According to a July 10 report from the House of Representatives Judiciary Office, Meta employees will begin March 2022 on creating a “24/7 channel” to expedite the Ukrainian government’s online censorship requests. I asked the FBI.
On March 14, 2022, Meta sent an email to FBI Special Agent Aleksandr Kovzanets about setting up a “24/7 channel” to respond to urgent censorship requests from the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). rice field. according to Report of the House Judiciary.
“We also need to talk about ER as soon as possible.” [Emergency Requests] From SBU. They do not accept any mail from their domain and seem reluctant to bother you with too many requests. I just want to know how to set up a 24/7 channel for the ER, according to the report,” the employee wrote. He also suggested sending law enforcement emails to “Volodmir,” whose identity was not identified in the House report. (Related: FBI helps Americans censor Ukrainian spy-ridden Ukrainian spy agency, House report concludes)
🚨🚨🚨 The FBI, on behalf of the compromised Ukrainian intelligence agency, has demanded the removal of the US State Department verified accounts and US journalists.
Read what’s new @weaponize Please report here: https://t.co/8OsplRW2Jf pic.twitter.com/ManNgQp1DP
— House Judiciary Republican 🇺🇸 (@JudiciaryGOP) July 10, 2023
It is unclear whether the FBI has set up a “24/7 channel” for sending censorship requests to the SBU. The bureau declined to comment on the House Justice Department report.
Kobzanets used his Facebook and Instagram accounts to email Meta to review and possibly censor on behalf of SBU. His work with social media companies on behalf of Ukraine began shortly after Russia invaded the country in February 2022, according to a House report.
According to the report, Kobzanets sent two spreadsheets to Meta in March 2022 listing Facebook posts and accounts flagged by the SBU, including US residents with active accounts. . He also called for meta-censorship of Russian-language U.S. State Department accounts and U.S. journalists, leading House justice officials to conclude that the FBI did not properly scrutinize accounts identified by the SBU, the report continued.
Kobzanets also made similar requests to other tech platforms such as Google, YouTube and Twitter, the report concludes. The House Judiciary Committee said he worked closely with the FBI Special Agent Elvis Chan, who coordinated meetings with the FBI’s Task Force on Foreign Influence (FITF) and tech companies ahead of the 2020 presidential election. rice field.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has since dismissed the head of the SBU, telling the New York Post that 60 treason charges have been filed against officials from the SBU and the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine. report In July 2022.
Mehta did not immediately respond to the Daily Caller’s request for comment.
