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Multiple Facebook users have reported being banned, or having their posts censored, after sharing an investigation by The Grayzone’s Kit Klarenberg into CIA and MI6 involvement in the creation of ISIS. Readers who post links to the piece on the social network find themselves frozen out of their accounts, on the apparent grounds that Facebook has classified Klarenberg as a “dangerous individual.”

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[–] davel@lemmy.ml 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I’m not sure I would consider this world news. Maybe !mediacriticism@lemmy.ml or !social_media@lemmy.ml or !facebook@lemmy.ml or !antifacebook@lemmy.ml?

The Substack article in question: How CIA and MI6 Created ISIS

Edit to add: The military-industrial complex has its eye on the fediverse now as well: Collective Security In a Federated World

ETA II: Looks like Klarenberg’s piece has been published in several places, including: