The
person(s) who first published documents of the shady UK organization
Integrity Initiative decided that the discussion is about the
Initiative is not yet sufficient and published more documents.
The
first dump on the Cyberguerilla site happened on November 5. [...] A
smaller dump on November 29 revealed more about the UK government
paid Integrity Initiatives influence work in Germany, Spain and
Greece.
[...]
The dump
includes invoices, internal analyses of international media responses
to the Skripal affair, the Initiative's operations in Scotland,
France and Italy, some strategy papers and various other stuff. There
are some interesting bits about the cooperation of the Initiative
with British Ministry of Defense.
[...]
A
"strictly confidential" proposal by the French company
Lexfo to spread the Integrity Initiative's state-sponsored propaganda
through an offensive online influence campaigns for a monthly pay per
language of €20-40.000. The proposal also includes an offer for
"counter activism" through "negative PR, legal
actions, ethical hack back, etc." for €50,000 per month.
The
offer claims that the company can launch hundreds of "news"
pieces per day on as many websites. It notably also offers to "edit"
Wikipedia articles. In short: This proposal describes large
disinformation operations under the disguise of fighting alleged
Russian disinformation.
[...]
The
Initiative, which has lots of 'former' military and intelligence
people among its staff, is targeting the political left in Britain as
well as in other countries. It is there where it becomes a danger to
the democratic societies of Europe.
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