The Wokefeller Foundation for Education
This is merely a quote from a FB Page that cites Rectenwald's recent post. I agree with his observation and intend to become acquainated with some of his books Springtime for Snowflakes , Google Archipelago, and Beyond Woke: The "libertarian" argument that Facebook et al. are private companies and likewise that they don't censor is specious and patently mistaken. Facebook et al. are *state apparatuses*. They grant backdoor access to user data to the NSA; they have contracts with and are virtually extensions of the intelligence industry; in the case of Facebook, startup capital came vis-a-vis In-Q-Tel, the CIA's own private-sector venture capital investment firm, to fund promising start-ups that might create technologies useful for intelligence agencies. They police opinion so that it confirms to official state narratives and excludes or bans other perspectives. These are no less extensions of the state than any military or intelligence contractor. Michael Recte...