Why Are So Many Former FBI And CIA Officials In Senior Positions In Twitter And Facebook?

New York Post: Facebook, Twitter stocked with ex-FBI, CIA officials in key posts  

WASHINGTON — Dozens of former national security officials have gone to work for Facebook and Twitter after leaving government service, raising concerns about the influence of their onetime agencies over the social media giants.

At Twitter alone, at least eight former FBI agents work at the company’s so-called “trust” and “security” divisions — including its product policy manager Greg Anderson, who previously worked on “psychological operations” at the National Security Council, The Post has learned. 

Another is Matthew Williams, the company’s co-lead of its Trust and Safety department who spent more that 15 years in intelligence with the agency.  

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WNU Editor: What are they hiding? .... FBI declines to list other social media companies it paid, says $3.5 mil Twitter payment was 'reimbursement' (FOX News).

Update: There is now a Pentagon angle .... Twitter colluded with Pentagon to run network of fake accounts around the world – including AI-created deep fakes – despite publicly claiming to delete government backed propaganda (Daily Mail).

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