Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………………………………………..1
Table of Contents……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4
Background ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..5
I. FBI components involved in the FBI-SBU censorship scheme………………………………………………5
A. Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF)………………………………………………………………………………..5
B. San Francisco Field Office……………………………………………………………………………………………..6
C. Legal Attachés (Legats)…………………………………………………………………………………………………6
II. Russian infiltration into the SBU……………………………………………………………………………………….7
A. The SBU’s historical ties to Russia, the KGB, and the FSB…………………………………………………7
B. President Zelenskyy purged the SBU of Russian collaborators after the SBU’s censorship
work with the FBI……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..8
FBI Censorship Efforts on Behalf of and in Coordination with the SBU ………………………………….10
I. The FBI and SBU sent Meta massive spreadsheets containing thousands of accounts
to remove, including authentic American accounts………………………………………………………………10
II. The FBI offered Meta legal cover to remove the SBU’s flagged accounts …………………………..12
III. The FBI, on behalf of the SBU, requested the removal of a verified U.S.
State Department account and an American journalist………………………………………………………..13
IV. The FBI and SBU also sought the removal of Facebook and Instagram posts that
were supportive of Ukraine and critical of Russia, the invasion, and Vladimir Putin. ……………….15
V. Meta suggested establishing a “24/7 channel” to respond to the SBU’s requests………………..18
VI. The FBI facilitated the SBU’s censorship requests to Google and YouTube………………………19
VII. The FBI and SBU also tried to censor American journalists on Twitter ……………………………22
VIII. The FBI continued relaying the SBU’s requests even after the FBI was told it had
unconstitutionally flagged American accounts for removal …………………………………………………23
Conclusion …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..25
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