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Pentagon contractor investigating 'extremism,' says BLM web search raises
concerns about White supremacy
Founder has ties to Obama Foundation and other controversial groups
The Pentagon is reportedly working with an extremism analysis company that
considers the web search "the truth about Black Lives Matter" and others to
be signs of interest in or engagement with White supremacism.
According to Defense One, the contractor Moonshot CVE, which has ties to the
Obama Foundation, is working on data that would identify which military
bases and branches have the most troops searching for domestic extremist
content. While that particular project's contours are unclear, the company
previously released a June report, in conjunction with the left-leaning Anti
-Defamation League, on purported "white supremacy trends in the United
States."
In it, the U.K.-based company said it "monitored a list of almost 1,600
indicators of interest in or engagement with white supremacism, focused
specifically on anti-Black and anti-Semitic narratives being used by
extremist groups."
As examples, it listed the search phrases "George Floyd deserved to die," "
Jews will not replace us," and "the truth about black lives matter."
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For "the truth about black lives matter," the group said: "This search
suggests that the BLM movement has nefarious motives, and is a
disinformation narrative perpetuated by white supremacist groups to
weaponize anti-BLM sentiment."
It adds: "While the search phrase appears innocuous, several books include
it in their title and allege that the BLM movement is ‘joined with Antifa
burning and looting.’ These sources echo white supremacist disinformation
narratives alleging that BLM protesters are trying to ‘overthrow the
republic’ and 'harm American citizens in a Marxist coup,' as a means of
delegitimizing it. Multiple videos on YouTube also promote these narratives
—in particular the criminalization of BLM—using the identical phrase."
Moonshot did not respond to Fox News' request for comment. Neither did the
Defense Department.
It's unclear why the Pentagon chose a U.K.-based company for monitoring
purported U.S. extremism. The Center for Security Policy raised concerns
about the company in an article last month in which it highlighted how
Moonshot CEO Vidhya Ramalingam served as a leader in the Obama Foundation's
Europe program.
She also participated in a panel hosted by the highly controversial Southern
Poverty Law Center and has ties to other left-leaning organizations. As the
Center for Security Policy notes, she authored a paper that acknowledged
financial support from Open Society Foundation, the group founded by liberal
billionaire George Soros.
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Defense One reported last week that Ramalingam met with the Pentagon's chief
diversity officer, among others, but declined to disclose to the outlet the
findings in her report on U.S. military bases. She added, however, "When we
look at bases for each branch as compared to national averages, there is
disproportionately low engagement on most bases.
"Some branches have higher levels of engagement with anti-Black extremism or
anti-Semitic conspiracy theories. … But we’re not seeing really
heightened levels of engagement that are incredibly worrying." |
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