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Charlie Sheen Thanked After Accused Russian Troll is Released From Libyan Prison
Read more: Charlie Sheen Thanked After Accused Russian Troll is Released From Libyan PrisonA U.S.-sanctioned Kremlin policy adviser has thanked Sheen after the star was seemingly paid $400 to record a video in support of Russian political operative Maxim Shugaley, now free after spending 18 months in a Tripoli prison. The video, addressed to Shugaley, was posted on YouTube in September by an obscure Russian channel named “Интер…
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Facebook Mislabels Historically Accurate Posts by Gay Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell as “Partly False”
Read more: Facebook Mislabels Historically Accurate Posts by Gay Rights Campaigner Peter Tatchell as “Partly False”Tatchell correctly identified Henry Kissinger as the architect of an illegal U.S. bombing campaign that potentially killed hundreds of thousands of Cambodians. Facebook’s fact-checkers disagreed. Update, November 24, 2020: Facebook has removed its disclaimer from Tatchell’s posts, but did not return a request for comment. British gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell has long been a…
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Cambridge Analytica-Linked Data Company Behind Trump Phone-Canvassing Campaign
Read more: Cambridge Analytica-Linked Data Company Behind Trump Phone-Canvassing CampaignGOP-funded websites managed by data-mining firm Bridgetree, Inc. allowed users to canvass for Trump in key states such as Pennsylvania. In an effort to rally support for incumbent Donald J. Trump in the lead-up to election day, the Republican National Committee hired a data-harvesting firm whose services were once sought by Cambridge Analytica, the disgraced U.K.…
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Danny Trejo Recruited in Russian Propaganda Campaign
Read more: Danny Trejo Recruited in Russian Propaganda CampaignTrejo is the latest Hollywood celebrity to make headlines in Russia after recording a video in support of a notorious Russian political operative. The celebrities are seemingly being recruited through the pay-for-videos site Cameo. Charlie Sheen, Dolph Lundgren, and Vinnie Jones appeared in their first ever film together last month, when an obscure Russian YouTube channel…
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39 Satirical Images of Indian PM Scrubbed From Buzzfeed
Read more: 39 Satirical Images of Indian PM Scrubbed From BuzzfeedTwo BuzzFeed listicles poking fun at Indian prime minister Narendra Modi have been scrubbed following a 2018 legal threat. Update, October 16, 2020: In a comment, BuzzFeed said that the most recent removals were not the result of further legal threats from Mumbai police, but the result of updates to BuzzFeed’s old content. Here is…
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The Wikipedia Whitewash That Cleared the Way for Trump Tower Moscow
Read more: The Wikipedia Whitewash That Cleared the Way for Trump Tower MoscowAs he was chasing a Trump Tower deal in Moscow, Trump associate Felix Sater — or someone working on behalf of Sater — was working hard to whitewash Trump’s Wikipedia biography. Felix Sater — the Russian-American real estate developer and former adviser to President Donald J. Trump — is back in the news, following a…
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Facebook Continues to Host Political Ads from Chinese Communist Party Mouthpiece
Read more: Facebook Continues to Host Political Ads from Chinese Communist Party MouthpieceThe ads comprise two videos from the Global Times defending China’s crackdown on political protests and attacking the Trump administration’s botched response to the coronavirus pandemic. Update, August 28, 2020: The two Global Times ads have been removed from Facebook’s ad library. A message reads: “This ad is no longer available in the library. This…
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The Economist Disappears “Advertisement Feature” Paid for by Chinese State-Backed Paper
Read more: The Economist Disappears “Advertisement Feature” Paid for by Chinese State-Backed PaperPaid content from the Beijing Review included an article attacking western news outlets and defending China’s botched response to the coronavirus outbreak. source In April, I bylined a story in BuzzFeed News about how during the pandemic, British newspaper The Daily Telegraph continued to sell advertising space on its site to the People’s Daily Online,…
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New Action Film “Shugalei” is Propaganda for Putin’s Cook
Read more: New Action Film “Shugalei” is Propaganda for Putin’s CookThe film credits election-meddling Russian oligarch Yevgeny Prigozhin as copyright holder. Yet the film’s co-financier, Alexander Malkevich, claims he was “not aware Prigozhin took any part in the creation of the film.” source As Libya’s U.N.-backed Government of National Accord wrests back control of Tripoli from Khalifa Haftar, the renegade leader of the Libyan National…
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Roger Stone’s Style Blog is Now a Spammy Marketing Site
Read more: Roger Stone’s Style Blog is Now a Spammy Marketing SiteStoneOnStyle.com was a fashion and politics blog run by Trump’s flamboyant campaign trickster. Now it’s used to promote hair loss treatments and online gambling. source In the midst of an ill-judged media blitz last year after being charged in Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, it appears that Trump’s former campaign trickster Roger Stone either sold off…
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