Anonymous blows lid off huge psyop in Europe and it's funded by UK & US Anonymous has published documents which it claims have unearthed a massive UK-led psyop to create a "large-scale information secret service" in Europe – all under the guise of countering "Russian propaganda." Update: Following publication, a major Anonymous-linked account has denied the hacking group was behind the leak and the Integrity Initiative has confirmed receiving money from the British government. In a document dump on November 5, the group exposed the UK-based 'Integrity Initiative', said to have been established by the ominously titled Institute for Statecraft in 2015. The main objective is "to provide a coordinated Western response to Russian disinformation and other elements of hybrid warfare." The Institute for Statecraft is affiliated with the NATO HQ Public Diplomacy Division and the Home Office-funded 'Prevent' program, so objectivity is, of course, at the forefront of their work. Operating on a budget of £1.9 million (US$2.4 million), the secretive Integrity Initiative consists of "clusters" of local politicians, journalists, military personnel, scientists and academics. The team is dedicated to searching for and publishing "evidence" of Russian interference in European affairs, while themselves influencing leadership behind the scenes, the documents claim. The UK establishment appears to be conducting the very activities of which it and its allies have long-accused the Kremlin, with little or no corroborating evidence. The program also aims to "change attitudes in Russia itself" as well as influencing Russian speakers in the EU and North America, one of the leaked documents states. At present, the vast network allegedly has clusters for Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Lithuania, Norway, Serbia, and Montenegro... but there's more! According to the Anonymous leak, major plans to expand the sphere of influence throughout eastern Europe, the US, and Canada, as well as the MENA region, are allegedly underway. The clusters' work is apparently done under absolute secrecy via concealed contacts embedded throughout British embassies, the leak claims, some of which are listed as part of the documentation. In the documents, the Integrity Initiative states that sharing analysis of alleged "Russian attacks" with other countries in the network at a governmental level would likely increase international "collaboration and Alliance cohesion." The initiative claims it is not a government body, of course, but does work with unnamed British "government agencies." The initiative has received £168,000 in funding from HQ NATO Public Diplomacy and £250,000 from the US State Department, the documents allege. Some of its purported members include British MPs and high-profile "independent" journalists with a penchant for anti-Russian sentiment in their collective online oeuvre, as showcased by a brief glance at their Twitter feeds. In one particular example given as a case study of the group's activities, the docs reveal how effective the strategy could be. According to the documents, the 'Moncloa Campaign' was carried out by the group's Spanish cluster to prevent the appointment of Colonel Pedro Banos as director of Spain's Department of Homeland Security. And all it took was just a seven-and-a-half hour campaign, kicked off by several high-profile Spanish journalists affiliated with the secretive group. The case is being highlighted as one of the major examples, but similar operations can be carried out in numerous other EU states, Anonymous warns in their release. RT has contacted the British Foreign Office and Statecraft, and is awaiting response. Commenting on the matter to RIA Novosti, a Foreign Office representative said that all the data about the project is available in open sources and they would appreciate it if people found out more about it. Meanwhile, Moscow is not surprised by these activities, a diplomatic source told RT. The Foreign Ministry is studying and analyzing the leaked documents and will keep track of the issue, the source said. RT has also reached out to some of the people named in the clusters. In a statement to the channel, Edward Lucas said that the documents prove nothing and he was not paid by the Institute for Statecraft, but he supports their work. “I have not been paid by the Institute. But I applaud their work in dealing with the Chekist regime’s pernicious information and influence operations,” the journalist wrote. He added that it is better to investigate what he called “real Russophobia,” accusing the Russian government of “looting” the nation, “bullying neighboring countries and murdering its critics.” Meanwhile, Stephen Blank, Senior Fellow at the American Foreign Policy Council, called the leak “utter nonsense.” Sharing one’s own point of view is never a problem, unless it is a hidden campaign to manipulate public opinion, security analyst Charles Shoebridge said. He argues that the whole “cover operation” makes people believe they are seeing “genuine popular feelings,” but all of this is “orchestrated by generous funding and important figures linked to, in this case, the UK government.” “What we’ve got here is a hidden influence. Actually, these are not genuine opinions, or if they are genuine opinions, they are being pushed and given prominence because they are backed including by funding from organizations such as the UK government,” Shoebridge told RT. https://www.rt.com/news/444737-uk-funded-campaign-russia-leaks/
OP Nil desperandum, it'll probably go pear-shaped if we're involved - our politicos and pen-pushing militarists in the MoD are too dumb to organise a piss-up in a ****ing brewery, never mind a geopolitical engineering project.
Integrity Initiative confirmed it received money from the British Government and the leaked documents are genuine:
Im Edward Lucas' broken but proudly truth telling heart... "A redcoat troop came marching Marching, marching King George's men came marching Up to the old inn door"
This may be a current events story, but the practice of infiltrating social media spreading misinformation is as old as social media itself. The number of posters advancing official narratives in the absence of evidence or proof is significant, and not limited just to the British.
Sometimes the idiocy of politicians reaches unprecedented heights. Anthony Glees, a professor at Buckingham University, said that "the Masha and the Bear" cartoon, popular in Russia and in the West, is Russian propaganda that raises confidence in Russia in Western children. If you look at the information picture of the world that the Western media are painting on top of reality, it turns out that Russia is an extremely armed and aggressive country. Practically everything that comes from Russia is a threat to something. Everywhere you look, everything around is somehow under the Russian threat. Democracy and the elections in which Russia is interfering are under threat. Freedom of speech is threatened by Russian propaganda and fake news. Human rights, liberal and European values, equality and multiculturalism are threatened because Russia provoked a migration crisis and at the same time entered into an alliance with the European right-wing . European energy independence, which Russia is undermining with its gas, its gas pipelines, and its tankers, is under threat. Russia is dangerous to all. Even Russian women are not women at all, but “red sparrows” and “honey traps”. Russia, in the minds of a man of the West, is a monster, aimed at Civilization by hundreds of tentacles, poisonous stings, and tentacles. Monster, intended to destroy the universe. “Russia is a monster from the depths of the sea,” said the spokesman for the US State Department Heather Neuert this spring. “Russia has many tentacles.” Russians think that Europe is not Hitler and not Mussolini, not Ragnar Leather Pants or Crusades, not Cortes or concentration camps, but Kant, Bach, Shakespeare, Michelangelo and "Ode to Joy". Not genocide in Congo, but Andersen’s fairy tales. But the modern politicians of the West (because they are the ones who dictate international policy) - this is currently generally anti-Bach. This is street art, rap about white genocide. And Macron and Merkel are products of long undeserved, not earned and not conquered well-being. Obesity and kaif, from which ordinary people require them refuse. Merkel, Macron, Clinton, Trump and others, they are addicts who receive ecstasy from power. They are ready to destroy the planet for a new dose. In addition. Today, Putin spoke at the investment forum. He said that because of the introduction of sanctions against Russia, the EU lost 400 thousand jobs. "There are obvious things, objective, confirmed by statistics. We have 450 billion dollars in trade turnover with the EU countries, and this is our largest trade and economic partner. Now, I think. There is a difference And according to the European Parliament's estimates, the short supply of European products to the Russian market led to a reduction of 400 thousand jobs in enterprises of the European Union countries, "said Putin. He called such an impact a blow to the economy of European countries, people and social issues.
yeah I've come across one of these British trolls... omg what a $#(&(^(^# jerk, so much so that he clean converted me for the other side ... I think they need some fine tuning
I met a British Troll the other day wouldn't let me cross the bridge until I paid a Toll. We might be on different pages
It might be the same Troll... he has a thing for ostriches.... how bout your guy... is he into ostriches?
Good post. I've been saying for a long time the West has gone insane and am more convinced of it with every passing day! We're being governed by fools, and something nasty is going to happen, I know it is.
It’s just the media and the power they have wielded for quite a long time now. But the social media revolution has brought forth opinions from all sides. But, we still see the majority of these “opinions” articles, or comments or whatever else. To a lot of people, it just never made sense.... But it’s just more obvious to see than ever when you look at the sheer numbers. The volume of comments, articles and opinions come from the same echo chamber of people, meanwhile the country is still basically +/-3, 50/50 split in every election. It’s backfiring now as nobody is simply paying attention to them. Yes it’s true, media representation is dropping, but Consevative medianis flat or slightly dropping while Progressive is tanking. And the new mediums like YouTube are actually now Conseratice bastions while Twitter is a pretty decently even split. But when google and Facebook and whatever keep slammming down their opinions and “universally accepted truths”, people stop listening completely. I know I have
