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Mark Zuckerberg's revelation Facebook suppressed Hunter Biden laptop stories sparks backlash

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 26, 2022
The New York Post revealed the sordid files of the computer exposing compromising photographs of the candidate's son and his tense business dealings implicating his father three weeks before the election. Many considered the massive repository of files, emails, and photos as a smoking gun that might have turned the tide in the election, but Facebook and Twitter blocked the article due to widespread suspicions that it might have been Russian misinformation. The laptop was independently verified by top cyber experts and has been releasing news on a daily basis since, but some other news outlets have declined to cover the story. Now, Zuckerberg has openly admitted how he tried to discourage the people from reading the news in a troubling glimpse of how easily democracy can be undermined by tech companies.

Senators call for testimony from FBI bosses who briefed Congress on Russian disinformation in 2020

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 26, 2022
Sens Chuck Grassley and Ron Johnson have requested that the two FBI agents who briefed Congress about Russian disinformation testify about the organization's purpose. It was only done because of pressure from our Democratic colleagues,' they said in a letter sent to the agents on Thursday, and that it gave the Democrats and liberal media the opportunity to spread their false belief that our work advanced Russian disinformation.' The letter named the agents as Nikki Floris, the intelligence analyst in charge of the Washington Field Office's intelligence division, right, and Bradley Benavides, deputy assistant director of the Washington Field Office's Counterintelligence Division