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'''Meta Platforms, Inc.''' is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Imperialism|imperialist]] surveillance and propaganda network distributed across almost all countries worldwide. Its primary product is Facebook, a [[Bourgeois media|bourgeois social media]] service which acts serves as censor and propagandist for [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[NATO]] powers, through NATO's Atlantic Council think tank.<ref>Dina Srinivasan (2018). ''The antitrust case against Facebook: a monopolist’s journey towards pervasive surveillance in spite of consumers’ preference for privacy.'' Berkeley Business Law Journal. ([https://tind-customer-berkeleylaw.s3.amazonaws.com/c7685f66-f36b-4cd9-a1d9-ef9d046f611c?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27fulltext.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAXL7W7Q3XNDXVUP4O%2F20210615%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Date=20210615T163852Z&X-Amz-Signature=48eae98241b98f94fcb39e59e31bb5361dfc3a696505dd7e54ff37fe48f7d30a PDF link])</ref><ref>https://www.projectcensored.org/atlantic-council-partners-with-facebook-to-censor-social-media/</ref> It was established in 2004, by [[Mark Zuckerberg]] who is currently the 5th richest person in the world.<ref group="lower-alpha">As of 2021. | '''Meta Platforms, Inc.''' is a [[United States of America|Statesian]] [[Imperialism|imperialist]] surveillance and propaganda network distributed across almost all countries worldwide. Its primary product is Facebook, a [[Bourgeois media|bourgeois social media]] service which acts serves as censor and propagandist for [[Imperialism|imperialist]] [[NATO]] powers, through NATO's Atlantic Council think tank.<ref>Dina Srinivasan (2018). ''The antitrust case against Facebook: a monopolist’s journey towards pervasive surveillance in spite of consumers’ preference for privacy.'' Berkeley Business Law Journal. ([https://tind-customer-berkeleylaw.s3.amazonaws.com/c7685f66-f36b-4cd9-a1d9-ef9d046f611c?response-content-disposition=attachment%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27fulltext.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Expires=86400&X-Amz-Credential=AKIAXL7W7Q3XNDXVUP4O%2F20210615%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Date=20210615T163852Z&X-Amz-Signature=48eae98241b98f94fcb39e59e31bb5361dfc3a696505dd7e54ff37fe48f7d30a PDF link])</ref><ref>https://www.projectcensored.org/atlantic-council-partners-with-facebook-to-censor-social-media/</ref> It was established in 2004, by [[Mark Zuckerberg]] who is currently the 5th richest person in the world.<ref group="lower-alpha">As of 2021. | ||
{{News citation|journalist=|date=|title=World's billionaires list|url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/|newspaper=Forbes|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> Facebook has had documented ties to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]],<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Elliott Gabriel|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Pentagon Capitalism and Silicon Valley: Google’s Drone War Project Shows Big Data’s Military Roots|date=2018-04-06|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328183418/https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/|archive-date=2022-03-28|retrieved=2022-07-06}}</ref> [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]], and [[United States National Security Agency|NSA]].<ref>The Guardian (2013). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data ''NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others'']</ref> | {{News citation|journalist=|date=|title=World's billionaires list|url=https://www.forbes.com/billionaires/|newspaper=Forbes|archive-url=|archive-date=|retrieved=}}</ref> Facebook has had documented ties to the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]],<ref name=":0">{{News citation|author=Elliott Gabriel|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Pentagon Capitalism and Silicon Valley: Google’s Drone War Project Shows Big Data’s Military Roots|date=2018-04-06|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328183418/https://www.mintpressnews.com/pentagon-capitalism-and-silicon-valley-googles-drone-war-project-shows-big-datas-military-roots/240210/|archive-date=2022-03-28|retrieved=2022-07-06}}</ref> [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]],<ref name=":1">{{News citation|author=[[Alan Macleod]]|newspaper=[[MintPress News]]|title=Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook's Content Policy|date=2022-07-12|url=https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebook-content-policy/281307/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714063931/https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebook-content-policy/281307/|archive-date=2022-07-14|retrieved=2022-07-14}}</ref> and [[United States National Security Agency|NSA]].<ref>The Guardian (2013). [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/jun/06/us-tech-giants-nsa-data ''NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others'']</ref> | ||
== Platforms == | == Platforms == | ||
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== Controversies == | == Controversies == | ||
=== Censorship === | |||
Facebook deleted hundreds of pro-[[Sandinista National Liberation Front|Sandinista]] accounts and pages less than a week before an election in [[Republic of Nicaragua|Nicaragua]].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== CIA connections === | |||
Meta's senior product policy manager for misinformation, [[Aaron Berman]], worked for the CIA until 2019 and prepared and oversaw the president's daily brief. Meta Trust and Safety Product Manager [[Deborah Berman]] worked for the CIA for ten years as a data and intelligence analyst and was a specialist on [[Syrian Arab Republic|Syria]]. [[Bryan Weisbard]] was a CIA agent who led global "counter-terrorism" investigations and is currently Director of Trust and Safety, Security and Data Privacy for Meta.<ref name=":1" /> | |||
=== Fake whistleblower incident === | === Fake whistleblower incident === | ||
In 2021, an ex-employee of Facebook was brought before US congress to testify about the company. Her testimony was basically a demand for increased censorship and government control over the social network. This so-called "whistleblower" was hailed by the US corporate media, unlike the treatment of [[Julian Assange]] and [[Edward Snowden]] who actually risked their lives to expose truth.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/21/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-us-intelligence/ Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Frances Haugen represented by US intelligence insiders] by Alexander Rubinstein on [[The Grayzone]]</ref> | In 2021, an ex-employee of Facebook was brought before US congress to testify about the company. Her testimony was basically a demand for increased censorship and government control over the social network. This so-called "whistleblower" was hailed by the US corporate media, unlike the treatment of [[Julian Assange]] and [[Edward Snowden]] who actually risked their lives to expose the truth.<ref>[https://thegrayzone.com/2021/10/21/facebook-whistleblower-frances-haugen-us-intelligence/ Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Frances Haugen represented by US intelligence insiders] by Alexander Rubinstein on [[The Grayzone]]</ref> | ||
=== Promotion of violence === | === Promotion of violence === | ||
In July 2009 the [[Turkistan Islamic Party|East Turkestan Islamic Movement]], a terrorist group based in the [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region|Xinjiang region]] of [[People's Republic of China|China]], used Facebook to organize the [[7-5 riots|Ürümqi riots]]. After the Chinese government requested Facebook to restrict the terrorists from organizing on their platform, Facebook responded by asserting the ETIM's right to "freedom of speech". The Chinese government then banned Facebook from being used in China.<ref>{{News citation|date=July 10, 2009|title=80 pct of netizens agree China should punish Facebook|url=http://en.people.cn/90001/90776/90882/6697993.html|newspaper=People's Daily}}</ref> | In July 2009 the [[Turkistan Islamic Party|East Turkestan Islamic Movement]], a terrorist group based in the [[Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region|Xinjiang region]] of [[People's Republic of China|China]], used Facebook to organize the [[7-5 riots|Ürümqi riots]]. After the Chinese government requested Facebook to restrict the terrorists from organizing on their platform, Facebook responded by asserting the ETIM's right to "freedom of speech". The Chinese government then banned Facebook from being used in China.<ref>{{News citation|date=July 10, 2009|title=80 pct of netizens agree China should punish Facebook|url=http://en.people.cn/90001/90776/90882/6697993.html|newspaper=People's Daily}}</ref> | ||
In 2021, right-wing [[Republic of Cuba|Cuban]] exiles used Facebook to attempt a color revolution against the [[Communist Party of Cuba]].<ref name=":1" /> | |||
Meta's social media Facebook is "temporarily" allowing users to voice support for violence against Russians during the ongoing [[2022 Russo-Ukranian conflict|2022 Russo-Ukraine conflict]], which would've otherwise been against the platform's terms of service.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Munsif Vengattil and Elizabeth Culliford|date=2022-03-10|title=EXCLUSIVE Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin's death|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-facebook-instagram-temporarily-allow-calls-violence-against-russians-2022-03-10/|newspaper=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> As a result, Meta is under a criminal investigation in the [[Russian Federation]] for the promotion of extremism.<ref>{{News citation|date=2022-03-11|title=Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death calls on Facebook|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-meta-would-have-cease-work-russia-if-reuters-report-is-true-2022-03-11/|newspaper=Reuters|retrieved=2022-03-11}}</ref> | Meta's social media Facebook is "temporarily" allowing users to voice support for violence against Russians during the ongoing [[2022 Russo-Ukranian conflict|2022 Russo-Ukraine conflict]], which would've otherwise been against the platform's terms of service.<ref>{{News citation|journalist=Munsif Vengattil and Elizabeth Culliford|date=2022-03-10|title=EXCLUSIVE Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin's death|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/exclusive-facebook-instagram-temporarily-allow-calls-violence-against-russians-2022-03-10/|newspaper=[[Reuters]]}}</ref> As a result, Meta is under a criminal investigation in the [[Russian Federation]] for the promotion of extremism.<ref>{{News citation|date=2022-03-11|title=Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death calls on Facebook|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/kremlin-says-meta-would-have-cease-work-russia-if-reuters-report-is-true-2022-03-11/|newspaper=Reuters|retrieved=2022-03-11}}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 20:11, 14 July 2022
Meta Platforms, Inc. | |
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| Industry | Social media |
| Founded | TheFacebook, Inc. January 4, 2004 |
| Headquarters | Menlo Park, California, United States |
Meta Platforms, Inc. is a Statesian imperialist surveillance and propaganda network distributed across almost all countries worldwide. Its primary product is Facebook, a bourgeois social media service which acts serves as censor and propagandist for imperialist NATO powers, through NATO's Atlantic Council think tank.[1][2] It was established in 2004, by Mark Zuckerberg who is currently the 5th richest person in the world.[a] Facebook has had documented ties to the FBI,[3] CIA,[4] and NSA.[5]
Platforms
With over 2 billion users worldwide in over 180 countries,[6][7] WhatsApp has a monopoly of instant messaging services in many Latin American and African countries, such as Kenya (97%), South Africa (96%), Argentina (93%), Colombia (92%) and Brazil (91%).[8]
Controversies
Censorship
Facebook deleted hundreds of pro-Sandinista accounts and pages less than a week before an election in Nicaragua.[4]
CIA connections
Meta's senior product policy manager for misinformation, Aaron Berman, worked for the CIA until 2019 and prepared and oversaw the president's daily brief. Meta Trust and Safety Product Manager Deborah Berman worked for the CIA for ten years as a data and intelligence analyst and was a specialist on Syria. Bryan Weisbard was a CIA agent who led global "counter-terrorism" investigations and is currently Director of Trust and Safety, Security and Data Privacy for Meta.[4]
Fake whistleblower incident
In 2021, an ex-employee of Facebook was brought before US congress to testify about the company. Her testimony was basically a demand for increased censorship and government control over the social network. This so-called "whistleblower" was hailed by the US corporate media, unlike the treatment of Julian Assange and Edward Snowden who actually risked their lives to expose the truth.[9]
Promotion of violence
In July 2009 the East Turkestan Islamic Movement, a terrorist group based in the Xinjiang region of China, used Facebook to organize the Ürümqi riots. After the Chinese government requested Facebook to restrict the terrorists from organizing on their platform, Facebook responded by asserting the ETIM's right to "freedom of speech". The Chinese government then banned Facebook from being used in China.[10]
In 2021, right-wing Cuban exiles used Facebook to attempt a color revolution against the Communist Party of Cuba.[4]
Meta's social media Facebook is "temporarily" allowing users to voice support for violence against Russians during the ongoing 2022 Russo-Ukraine conflict, which would've otherwise been against the platform's terms of service.[11] As a result, Meta is under a criminal investigation in the Russian Federation for the promotion of extremism.[12]
References
- ↑ Dina Srinivasan (2018). The antitrust case against Facebook: a monopolist’s journey towards pervasive surveillance in spite of consumers’ preference for privacy. Berkeley Business Law Journal. (PDF link)
- ↑ https://www.projectcensored.org/atlantic-council-partners-with-facebook-to-censor-social-media/
- ↑ Elliott Gabriel (2018-04-06). "Pentagon Capitalism and Silicon Valley: Google’s Drone War Project Shows Big Data’s Military Roots" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2022-03-28. Retrieved 2022-07-06.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Alan Macleod (2022-07-12). "Meet the Ex-CIA Agents Deciding Facebook's Content Policy" MintPress News. Archived from the original on 2022-07-14. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ↑ The Guardian (2013). NSA Prism program taps in to user data of Apple, Google and others
- ↑ Most popular global mobile messenger apps as of January 2022, based on number of monthly active users. Statista.
- ↑ "WhatsApp statistics: revenue, usage, and history" (2022-01-06). Fortunly.
- ↑ "What countries are the biggest WhatsApp users?" (2021-12-22). Verint.
- ↑ Facebook ‘whistleblower’ Frances Haugen represented by US intelligence insiders by Alexander Rubinstein on The Grayzone
- ↑ "80 pct of netizens agree China should punish Facebook" (July 10, 2009). People's Daily.
- ↑ Munsif Vengattil and Elizabeth Culliford (2022-03-10). "EXCLUSIVE Facebook temporarily allows posts on Ukraine war calling for violence against invading Russians or Putin's death" Reuters.
- ↑ "Russia opens criminal investigation of Meta over death calls on Facebook" (2022-03-11). Reuters. Retrieved 2022-03-11.
Notes
- ↑ As of 2021. "World's billionaires list". Forbes.