ABAPHATHI baka-TWITTER BABE Ibanga iminyaka ukuba inkampani yenza iinzame ezidityanisiweyo zokufumanisa kunye nokuthintela amaphulo obuxoki axhaswa ngurhulumente kwiqonga lawo.
Ngaphaya kwemiboniso, nangona kunjalo, isigebenga senethiwekhi yentlalo sinike imvume ngokuthe ngqo kunye nokhuseleko lwangaphakathi kwinethiwekhi yomkhosi wase-US yeeakhawunti zemidiya yoluntu kunye nabantu abakwi-intanethi, ibala elimhlophe ibhetshi yeeakhawunti ngesicelo sikarhulumente. I-Pentagon isebenzise le nethiwekhi, equka ii-portals zeendaba ezenziwe ngurhulumente wase-US kunye neememes, kumzamo wokubumba uluvo e-Yemen, eSiriya, e-Iraq, e-Kuwait, nangaphaya.
Iiakhawunti ekuthethwa ngazo zaqala ngokuphandle zinxulumana norhulumente wase-US. Kodwa emva koko iPentagon yabonakala ngathi itshintsha amaqhinga kwaye yaqala ukufihla ukunxulumana kwayo nezinye zezi akhawunti-inyathelo eliya kuhlobo lokukhohlisa kweqonga ngabom uTwitter oluchasile esidlangalaleni. Nangona abaphathi bakaTwitter bagcina ulwazi ngee-akhawunti, abazange bazivale, kodwa baziyeke zihlale zisebenza iminyaka. Abanye bahlala bekhuthele.
Izityhilelo zingcwatywe kwiindawo zokugcina ii-imeyile ze-Twitter kunye nezixhobo zangaphakathi, apho i-Intercept inikwe ukufikelela ixesha elifutshane kwiveki ephelileyo kunye neqela labanye ababhali kunye neentatheli. Ukulandela ukuthengwa kuka-Elon Musk kwe-Twitter, usozigidigidi waqala ukunika ukufikelela kumaxwebhu enkampani, esithi kwi-Twitter Space ukuba "umbono jikelele kukuveza nantoni na embi eyenziwe ngu-Twitter kwixesha elidlulileyo." Iifayile, ezibandakanya iirekhodi ezenziwe phantsi kobunini be-Musk, zibonelela ngokungakaze kwenzeke, ukuba aziphelelanga, ingqiqo ekuthathweni kwezigqibo ngaphakathi kwenkampani enkulu yentlalo yoluntu.
I-Twitter ayizange ibonelele ngokungena ngokungenasiphelo kulwazi lwenkampani; kunokuba, iintsuku ezintathu kwiveki edlulileyo, bandivumela ukuba ndenze izicelo ngaphandle kwesithintelo ezathi zazaliseka egameni lam ngummeli, oku kuthetha ukuba iziphumo zophando zinokuthi zingabikho. Khange ndivume nayiphi na imiqathango elawula ukusetyenziswa kwamaxwebhu, kwaye ndenze iinzame zokuqinisekisa kunye nokulungelelanisa amaxwebhu ngokuqhubeka nokuxela. Ukuhlengahlengiswa kumaxwebhu afakwe kweli bali kwenziwa yi-Intercept ukukhusela ubumfihlo, hayi i-Twitter.
UNCEDO NGQO I-Twitter enikezelwe kwiPentagon ibuyela emva ubuncinci iminyaka emihlanu.
NgoJulayi 26, 2017, uNathaniel Kahler, ngelo xesha igosa elisebenza kunye ne-US Central Command - eyaziwa ngokuba yi-CENTCOM, icandelo leSebe lezoKhuselo - imeyile ummeli we-Twitter kunye neqela lomgaqo-nkqubo wenkampani yoluntu, kunye nesicelo sokuvuma ukuqinisekiswa kwe-akhawunti enye kunye "noluhlu olumhlophe" uluhlu lwee-akhawunti zolwimi lwesi-Arabhu "sisebenzisa ukukhulisa imiyalezo ethile."
โSineakhawunti ezingafakwanga kwisalathiso kwii-hashtag-mhlawumbi ziye zaphawulwa njenge-bots,โ wabhala uKahler. "Abambalwa kwaba bakhe abalandeli bokwenyani kwaye sinethemba lokuhlangula." U-Kahler wongezelela ukuba uyavuya ukubonelela ngeempepha ezingaphezulu kwiofisi yakhe okanye i-SOCOM, isifinyezo se-US Special Operations Command.
I-Twitter ngelo xesha yayenze inkqubo yokufumanisa ukuxhatshazwa eyongeziweyo ejolise ngokuyinxenye ekuboniseni izenzo ezikhohlakeleyo ezinxulumene ne-Islamic State kunye neminye imibutho yobundlobongela esebenza kuMbindi Mpuma. Njengesiphumo esingathanga ngqo sezi nzame, omnye owayesakuba ngumsebenzi we-Twitter wachazela i-Intercept, ii-akhawunti ezilawulwa ngumkhosi ezazihlala zizibandakanya namaqela aneembono ezibaxiweyo zaziphawulwa ngokuzenzekelayo njengogaxekile. Owayesakuba ngumsebenzi, owayebandakanyeka kuluhlu olumhlophe lweeakhawunti ze-CENTCOM, wathetha ne-Intercept phantsi kwemeko yokungaziwa ngenxa yokuba babengagunyaziswanga ukuba bathethe esidlangalaleni.
Kwi-imeyile yakhe, uKahler wathumela a ispredishithi ngeeakhawunti ezingama-52. Wacela inkonzo ephambili ezintandathu akhawunti, kuquka @yemencurrent, i-akhawunti esetyenziselwa ukusasaza izibhengezo malunga nokuhlaselwa kwe-drone yase-US eYemen. Kwangelo xesha, @yemencurrent, esele icinyiwe, wagxininisa ukuba ugwayimbo lwase-US "luchanekile" kwaye lwabulala abanqolobi, hayi abantu, kwaye yakhuthaza uhlaselo oluxhaswa yi-US kunye ne-Saudi kubavukeli baseHouthi kwela lizwe.
Ezinye iiakhawunti kuluhlu bezigxile ekukhuthazeni amajoni axhaswa yi-US eSyria kunye nemiyalezo echasene neIran eIraq. Enye ingxelo yayixubusha ngemibandela yomthetho eKuwait. Nangona iingxelo ezininzi zahlala zigxile kumxholo omnye, ezinye zisuka kwisihloko ziye kwesinye. Njengokuba, @dala2el, enye yee-akhawunti ze-CENTCOM, itshintshiwe ukusuka kwimiyalezo ejikeleze ugwayimbo lwedrone eYemen ngo-2017 ukuya kunxibelelwano olugxile kurhulumente waseSyria kulo nyaka.
Ngosuku olufanayo ukuba i-CENTCOM ithumele isicelo sayo, amalungu eqela le-Twitter lengqibelelo yesayithi angena kwinkqubo yenkampani yangaphakathi esetyenziselwa ukulawula ukufikelela kwabasebenzisi abahlukeneyo kwaye isebenzise i-tag yokukhululwa ekhethekileyo kwii-akhawunti, iilogi zangaphakathi zibonisa.
Enye injineli, ecele ukuba lingachazwa igama layo kuba ingagunyaziswanga ukuba ithethe noonondaba, ithe yayingazange ilubone olu hlobo lwethegi ngaphambili, kodwa xa ijongisiswa kakuhle, yathi isiphumo sethegi โyomhlopheโ inike amandla. akhawunti amalungelo okuqinisekisa Twitter ngaphandle itshekhi ebonakalayo blue. Ukuqinisekiswa kwe-Twitter bekuya kunika inani leenzuzo, ezifana nokungabi sengozini kwi-algorithmic bots ukuba iflegi ichaza i-spam okanye ukusetyenziswa kakubi, kunye nolunye ugwayimbo olukhokelela ekunciphiseni ukubonakala okanye ukumiswa.
U-KAHLER UTHETHA UTWITTER ukuba zonke iiakhawunti ziya kuba "zibalelwa kwi-USG, iiakhawunti zolwimi lwesiArabhu ezithumela kwi-tweeting kwimiba yokhuseleko efanelekileyo." Eso sithembiso siye sasilela, njengoko uninzi lweeakhawunti emva koko zacima udizo lokunxulumana norhulumente wase-US.
Uvimba we-Intanethi awuyigcini imbali epheleleyo yeakhawunti nganye, kodwa i-Intercept ichonge ii-akhawunti ezininzi ezizidwelise njengee-akhawunti zikarhulumente wase-US kwi-bios yazo, kodwa, emva kokuba bamhlophe, zakhupha nakuphi na ukubhengeza ukuba zazimanyene nomkhosi kwaye zachazwa njenge abasebenzisi abaqhelekileyo.
Oku kubonakala kuhambelana nengxelo enkulu epapashwe ngo-Agasti ngabaphandi bezokhuseleko be-intanethi abahambelana ne-Stanford Internet Observatory, leyo umbiko kumawakawaka eeakhawunti abarhanela ukuba ziyinxalenye yolwazi oluxhaswa ngurhulumente, uninzi lwazo lwalusebenzisa ubuso bomntu obunomfanekiso owenziwe ngobukrelekrele bokwenziwa, umkhwa okwaziwa ngokuba โziinkohliso ezinzulu.โ
Abaphandi baqhagamshele ezi akhawunti kunye ne-ecosystem enkulu ye-intanethi ebandakanya iiwebhusayithi "zeendaba zobuxoki", iiakhawunti zememe kwiTelegram kunye noFacebook, kunye nabantu abakwi-intanethi abavakalisa imiyalezo yePentagon rhoqo ngaphandle kokubhengeza ukuzibandakanya nomkhosi wase-US. Ezinye zeeakhawunti zityhola i-Iran "ngokusongela ukhuseleko lwamanzi e-Iraq kunye nokukhukulisa ilizwe ngekristale meth," ngelixa abanye bekhuthaza izityholo zokuba i-Iran ivuna amalungu eembacu zase-Afghan.
Ingxelo yaseStanford ayizange ibophe ngokuqinisekileyo ii-akhawunti zobuxoki kwi-CENTCOM okanye inikezele ngoluhlu olupheleleyo lweeakhawunti ze-Twitter. Kodwa ii-imeyile ezifunyenwe yi-Intercept zibonisa ukuba ukudalwa kweyona akhawunti ihambelana ngokuthe ngqo nePentagon.
Enye yee-akhawunti uKahler acelile ukuba ifakwe kuluhlu olumhlophe, @mktashif, ichongwe ngabaphandi njengebonakala isebenzisa umfanekiso onzulu wobuxoki ukufihla ubuyena bayo. Ekuqaleni, ngokukaWayback Machine, u-@mktashif uye wadiza ukuba yi-akhawunti karhulumente wase-US edityaniswe ne-CENTCOM, kodwa ngaxa lithile, oku kubhengezwa kwacinywa kwaye ifoto ye-akhawunti yatshintshwa yaya kuleyo yase-Stanford echongwe njengenkohliso enzulu.
I-Twitter bio entsha ibange ukuba le akhawunti ingumthombo woluvo kunye nolwazi olungakhethi cala, kwaye, eguqulelwe ngokusuka kwisiArabhu, "ezinikele ekukhonzeni ama-Iraqi nama-Arabhu." Iakhawunti, ngaphambi kokuba inqunyanyiswe ekuqaleni kwalo nyaka, ibihlala ithumela imiyalezo kuTwitter igxeka i-Iran kunye nabanye abachasi baseMelika, kubandakanya nabavukeli baseHouthi eYemen.
Enye iakhawunti ye-CENTCOM, @althughur, ebeka i-anti-Iran kunye ne-anti-ISIS umxholo ogxile kubaphulaphuli base-Iraqi, utshintshile I-Twitter bio yayo isuka kumanyano lwe-CENTCOM ukuya kwibinzana lesi-Arabhu elifundeka ngokulula "i-Euphrates pulse."
Owayesakuba ngumsebenzi kuTwitter uxelele I-Intercept ukuba bamangaliswa kukufunda ngamaqhinga okutshintsha kweSebe lezoKhuselo. โKuvakala ngathi iDOD ibisenza into emdaka kwaye ngokuqinisekileyo ibingahambelani nale nto bebesixelele yona ngelo xesha,โ batsho.
I-Twitter ayikhange iphendule kwisicelo sokuphawula.
"Kuyakhathaza kakhulu ukuba iPentagon isebenzela ukubumba uluvo loluntu malunga nendima yomkhosi wethu phesheya kwaye imbi kakhulu ukuba iinkampani zabucala ziyanceda ukuyifihla," utshilo u-Erik Sperling, umlawuli olawulayo weJust Foreign Policy, ungenzi nzuzo osebenzela izisombululo zediplomatic. kwiimfazwe zamazwe angaphandle.
"Iinkampani zeCongress kunye neendaba zentlalo kufuneka ziphonononge kwaye zithathe amanyathelo okuqinisekisa ukuba, ubuncinci, abemi bethu banolwazi olupheleleyo xa imali yabo yerhafu isetyenziselwe ukubeka into entle kwiimfazwe zethu ezingapheliyo," wongeze watsho uSperling.
IMINYAKA EMININGI, U-Twitter uthembise ngokuvala zonke iinzame ze-disinformation kunye ne-propaganda ezixhaswa ngurhulumente, soze zenze umkhethe ocacileyo e-US ngo-2020, isithethi sikaTwitter uNick Pickles, ubungqina phambi kweKomiti yezoBuntlola yeNdlu, yathi inkampani ithatha iinzame zokuvala "iinzame ezilungelelanisiweyo zokukhohlisa iqonga" ezibhekiselele kwiiarhente zikarhulumente.
โUkulwa neenzame zokungenelela kwiincoko ezikwi-Twitter kuhlala kungumba ophambili kwinkampani, kwaye siyaqhubeka nokutyala imali kakhulu ekubhaqweni kwethu, kuphazamiseko, nakwinzame eziselubala ezinxulumene nokusebenza kolwazi oluxhaswa ngurhulumente. Injongo yethu kukususa abadlali abaneenkolelo ezimbi kunye nokuqhubela phambili ukuqonda koluntu ngezi zihloko zibaluleke kangaka,โ utshilo uPickles.
Kwi-2018, umzekelo, i-Twitter umemezele ukunqunyanyiswa okukhulu kweeakhawunti ezinxulumene nemizamo yobuxoki enxulumene norhulumente waseRussia. Kwiminyaka emibini kamva, inkampani qhayiya yokuvala phantse i-1,000 yeeakhawunti zokunxulumana nomkhosi waseThailand. Kodwa imithetho yokukhohlisa iqonga, kubonakala ngathi ayisetyenziswanga kwiinzame zomkhosi waseMelika.
Ii-imeyile ezifunyenwe yi-Intercept zibonisa ukuba i-Twitter ayizange ibe mhlophe kuphela ezi akhawunti kwi-2017 ngokucacileyo kwi-best of the military, kodwa nokuba amagosa aphezulu kwinkampani axoxe ngee-akhawunti njengengxaki kwiminyaka elandelayo.
Ngehlobo lika-2020, amagosa avela kuFacebook achaza iiakhawunti ezingeyonyani ezibangelwa yimpembelelo yeCENTCOM kwiqonga layo kwaye yalumkisa iPentagon ukuba ukuba iSilicon Valley inokuzikhupha ngokulula ezi akhawunti njengezinganyanisekiyo, zinokubakho nabachasi bamanye amazwe, ngokutsho kukaSeptemba. umbiko kwiPosi yaseWashington.
Ii-imeyile ze-Twitter zibonisa ukuba ngela xesha ngo-2020, abaphathi bakaFacebook kunye ne-Twitter bamenywa ngamagqwetha aphezulu ePentagon ukuba baye kwiinkcazo ezicacileyo kwindawo enobuntununtunu yolwazi, ekwabizwa ngokuba yi-SCIF, esetyenziselwa iintlanganiso ezinobuzaza.
"I-Facebook ibe nochungechunge lweengxoxo ze-1: 1 phakathi kobunkokheli babo obuphezulu bezomthetho kunye ne-DOD [umcebisi jikelele] re: umsebenzi ongekho ngqiqweni," wabhala uYoel Roth, intloko yethemba kunye nokhuseleko kwi-Twitter. "Nge-FB," uqhubekile uRoth, "i-DOD ibonise umnqweno onamandla wokusebenzisana nathi ukususa umsebenzi - kodwa ngoku bayala ukuxoxa ngeenkcukacha ezongezelelweyo okanye amanyathelo angaphandle kwengxoxo ehleliweyo."
UStacia Cardille, ngelo xesha owayeligqwetha elinoTwitter, waphawula kwi-imeyile koogxa bakhe ukuba iPentagon inokufuna ukuphinda ihlele imisebenzi yayo yemidiya yoluntu โukuphazamisa umsebenzi wabo kwesi sithuba, kwaye oku kunokumela ulwahlulo olugqithisileyo ukuphepha ukuhlazeka.โ
UJim Baker, ngoko usekela umcebisi jikelele we-Twitter, kwi intambo efanayo, wabhala ukuba i-Pentagon ibonakala ngathi isebenzise "urhwebo olubi" ekusekweni kweeakhawunti ezahlukeneyo ze-Twitter, ifuna ukugubungela umkhondo wayo, kwaye mhlawumbi ifuna iqhinga lokuphepha ulwazi loluntu ukuba ii-akhawunti "zidibene enye kwenye okanye kwi-DoD okanye USG.โ U-Baker uqikelele ukuba kwintlanganiso โi-DoD inokufuna ukusinika ithayimthebhile yokuvala ixesha elide elingazukubeka esichengeni nayiphi na imisebenzi eqhubekayo okanye iveze unxibelelwano lwabo ne-DoD.โ
Oko kwaxutyushwa kwiintlanganiso ezicwangcisiweyo - ekugqibeleni zenzeke, ngokutsho kwePosi - ayizange ifakwe kwii-imeyile ze-Twitter ezinikezelwe kwi-Intercept, kodwa ezininzi zee-akhawunti zobuxoki zahlala zisebenza ubuncinane omnye unyaka. Ezinye zeeakhawunti kuluhlu lwe-CENTCOM zihlala zisebenza nangoku - njengangoku Le, ebandakanya ukudibanisa ne-CENTCOM, kunye Le, engakwenziyo - ngelixa abaninzi baye batshayela besuka eqongeni kunqunyanyiswa ngoMeyi 16.
Ngokwahlukileyo email ithunyelwe ngoMeyi 2020, uLisa Roman, ngoko usekela-mongameli wenkampani ephethe umgaqo-nkqubo woluntu jikelele, wathumela i-imeyile uWilliam S. Castle, igqwetha lePentagon, kunye noRoth, kunye noluhlu olongezelelweyo lweSebe lezoKhuselo kwi-akhawunti ye-Twitter. "Ithebhu yokuqala idwelisa ezo akhawunti zinikezelwe kuthi ngaphambili kunye neyesibini, iiakhawunti ezinxulumene nazo ezifunyenwe nguTwitter," wabhala uRoman. Akukacaci kule imeyile icelwa nguRoman-ubhekisa kumnxeba owandulela i-imeyile - kodwa uphawula ukuba ithebhu yesibini yeeakhawunti - ezo zinganikwanga ngokucacileyo kwi-Twitter yiPentagon - "zinokwaphula iMithetho yethu. .โ Okuqhotyoshelweyo kubandakanya ibhetshi yeeakhawunti ezithumela i-tweeting ngesiRashiya nangesiArabhu malunga nokunyhashwa kwamalungelo oluntu okwenziwa yi-ISIS. Iiakhawunti ezininzi kuzo zombini iithebhu azizange zichongwe ngokuphandle njengezinxulumene norhulumente wase-US.
Abaphathi be-Twitter bahlala besazi isimo esikhethekileyo seSebe lezoKhuselo. NgoJanuwari odluleyo, i-Twitter executive iphinde yajikeleza uluhlu lwe-CENTCOM lwee-akhawunti ze-Twitter ekuqaleni ezimhlophe kwi-2017. I-imeyile ifundeka ngokulula "FYI" kwaye iqondiswe kumagosa amaninzi e-Twitter, kuquka uPatrick Conlon, owayengumhlalutyi wezobuntlola weSebe lezoKhuselo emva koko esebenza kwindawo yokuthembeka. iyunithi njengesikhokelo sobuntlola behlabathi besoyikiso se-Twitter. Iirekhodi zangaphakathi zikwabonise ukuba ii-akhawunti ezishiye kuluhlu lokuqala luka-Kahler zisamhlophe.
Ukulandela ukunqunyanyiswa kweeakhawunti ezininzi kulo Meyi udlulileyo, iqela le-Twitter lisebenze ukunciphisa i-blowback ekubandakanyekeni kwalo kwiphulo.
Ngaphambi nje kokupapashwa kwebali laseWashington Post ngoSeptemba, uKatie Rosborough, owayeyingcali kwezonxibelelwano kuTwitter, wabhalela. Phawula Amagqwetha e-Twitter kunye nee-lobbyists malunga nesiqwenga esizayo. โLibali eligxile kakhulu kwiDoD nakuFacebook; kunjalo, kuya kubakho imigca isibini esibhekisa kuthi ecaleni Facebook ekubeni siye safikelela kubo [DoD] intlanganiso. Asicingi ukuba baya kuyibophelela kuyo nantoni na enxulumene ne-Mudge okanye babize amagama abasebenzi be-Twitter. Salile ukuphawula,โ ubhale watsho. (I-Mudge ibhekisa ku-Peiter Zatko, umpempe kuTwitter owafaka i- isikhalazo kunye nabasemagunyeni kurhulumente kaJulayi, bemangalela amanyathelo okhuseleko axegayo kunye nokungena kwenkampani ngabathunywa bangaphandle.)
Emva kokuba ibali leWashington Post lipapashwe, iqela le-Twitter uvuyisile omnye komnye ngenxa yokuba ibali linciphisa indima ye-Twitter kwiphulo le-psyop ye-CENTCOM. Endaweni yoko, ibali ubukhulu becala lijikeleza kwisigqibo sePentagon sokuqalisa uphononongo lwemisebenzi yayo yengqondo efihlakeleyo kumajelo eendaba ezentlalo.
โEnkosi ngokwenza konke onako ukulawula le,โ wabhala uRebecca Hahn, owayesakuba ligosa lezonxibelelwano kuTwitter. "Akubonakali ngathi kuninzi kakhulu, abahleli be-cnn kunye nabahleli bewapo."
I-CENTCOM ayizange iqale inike izimvo kwi-Intercept. Emva kokupapashwa kweli bali, idesika yemidiya ye-CENTCOM yabhekisa kwi-Intercept ku-Brigadier Gen. Pat Ryder kwingxelo emfutshane kaSeptemba, apho wathi i-Pentagon icele "uphononongo lwemisebenzi yenkxaso yolwazi lomkhosi weSebe lezoKhuselo, nto leyo eyenzelwe ukuba ibe lithuba lokuba sivavanye umsebenzi okhoyo ngoku owenziwa kweli qonga, kwaye eneneni akufuneki utolikwe njengento engaphaya koko.โ
UMBUTHO WASEU.S kunye noluntu lwezobuntlola kudala lulandela iqhinga labantu abayilwe kwi-intanethi kunye namaqela esithathu ukukhulisa amabali athile kumazwe angaphandle, ingcinga yokuba i-portal yeendaba yolwimi lwasePersi ekhangeleka iyinyani okanye umfazi wase-Afghan wasekhaya unokuba nempembelelo enkulu kune-Pentagon esemthethweni. upapasho ndaba zekhampani.
Iinzame ze-propaganda zomkhosi kwi-intanethi ziye zalawulwa kakhulu yi-2006 imemorandam. Imemo iphawula ukuba imisebenzi ye-Intanethi yeSebe lezoKhuselo kufuneka "ivume ekuhleni ukubandakanyeka kwe-US" ngaphandle kwakwiimeko apho "uMphathi wokulwa ekholelwa ukuba ayizukwenzeka ngenxa yengqwalasela yokusebenza." Le ndlela yokungaxeli, i-memo ithi, igunyaziswe kuphela ekusebenzeni "kwiMfazwe yeHlabathi yoBunqolobi, okanye xa ichazwe komnye uNobhala wezoKhuselo enze imiyalelo."
Ngo-2019, abenzi bomthetho bapasisa umlinganiselo owaziwa ngokuba liCandelo le-1631, isalathiso kuMthetho wokuGunyanyiswa koKhuseleko lweSizwe, ngokusemthethweni uqinisekisa ngokusemthethweni ukusebenza kwengqondo okufihlakeleyo komkhosi kwilinge lokuchasa amaphulo e-intanethi e-disinformation yiRussia, China, kunye nabanye abachasi bamazwe angaphandle. .
Ngowama-2008, iU.S. Special Operations Command vu lekile isicelo senkonzo yokubonelela "iimveliso ezisekelwe kwiwebhu kunye nezixhobo zokuxhasa iinjongo kunye neenjongo zikaRhulumente wase-US ezicwangcisiweyo kunye nexesha elide." Ikhontrakthi ibhekiselele kwi-Trans-Regional Web Initiative, inzame yokudala iisayithi zeendaba ze-intanethi ezenzelwe ukuphumelela iintliziyo kunye neengqondo kwidabi lokulwa nefuthe laseRashiya kwi-Asia Ephakathi kunye nobunqolobi bobuSilamsi behlabathi. Ikhontrakthi ekuqaleni iqhutywe yi-General Dynamics Information Technology, i-subsidiary yekontraka yokukhusela i-General Dynamics, ngokumalunga neeofisi zonxibelelwano ze-CENTCOM eWashington, D.C., indawo kunye naseTampa, eFlorida.
Inkqubo eyaziwa ngokuba yi "WebOps," eqhutywa ngunokontraka wokhuselo owaziwa ngokuba yiColsa Corp., yasetyenziselwa ukwenza iinkcukacha ezingeyonyani ze-intanethi ezenzelwe ukuchasa iinzame zokufuna abantu kwi-intanethi yi-ISIS kunye nezinye iinethiwekhi zabanqolobi.
I-Intercept yathetha nomntu owayesakuba ngumsebenzi wekontraka-kwimeko yokungaziwa kukhuseleko lomthetho-ebandakanyeka kwezi intanethi ze-propaganda ze-Trans-Regional Web Initiative. Uchaze umsebenzi oxengaxengayo wegumbi leendaba, kuqeshwe ababesakuba ziintatheli, besebenza kwisakhiwo see-ofisi esele sisedolophini.
โNgokuphangaleleyo kwenzeka ntoni, ngela xesha ndandilapho, i-CENTCOM iza kuphuhlisa uluhlu lwamanqaku emiyalezo efuna sigxile kuwo,โ utshilo unokontraka. "Ngokusisiseko, banokuthi, sifuna ukuba ugxile ekuthini, ukulwa nobunqolobi kunye nesakhelo esiqhelekileyo esifuna ukuthetha ngaso."
Ukusuka apho, wathi, abaphathi baya kunceda umxholo wobugcisa obusasazwa ngenethiwekhi yewebhusayithi ezilawulwa yiCENTCOM kunye neeakhawunti zemidiya yoluntu. Njengoko iikontraka zenza umxholo wokuxhasa amabali avela kumyalelo womkhosi, bayalelwa ukuba babhale umxholo ngamnye ngenjongo ethile yomkhosi. Ngokubanzi, ikontraka yathi, iindaba azenzileyo zaziyinyani kodwa zihlala zenziwe ngendlela ebonisa ngokusondeleyo iinjongo zePentagon.
"Sasinoxinzelelo oluvela kwi-CENTCOM ukutyhala amabali," wongezelela, ngelixa ephawula ukuba wayesebenza kwiindawo ezidlulileyo kwiminyaka edlulileyo, ngaphambi kokuba kutshintshelwe kwimisebenzi efihlakeleyo. Ngelo xesha, "sasingayenzi nayiphi na into yezomnqwazi omnyama."
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