doing violates the constitution and the rights of the people.
Would this announcement not do anything but help the other social platforms opening up, like Gettr, Frank Speech, Telegram, etc? I’m really interested in the Freedom Phone… I hope there is more development in the “anti-spying” technologies.
Thought Crime Chronicles
Thought Crime Enforcement Regime implemented by Social Media Monopolies for Your Safety.
Sundance needs to hook up with Steve Bannon.
cross posted at https://freedomaustralia.freeforums.net/thread/1286/eyes-big-tech
Excellent. Excellent and powerful. This is the foundational chapter to our Book of Revolution and Revival of the USA. Thank you!