The Charlie Kirk Show The CIA's Mass Censorship Behemoth
Feb 20, 2024
Exploring the evolution of censorship post-2016, including the rise of AI censorship capacities. Discussing COVID-19 censorship by Pentagon-funded institutions and digital suppression tactics. Diving into the Birelady Project and efforts to combat the censorship industrial complex. Delving into rigging elections and potential censorship campaigns in 2024.
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How Foreign Policy Created Censorship Tools
- The US built an overseas “department of dirty tricks” after 1898 that later shaped internet censorship tactics.
- George Kennan’s 1948 organized political warfare doctrine normalized foreign-facing covert influence tools now repurposed for online control.
Crimea Sparked The Shift From Tanks To Tweets
- Crimea 2014 and the Ukraine operation birthed NATO's hybrid warfare idea: modern conflict targets narratives not tanks.
- That triggered funding for AI-based natural language processing to monitor and proactively censor online narratives.
Military-Funded AI Runs Most Censorship
- By 2014–2016 the Pentagon and intelligence agencies funded AI tools that map online narratives and automate censorship.
- Over 99% of speech violations now come from machine-learning NLP systems created by military-funded projects.