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Facebook is filled with spooks.

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This idea that they're for free speech or anything,

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well, let's watch this.

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They could put out a video and it's kind of funny.

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Let's watch.

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My name is Aaron.

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I've been with Facebook for two years now.

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I'm a product policy manager.

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What does your job entail?

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We're part of the team that writes the rules for Facebook.

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If something violates our standards for safety and security,

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what Facebook could, should, can do.

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Please marry.

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You and your team are faced with very important decisions,

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especially when it comes to content.

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There's very little agreement whether we should be

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leaving more content up, taking more content down.

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With any particular rule or issue that we're looking at,

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where something has come up,

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where the rules are not 100% clear,

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we're not going to make everybody happy.

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How does your team work on that?

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Transparency is incredibly important in the work that I do.

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How do we think about the balance between harmful content

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and protecting from the speech?

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It's a balance.

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Does it ever make you feel uncomfortable

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to be put in a position where you're having to draw the line?

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Yes, and I think it should make me uncomfortable

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and all of us who do this work.

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If 99% of the people are expressing themselves,

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sharing their family photos, exchanging ideas,

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and 0.001% are encouraging violence

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or spreading harmful content,

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that can ruin the thing for everybody.

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These decisions can have real effects on people.

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We are developing rules and policies without regulation.

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We're really navigating that space as best we can.

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Why would updating regulations help you?

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Regulation can help us better define

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what is acceptable and what's not.

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I think a standardized approach would help platforms

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all across the board actually give us guidelines

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where right now there's very few.

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Technology has changed so quickly,

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we need the legislative and regulatory space to catch up.

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Regulation can help us better define

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what the bounds of those rules should be.

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Jimmy, I like that.

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He's one of the 40,000.

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Oh my God.

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40,000.

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He's one.

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Let me back that up a little bit.

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You can turn it down.

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He is one of the 40,000 people

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working on safety and security issues.

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Hang on.

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Learn why we support updated internet regulations,

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including reforming section 230

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at facebook.com slash regulations.

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Now you want to know the spoiler alert on that?

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That guy sounded like a real decent dude.

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Jimmy, before you say that,

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I just want to say I really enjoyed

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how they kept cutting to his wedding ring.

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You know, so that means he has a family and kids.

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I trust him more now

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because he's worried about the things

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that I'm concerned about.

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You know?

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That is exactly why they kept showing his wedding ring.

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Yeah.

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They kept showing his wedding ring

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to make you think that he's a decent guy

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who's into commitment and family.

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And if I was on Facebook right now,

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I would never be part of that 1%

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who would go on there and wish ball cancer on him

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right after seeing that.

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To me, he looked like a pencil neck dipshit

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climbing the tech twat ladder.

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But here we go.

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I would have gone,

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if khaki pants became a person,

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it would be that guy.

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But here we go.

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I definitely wouldn't call him

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a craven corporate tool at best.

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But here we go.

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You would never guess

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from an official Facebook video

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that I just showed you

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that that lovely guy was,

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until a couple of years ago,

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one of the most senior people

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at the CIA.

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Now he's deciding

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what we all get to see

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and don't see

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on Facebook.

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Now, Jimmy,

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didn't we have a story

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about the CIA

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where they had a huge problem

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that they don't have to tell us about

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where they kept catching people

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with child pornography

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at the CIA?

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Oh, that's right.

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What's harmful to see

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on the internet for me.

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Thank you.

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The people who got caught

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with child pornography

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at the CIA

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never got prosecuted.

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And I guess

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that

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so he doesn't prosecute pedophiles,

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but he's going to come

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police Facebook

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for bad content.

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I'm going to guess

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his calibrator

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is a little broken.

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Let's move on.

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Here.

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Here's the article

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that Alex McLeod wrote about.

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meet the ex-CIA agents

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deciding Facebook's

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content policy.

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Aaron,

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that guy you just saw,

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he's CIA.

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Or at least he was

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until July 2019

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when he left his job

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as the Senior Analytic Manager

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at the agency

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to become

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Senior Product Policy Manager

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for Misinformation

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at Facebook,

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now known as Meta.

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The company that,

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oh, blah, blah.

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In his 15-year career,

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Aaron Berman

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rose to become

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a highly influential part

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of the CIA.

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He worked at the CIA

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for 15 years.

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Oh, my God.

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For 15 years.

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Senior analyst?

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Did he start in high school?

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I think he started

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when he was four.

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No kidding.

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For years,

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he prepared and edited

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the President

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of the United States

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Daily Briefing,

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writing and overseeing

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intelligence analysts

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to enable the president

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and senior U.S. officials

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to make decisions

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on the most critical

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national security issues,

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especially on

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the impact of

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influence operations

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on social movements,

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security,

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and democracy.

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That's what it says

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on his LinkedIn profile.

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None of that sounds good.

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It all sounds like,

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wow.

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It all sounds the opposite

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of what you would want

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for someone who's

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a fact checker

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or monitoring content

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on a social media platform.

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That'd be like

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the last guy you'd want.

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By the way,

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they never mention

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any of this information

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in that Facebook video.

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Yes, it was mentioned.

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He said transparency,

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and they believe

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in transparency

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and transparency.

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I think they mean

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your records

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will be transparent

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to the intelligence apparatus.

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that is what they mean.

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Berman's case

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is far from unique,

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however.

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Studying Meta's reports

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as well as

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employment websites

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and databases,

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Mint Press has found

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that Facebook

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has recruited

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dozens of individuals

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from the CIA

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as well as many more

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from the FBI

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and the Department

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of F-ing Defense.

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are primarily

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in highly politically

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such as trust,

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security,

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and content moderation

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to the point

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where some might feel

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it becomes difficult

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to see where

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the United States

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national security state

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ends

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and Facebook

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begins.

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That's great news

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and after staring

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into his dead eyes,

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I feel even better

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about my government.

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In previous investigations,

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this author

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has detailed

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how TikTok

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is flooded

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with NATO officials,

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how former FBI agents

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abound on Twitter,

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and how Reddit

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is led by a former

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war planner

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from the NATO think tank

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the Atlantic Council.

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Yeah, Reddit I knew about.

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They're even worse.

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They've been bad

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for a while.

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being great

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and then they quickly

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got horrible,

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the sheer scale

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of infiltration

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of Facebook

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blows those

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other platforms

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away.

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Facebook,

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in short,

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is utterly

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swarming with spooks.

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of any social media

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in the world.

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Facebook is haunted.

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trust,

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safety,

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and misinformation

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are the most

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sensitive parts

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of Meta's operation.

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It is here

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where decisions

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about what content

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what will be promoted,

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and who or what

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are made.

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Guess who gets

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suppressed?

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Me.

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Guess whose material

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doesn't get promoted?

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Ours.

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Or anybody

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that goes against

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the status quo.

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That's what Facebook

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should be called

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status quo book.

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Jimmy, look,

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the guy's a married

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man with kids.

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You saw him

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hold up a picture

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of a dog.

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He's got stuff

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to protect.

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These decisions

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affect what news

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and information

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billions of people

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across the world

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see every day.

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Therefore,

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those in charge

331
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of the algorithms

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hold far more power

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and influence

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over the public sphere

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than even editors

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at the largest

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news outlet.

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So Facebook,

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more people get

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their news from Facebook,

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they get their news

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from the New York

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Times or the LA Times

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or the Chicago Tribune.

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So that guy

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you just saw

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who you don't know

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and never will see again,

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he has more power

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than the editor

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of those newspapers.

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Hey,

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isn't the CCP

354
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in China known

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for sending

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a government minder

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to all the companies?

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Yes.

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We have 40,000

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at this point.

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They have 40,000

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government minders.

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That guy

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has more power

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than the editor

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at ABC News

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or CNN.

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Can you imagine

369
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having to go

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00:09:01,420 --> 00:09:02,000
to that twerp

371
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to see if it's okay

372
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to say something?

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Yep.

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Oh my God.

375
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There are a number

376
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of other ex-CIA agents

377
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working in these fields.

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Deborah Berman,

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for example,

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she spent 10 years

381
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as a data

382
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and intelligence analyst

383
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at the CIA

384
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before recently

385
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being brought on

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as a trust

387
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and safety project

388
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manager

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for Facebook.

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Little is known

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about what she did

392
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at the agency

393
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but her pre-agency

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publications

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indicate that

396
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she was a specialist

397
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on Syria

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meaning she was

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a specialist

400
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at lying

401
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and pushing

402
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pro-war propaganda

403
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for Syria.

404
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So they bring on

405
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the biggest liars

406
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to then be the guys

407
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who are in charge

408
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of what is true

409
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and false

410
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on Facebook.

411
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You couldn't

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make this up.

413
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Between 2006

414
00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:49,280
and 2010

415
00:09:49,280 --> 00:09:50,460
Brian Weisbarn

416
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was a CIA

417
00:09:51,120 --> 00:09:52,160
intelligence officer

418
00:09:52,160 --> 00:09:53,020
his job

419
00:09:53,020 --> 00:09:53,900
entailing

420
00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:54,880
in his own words

421
00:09:54,880 --> 00:09:55,860
leading quote

422
00:09:55,860 --> 00:09:56,780
global teams

423
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to conduct

424
00:09:57,300 --> 00:09:58,420
counter-terrorism

425
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and digital

426
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cyber investigations

427
00:10:00,860 --> 00:10:02,420
and identifying

428
00:10:02,420 --> 00:10:04,000
online social media

429
00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:04,660
misinformation

430
00:10:04,660 --> 00:10:05,580
propaganda

431
00:10:05,580 --> 00:10:06,740
and covert

432
00:10:06,740 --> 00:10:08,240
influence campaigns.

433
00:10:08,700 --> 00:10:09,140
But they still

434
00:10:09,140 --> 00:10:09,660
haven't brought

435
00:10:09,660 --> 00:10:10,240
Aaron Maté

436
00:10:10,240 --> 00:10:10,880
to justice.

437
00:10:11,020 --> 00:10:11,900
They can't get him.

438
00:10:13,340 --> 00:10:14,940
Directly after that

439
00:10:14,940 --> 00:10:15,760
he became

440
00:10:15,760 --> 00:10:16,900
a diplomat.

441
00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:18,280
What?

442
00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:21,040
Underlining

443
00:10:21,040 --> 00:10:21,820
how close

444
00:10:21,820 --> 00:10:22,580
the line is

445
00:10:22,580 --> 00:10:23,300
between those

446
00:10:23,300 --> 00:10:24,060
two professions

447
00:10:24,060 --> 00:10:25,520
and he is

448
00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:26,020
currently

449
00:10:26,020 --> 00:10:26,740
a director

450
00:10:26,740 --> 00:10:27,380
of trusted

451
00:10:27,380 --> 00:10:28,400
safety security

452
00:10:28,400 --> 00:10:28,900
and data

453
00:10:28,900 --> 00:10:29,380
privacy

454
00:10:29,380 --> 00:10:30,140
for Meta.

455
00:10:30,480 --> 00:10:30,940
Meanwhile

456
00:10:30,940 --> 00:10:31,600
the LinkedIn

457
00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:32,540
profile of

458
00:10:32,540 --> 00:10:33,320
Cameron Harris

459
00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:34,300
a CIA analyst

460
00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,260
until 2019

461
00:10:35,260 --> 00:10:36,320
notes that

462
00:10:36,320 --> 00:10:37,200
he is now

463
00:10:37,200 --> 00:10:37,640
a Meta

464
00:10:37,640 --> 00:10:38,320
trusted safety

465
00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:39,080
project manager

466
00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:39,680
too.

467
00:10:39,680 --> 00:10:41,340
trusted

468
00:10:41,340 --> 00:10:41,740
what do they

469
00:10:41,740 --> 00:10:42,140
have like

470
00:10:42,140 --> 00:10:43,120
opposite land

471
00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:43,680
rules for

472
00:10:43,680 --> 00:10:44,220
naming their

473
00:10:44,220 --> 00:10:44,500
programs?

474
00:10:44,500 --> 00:10:44,920
Yes.

475
00:10:45,300 --> 00:10:45,520
Yeah.

476
00:10:45,600 --> 00:10:46,060
This is the

477
00:10:46,060 --> 00:10:46,820
goodness and a

478
00:10:46,820 --> 00:10:47,180
good thing

479
00:10:47,180 --> 00:10:47,580
happening

480
00:10:47,580 --> 00:10:48,840
program.

481
00:10:49,460 --> 00:10:50,280
Hiring so

482
00:10:50,280 --> 00:10:51,400
many ex-U.S.

483
00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:52,080
state officials

484
00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:52,560
to run

485
00:10:52,560 --> 00:10:53,120
Facebook's

486
00:10:53,120 --> 00:10:53,740
most politically

487
00:10:53,740 --> 00:10:54,240
sensitive

488
00:10:54,240 --> 00:10:54,960
operations

489
00:10:54,960 --> 00:10:56,300
raises troubling

490
00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:57,240
questions about

491
00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:57,920
the company's

492
00:10:57,920 --> 00:10:58,720
impartiality

493
00:10:58,720 --> 00:10:59,540
and its

494
00:10:59,540 --> 00:11:00,360
proximity to

495
00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:00,780
government

496
00:11:00,780 --> 00:11:01,440
power.

497
00:11:02,220 --> 00:11:02,700
Meta is

498
00:11:02,700 --> 00:11:03,580
so full

499
00:11:03,580 --> 00:11:04,140
of national

500
00:11:04,140 --> 00:11:05,120
security state

501
00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:05,580
agents that

502
00:11:05,580 --> 00:11:06,320
at some point

503
00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:07,200
it almost

504
00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:07,880
becomes more

505
00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:08,600
difficult to

506
00:11:08,600 --> 00:11:09,420
find individuals

507
00:11:09,420 --> 00:11:10,060
in trust and

508
00:11:10,060 --> 00:11:10,480
safety who

509
00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:11,280
were not

510
00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:12,080
formerly

511
00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:13,260
agents of

512
00:11:13,260 --> 00:11:14,140
the state.

513
00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:14,500
It's like

514
00:11:14,500 --> 00:11:14,920
hanging out

515
00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:15,160
with the

516
00:11:15,160 --> 00:11:15,760
Patriot Front.

517
00:11:16,220 --> 00:11:16,820
That's right.

518
00:11:17,980 --> 00:11:18,860
Critics argue

519
00:11:18,860 --> 00:11:19,460
that putting

520
00:11:19,460 --> 00:11:20,260
operatives from

521
00:11:20,260 --> 00:11:21,320
the CIA in

522
00:11:21,320 --> 00:11:21,900
control of

523
00:11:21,900 --> 00:11:22,680
our news feed

524
00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:24,120
is deeply

525
00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:24,980
inappropriate.

526
00:11:25,320 --> 00:11:25,940
You think?

527
00:11:26,760 --> 00:11:27,140
Well maybe

528
00:11:27,140 --> 00:11:27,620
you haven't

529
00:11:27,620 --> 00:11:27,960
heard of a

530
00:11:27,960 --> 00:11:28,260
little thing

531
00:11:28,260 --> 00:11:28,600
called the

532
00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:29,100
Smith-Munt

533
00:11:29,100 --> 00:11:29,800
Modernization

534
00:11:29,800 --> 00:11:30,160
Act.

535
00:11:33,820 --> 00:11:34,620
One of

536
00:11:34,620 --> 00:11:35,180
these critics

537
00:11:35,180 --> 00:11:35,980
is Elizabeth

538
00:11:35,980 --> 00:11:36,780
Murray who

539
00:11:36,780 --> 00:11:37,620
in 2010

540
00:11:37,620 --> 00:11:38,800
she retired

541
00:11:38,800 --> 00:11:39,300
from a

542
00:11:39,300 --> 00:11:40,320
27-year

543
00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:40,920
career

544
00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:42,320
at the

545
00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:43,160
CIA and

546
00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:43,820
other U.S.

547
00:11:43,900 --> 00:11:44,340
intelligence

548
00:11:44,340 --> 00:11:45,000
organizations.

549
00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:45,980
This is

550
00:11:45,980 --> 00:11:47,000
insidious.

551
00:11:48,020 --> 00:11:48,340
Well see

552
00:11:48,340 --> 00:11:48,960
she's 27

553
00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:49,780
years in

554
00:11:49,780 --> 00:11:50,740
and this

555
00:11:50,740 --> 00:11:52,320
guy's 15.

556
00:11:53,100 --> 00:11:53,980
Yeah I'm

557
00:11:53,980 --> 00:11:54,540
choking back

558
00:11:54,540 --> 00:11:55,000
my hatred

559
00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:55,860
right now

560
00:11:55,860 --> 00:11:56,080
for the

561
00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:56,840
guy but

562
00:11:56,840 --> 00:11:57,260
that's that

563
00:11:57,260 --> 00:11:57,900
millennial

564
00:11:57,900 --> 00:11:58,660
like that

565
00:11:58,660 --> 00:11:59,180
repulsive

566
00:11:59,180 --> 00:11:59,940
TikTok lady

567
00:11:59,940 --> 00:12:00,360
that Joe

568
00:12:00,360 --> 00:12:00,960
Biden had

569
00:12:00,960 --> 00:12:01,240
that

570
00:12:01,240 --> 00:12:02,160
everybody's

571
00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:02,440
like this

572
00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:02,740
is the

573
00:12:02,740 --> 00:12:03,160
worst but

574
00:12:03,160 --> 00:12:03,520
turns out

575
00:12:03,520 --> 00:12:03,740
there's

576
00:12:03,740 --> 00:12:04,740
40,000

577
00:12:04,740 --> 00:12:05,260
more of

578
00:12:05,260 --> 00:12:05,440
her.

579
00:12:05,440 --> 00:12:06,320
And that

580
00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:06,700
guy is

581
00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:06,980
like a

582
00:12:06,980 --> 00:12:07,320
true

583
00:12:07,320 --> 00:12:07,760
believer

584
00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:08,300
that piece

585
00:12:08,300 --> 00:12:08,640
of shit.

586
00:12:08,960 --> 00:12:09,120
He's

587
00:12:09,120 --> 00:12:09,920
like we're

588
00:12:09,920 --> 00:12:10,440
doing good

589
00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:10,980
like he

590
00:12:10,980 --> 00:12:11,660
hasn't

591
00:12:11,660 --> 00:12:12,040
like this

592
00:12:12,040 --> 00:12:12,280
woman

593
00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:12,840
realized

594
00:12:12,840 --> 00:12:13,120
in her

595
00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:13,380
time in

596
00:12:13,380 --> 00:12:13,700
the agency

597
00:12:13,700 --> 00:12:14,100
what they're

598
00:12:14,100 --> 00:12:14,660
about and

599
00:12:14,660 --> 00:12:14,960
that's why

600
00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:15,460
she's saying

601
00:12:15,460 --> 00:12:16,420
something that's

602
00:12:16,420 --> 00:12:16,640
why they

603
00:12:16,640 --> 00:12:17,180
need new

604
00:12:17,180 --> 00:12:18,720
young people

605
00:12:18,720 --> 00:12:19,280
like you see

606
00:12:19,280 --> 00:12:20,000
on TV who

607
00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:20,240
are just

608
00:12:20,240 --> 00:12:20,420
going to

609
00:12:20,420 --> 00:12:20,860
believe this

610
00:12:20,860 --> 00:12:21,280
shit long

611
00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:21,640
enough and

612
00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:21,920
then you

613
00:12:21,920 --> 00:12:22,500
know they

614
00:12:22,500 --> 00:12:22,860
blow the

615
00:12:22,860 --> 00:12:23,160
whistle and

616
00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:23,580
go to jail

617
00:12:23,580 --> 00:12:24,020
like I guess

618
00:12:24,020 --> 00:12:24,240
John

619
00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:24,700
Kirakow.

620
00:12:25,100 --> 00:12:25,660
So somebody

621
00:12:25,660 --> 00:12:26,040
who was

622
00:12:26,040 --> 00:12:26,680
there 27

623
00:12:26,680 --> 00:12:27,480
years and

624
00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:28,200
left can

625
00:12:28,200 --> 00:12:28,640
say it's

626
00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:29,360
insidious but

627
00:12:29,360 --> 00:12:29,920
somebody's only

628
00:12:29,920 --> 00:12:30,480
there 15

629
00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:31,300
years and still

630
00:12:31,300 --> 00:12:31,800
on his way

631
00:12:31,800 --> 00:12:33,080
up can't

632
00:12:33,080 --> 00:12:34,520
say that I

633
00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:35,080
see it as

634
00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:35,560
part of a

635
00:12:35,560 --> 00:12:36,400
gradual and

636
00:12:36,400 --> 00:12:37,420
sinister migration

637
00:12:37,420 --> 00:12:38,060
of ambitious

638
00:12:38,060 --> 00:12:39,060
young professionals

639
00:12:39,060 --> 00:12:40,300
originally trained

640
00:12:40,300 --> 00:12:41,000
with CIA's

641
00:12:41,000 --> 00:12:41,860
virtually unlimited

642
00:12:41,860 --> 00:12:42,560
U.S.

643
00:12:42,640 --> 00:12:43,500
taxpayer funded

644
00:12:43,500 --> 00:12:43,900
pot of

645
00:12:43,900 --> 00:12:45,260
resources to

646
00:12:45,260 --> 00:12:46,080
surveil they

647
00:12:46,080 --> 00:12:46,800
were trained to

648
00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:47,460
surveil and

649
00:12:47,460 --> 00:12:48,280
target the bad

650
00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:49,020
guys during the

651
00:12:49,020 --> 00:12:49,720
so-called global

652
00:12:49,720 --> 00:12:50,400
war on terror

653
00:12:50,400 --> 00:12:51,320
of the post

654
00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:52,240
9-11 era.

655
00:12:52,780 --> 00:12:53,500
The problem is

656
00:12:53,500 --> 00:12:54,300
that having so

657
00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:55,200
many former CIA

658
00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:56,000
employees running

659
00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:56,660
the world's most

660
00:12:56,660 --> 00:12:57,580
important information

661
00:12:57,580 --> 00:12:58,380
and news platform

662
00:12:58,380 --> 00:12:59,460
is only one

663
00:12:59,460 --> 00:13:00,080
small step

664
00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,000
removed from

665
00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:01,520
the agency

666
00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:02,520
itself deciding

667
00:13:02,520 --> 00:13:03,300
what you see

668
00:13:03,300 --> 00:13:03,920
and what you

669
00:13:03,920 --> 00:13:04,640
do not see

670
00:13:04,640 --> 00:13:05,660
online and

671
00:13:05,660 --> 00:13:06,400
all with

672
00:13:06,400 --> 00:13:07,840
essentially no

673
00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:09,200
public oversight.

674
00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:10,320
But they did

675
00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:10,860
at least have to

676
00:13:10,860 --> 00:13:11,440
get certification

677
00:13:11,440 --> 00:13:12,100
to do

678
00:13:12,100 --> 00:13:12,780
waterboardings

679
00:13:12,780 --> 00:13:13,020
right?

680
00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:13,560
Yes.

681
00:13:15,400 --> 00:13:16,560
In this sense

682
00:13:16,560 --> 00:13:17,260
the arrangement

683
00:13:17,260 --> 00:13:18,360
constitutes the

684
00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:19,480
best of both

685
00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:20,100
worlds for

686
00:13:20,100 --> 00:13:20,600
Washington.

687
00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:21,760
They can exert

688
00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:22,280
a significant

689
00:13:22,280 --> 00:13:23,080
influence over

690
00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:23,780
global news and

691
00:13:23,780 --> 00:13:24,960
information flows

692
00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:26,300
but maintain a

693
00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:27,780
veneer of

694
00:13:27,780 --> 00:13:29,360
plausible deniability.

695
00:13:29,360 --> 00:13:31,040
well I got

696
00:13:31,040 --> 00:13:31,780
big news

697
00:13:31,780 --> 00:13:32,600
it ain't that

698
00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:33,100
plausible

699
00:13:33,100 --> 00:13:34,360
like it's

700
00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:34,640
kind of

701
00:13:34,640 --> 00:13:35,140
obvious.

702
00:13:35,940 --> 00:13:36,260
The U.S.

703
00:13:36,340 --> 00:13:36,920
government does

704
00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:37,620
not need to

705
00:13:37,620 --> 00:13:38,240
directly tell

706
00:13:38,240 --> 00:13:38,860
Facebook what

707
00:13:38,860 --> 00:13:39,560
policies it

708
00:13:39,560 --> 00:13:39,960
needs to

709
00:13:39,960 --> 00:13:40,200
enact.

710
00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:41,140
This is because

711
00:13:41,140 --> 00:13:41,800
the people in

712
00:13:41,800 --> 00:13:42,420
decision-making

713
00:13:42,420 --> 00:13:43,160
positions are

714
00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:44,160
inorderly those

715
00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:45,100
who rose through

716
00:13:45,100 --> 00:13:45,880
the ranks of the

717
00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:46,700
national security

718
00:13:46,700 --> 00:13:47,680
state beforehand

719
00:13:47,680 --> 00:13:49,260
meaning their

720
00:13:49,260 --> 00:13:50,080
outlooks match

721
00:13:50,080 --> 00:13:51,080
already matches

722
00:13:51,080 --> 00:13:51,840
the outlook of

723
00:13:51,840 --> 00:13:52,280
Washington.

724
00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:53,180
You don't get to

725
00:13:53,180 --> 00:13:54,040
be the head guy

726
00:13:54,040 --> 00:13:54,680
who writes the

727
00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:55,480
president's daily

728
00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:56,500
briefing from the

729
00:13:56,500 --> 00:13:57,860
CIA if you are

730
00:13:57,860 --> 00:13:58,960
an outside-the-box

731
00:13:58,960 --> 00:13:59,640
thinker going

732
00:13:59,640 --> 00:14:00,220
against the

733
00:14:00,220 --> 00:14:00,760
establishment

734
00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:01,020
there.

735
00:14:01,220 --> 00:14:01,900
No you are

736
00:14:01,900 --> 00:14:02,320
that.

737
00:14:02,660 --> 00:14:03,180
That's why you

738
00:14:03,180 --> 00:14:04,100
get that job

739
00:14:04,100 --> 00:14:05,020
and so that's

740
00:14:05,020 --> 00:14:05,720
why he was the

741
00:14:05,720 --> 00:14:06,200
guy who wrote

742
00:14:06,200 --> 00:14:06,740
the thing for

743
00:14:06,740 --> 00:14:09,360
the intelligence

744
00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:10,280
briefing for the

745
00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:11,120
president every day

746
00:14:11,120 --> 00:14:11,860
and now he's

747
00:14:11,860 --> 00:14:12,540
doing this at

748
00:14:12,540 --> 00:14:12,960
Facebook.

749
00:14:13,160 --> 00:14:13,820
That is

750
00:14:13,820 --> 00:14:14,600
unbelievably

751
00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:15,940
dangerous.

752
00:14:16,560 --> 00:14:17,040
It's not only

753
00:14:17,040 --> 00:14:17,200
dangerous.

754
00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,520
I couldn't wish

755
00:14:18,520 --> 00:14:19,060
more monkey

756
00:14:19,060 --> 00:14:19,720
pox on the

757
00:14:19,720 --> 00:14:20,220
inside of his

758
00:14:20,220 --> 00:14:20,780
dick hole right

759
00:14:20,780 --> 00:14:21,020
now.

760
00:14:23,260 --> 00:14:24,000
And if

761
00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:25,160
Facebook doesn't

762
00:14:25,160 --> 00:14:26,000
play ball

763
00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:27,900
quiet threats

764
00:14:27,900 --> 00:14:29,780
about regulation

765
00:14:29,780 --> 00:14:31,100
or breaking up

766
00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:31,660
the company's

767
00:14:31,660 --> 00:14:32,360
enormous monopoly

768
00:14:32,360 --> 00:14:33,800
can also achieve

769
00:14:33,800 --> 00:14:34,740
the desire so

770
00:14:34,740 --> 00:14:35,400
when the government

771
00:14:35,400 --> 00:14:36,300
wants you to

772
00:14:36,300 --> 00:14:36,980
censor you better

773
00:14:36,980 --> 00:14:38,020
censor or they're

774
00:14:38,020 --> 00:14:38,520
going to come at

775
00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:38,980
you with some

776
00:14:38,980 --> 00:14:39,700
regulations.

777
00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:40,860
Sounds like

778
00:14:40,860 --> 00:14:41,340
China.

779
00:14:42,060 --> 00:14:42,660
China.

780
00:14:42,860 --> 00:14:44,240
45 years ago

781
00:14:44,240 --> 00:14:45,820
legendary journalist

782
00:14:45,820 --> 00:14:46,560
Carl Bernstein

783
00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:47,260
released an

784
00:14:47,260 --> 00:14:47,820
investigation

785
00:14:47,820 --> 00:14:49,160
documenting how

786
00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,100
the CIA had

787
00:14:51,100 --> 00:14:52,180
managed to

788
00:14:52,180 --> 00:14:52,900
infiltrate

789
00:14:52,900 --> 00:14:54,320
U.S.

790
00:14:54,360 --> 00:14:54,800
and global

791
00:14:54,800 --> 00:14:55,140
media.

792
00:14:55,140 --> 00:14:55,780
It was called

793
00:14:55,780 --> 00:14:56,580
Operation

794
00:14:56,580 --> 00:14:57,340
Mockingbird.

795
00:14:57,940 --> 00:14:58,460
So the CIA

796
00:14:58,460 --> 00:14:58,920
used to

797
00:14:58,920 --> 00:14:59,760
infiltrate the

798
00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:01,080
newsrooms and

799
00:15:01,080 --> 00:15:01,760
then do

800
00:15:01,760 --> 00:15:02,980
propaganda so

801
00:15:02,980 --> 00:15:03,460
we didn't know

802
00:15:03,460 --> 00:15:03,940
what was really

803
00:15:03,940 --> 00:15:05,060
going on but

804
00:15:05,060 --> 00:15:05,480
now they don't

805
00:15:05,480 --> 00:15:05,960
have to do

806
00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:06,480
that anymore

807
00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:07,580
because they

808
00:15:07,580 --> 00:15:08,400
hire them on

809
00:15:08,400 --> 00:15:08,620
air.

810
00:15:08,700 --> 00:15:08,960
They just

811
00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:09,520
bring the

812
00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:09,960
head of the

813
00:15:09,960 --> 00:15:11,140
CIA on

814
00:15:11,140 --> 00:15:12,120
air to do

815
00:15:12,120 --> 00:15:12,660
propaganda.

816
00:15:13,040 --> 00:15:13,220
They don't

817
00:15:13,220 --> 00:15:13,560
have to.

818
00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:14,880
The CIA guy

819
00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:15,400
doesn't have to

820
00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:16,220
give a bribe to

821
00:15:16,220 --> 00:15:17,040
the journalist and

822
00:15:17,040 --> 00:15:17,460
then have him

823
00:15:17,460 --> 00:15:17,960
write the thing

824
00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:18,340
and then that.

825
00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:19,040
No they just

826
00:15:19,040 --> 00:15:19,520
cut out the

827
00:15:19,520 --> 00:15:20,040
middleman.

828
00:15:21,640 --> 00:15:21,920
The CIA.

829
00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:23,120
Mocking twerp I

830
00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:23,300
believe.

831
00:15:23,300 --> 00:15:24,100
Yeah mocking

832
00:15:24,100 --> 00:15:24,700
twerp.

833
00:15:24,800 --> 00:15:25,440
The CIA had

834
00:15:25,440 --> 00:15:26,240
placed hundreds

835
00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:27,920
of agents into

836
00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:28,880
newsrooms and

837
00:15:28,880 --> 00:15:29,460
had convinced

838
00:15:29,460 --> 00:15:30,400
hundreds more

839
00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:31,260
reporters to

840
00:15:31,260 --> 00:15:32,040
collaborate with

841
00:15:32,040 --> 00:15:32,320
them.

842
00:15:32,680 --> 00:15:33,540
Patriots all.

843
00:15:34,640 --> 00:15:35,300
These included

844
00:15:35,300 --> 00:15:36,220
individuals at some

845
00:15:36,220 --> 00:15:36,560
of the most

846
00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:37,420
influential outlets

847
00:15:37,420 --> 00:15:38,140
including the New

848
00:15:38,140 --> 00:15:38,720
York Times.

849
00:15:39,180 --> 00:15:40,100
The CIA needed to

850
00:15:40,100 --> 00:15:40,580
do this

851
00:15:40,580 --> 00:15:42,320
clandestinely because

852
00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:43,180
any attempt to do

853
00:15:43,180 --> 00:15:44,940
so openly would

854
00:15:44,940 --> 00:15:45,480
harm the

855
00:15:45,480 --> 00:15:46,300
effectiveness of

856
00:15:46,300 --> 00:15:47,180
the operation and

857
00:15:47,180 --> 00:15:47,800
provoke stiff

858
00:15:47,800 --> 00:15:48,760
public resistance.

859
00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:51,260
But by 2015

860
00:15:51,260 --> 00:15:52,560
there was barely

861
00:15:52,560 --> 00:15:53,340
a murmur of

862
00:15:53,340 --> 00:15:54,180
disapproval when

863
00:15:54,180 --> 00:15:54,920
Reuters announced

864
00:15:54,920 --> 00:15:55,900
that it was hiring

865
00:15:55,900 --> 00:15:57,220
33 year veteran of

866
00:15:57,220 --> 00:15:58,420
the CIA manager and

867
00:15:58,420 --> 00:15:59,140
director Don

868
00:15:59,140 --> 00:16:00,920
Shikali as a

869
00:16:00,920 --> 00:16:02,320
global director.

870
00:16:02,900 --> 00:16:03,780
Even when the

871
00:16:03,780 --> 00:16:04,460
company announced

872
00:16:04,460 --> 00:16:05,180
that her primary

873
00:16:05,180 --> 00:16:06,740
responsibility was

874
00:16:06,740 --> 00:16:07,300
to advance

875
00:16:07,300 --> 00:16:08,140
Thomson Reuters

876
00:16:08,140 --> 00:16:08,940
ability to meet

877
00:16:08,940 --> 00:16:09,580
with disparate

878
00:16:09,580 --> 00:16:10,420
needs of the U.S.

879
00:16:10,560 --> 00:16:10,920
government.

880
00:16:12,520 --> 00:16:13,380
She was still

881
00:16:13,380 --> 00:16:14,480
nobody cares.

882
00:16:15,280 --> 00:16:16,140
Facebook however

883
00:16:16,140 --> 00:16:17,140
is vastly more

884
00:16:17,140 --> 00:16:17,960
influential than the

885
00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:19,420
New York Times or

886
00:16:19,420 --> 00:16:21,560
Reuters because the

887
00:16:21,560 --> 00:16:22,300
Facebook reaches

888
00:16:22,300 --> 00:16:23,300
billions of people

889
00:16:23,300 --> 00:16:23,820
daily.

890
00:16:24,320 --> 00:16:25,960
Reuters and New

891
00:16:25,960 --> 00:16:26,520
York Times does

892
00:16:26,520 --> 00:16:26,940
not.

893
00:16:28,580 --> 00:16:29,500
The CIA is sick

894
00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:29,960
of them and

895
00:16:29,960 --> 00:16:30,500
they're moving on

896
00:16:30,500 --> 00:16:31,240
to the people who

897
00:16:31,240 --> 00:16:31,540
count.

898
00:16:32,300 --> 00:16:33,400
They got rid of

899
00:16:33,400 --> 00:16:33,940
that's right.

900
00:16:34,540 --> 00:16:35,460
In that sense it

901
00:16:35,460 --> 00:16:36,300
stands to reason

902
00:16:36,300 --> 00:16:37,160
that it would be a

903
00:16:37,160 --> 00:16:38,220
prime target of any

904
00:16:38,220 --> 00:16:39,420
intelligence organization.

905
00:16:39,900 --> 00:16:40,840
It has become so

906
00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:42,200
big and ubiquitous

907
00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:43,900
that many consider it

908
00:16:43,900 --> 00:16:45,040
a de facto public

909
00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:46,940
commons and

910
00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:47,620
believe it should

911
00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:48,320
no longer be

912
00:16:48,320 --> 00:16:48,920
treated as a

913
00:16:48,920 --> 00:16:49,580
private company.

914
00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:50,320
I'm one of those

915
00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:51,120
people that thinks

916
00:16:51,120 --> 00:16:52,260
Facebook and

917
00:16:52,260 --> 00:16:53,340
Meta and Twitter

918
00:16:53,340 --> 00:16:54,280
and YouTube should

919
00:16:54,280 --> 00:16:55,020
be tweeted

920
00:16:55,020 --> 00:16:56,600
treated and

921
00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:58,340
tweeted as a

922
00:16:58,340 --> 00:16:59,100
public utility.

923
00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:00,020
Well they are

924
00:17:00,020 --> 00:17:00,400
now.

925
00:17:00,540 --> 00:17:01,020
I didn't know that

926
00:17:01,020 --> 00:17:01,920
they literally are

927
00:17:01,920 --> 00:17:03,080
because you got the

928
00:17:03,080 --> 00:17:04,040
government inside

929
00:17:04,040 --> 00:17:05,180
controlling it.

930
00:17:05,580 --> 00:17:07,080
They made it that.

931
00:17:07,860 --> 00:17:08,700
Considering who's

932
00:17:08,700 --> 00:17:09,660
making many of the

933
00:17:09,660 --> 00:17:10,600
decisions on the

934
00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:11,860
platform that

935
00:17:11,860 --> 00:17:12,780
distinction between

936
00:17:12,780 --> 00:17:13,720
public and private

937
00:17:13,720 --> 00:17:14,620
entities is even

938
00:17:14,620 --> 00:17:16,820
more blurry than

939
00:17:16,820 --> 00:17:17,780
many presume.

940
00:17:18,960 --> 00:17:19,920
And now you know

941
00:17:19,920 --> 00:17:21,260
the rest of the

942
00:17:21,260 --> 00:17:22,200
story about

943
00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,100
Facebook censorship

944
00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:25,820
and the partnership

945
00:17:25,820 --> 00:17:27,000
between the security

946
00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:28,000
state and social

947
00:17:28,000 --> 00:17:28,500
media.

948
00:17:28,760 --> 00:17:29,940
Man Alan I like

949
00:17:29,940 --> 00:17:30,840
that guy Alan too.

950
00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:31,760
Alan McLeod.

951
00:17:32,220 --> 00:17:32,700
Yeah he's gonna

952
00:17:32,700 --> 00:17:33,580
lose his Venmo now.

953
00:17:33,700 --> 00:17:34,200
They already got his

954
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PayPal.

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No kidding.

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Yeah we talked

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about this a long

958
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time ago.

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He was for some

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Ukraine thing.

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Remember he was

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a straight up good

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guy though.

964
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I had him on.

965
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He's like we should

966
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have him on this

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show.

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Malcolm write it

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down.

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Let's have Alex

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McLeod on the

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show.

973
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Alan Alan.

974
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I think I wrote

975
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Alex something.

976
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I'd rather have

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Alex.

978
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Yeah I was

979
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thinking that too.

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We get them

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both.

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See both are

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available.

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here in Los

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