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August has quickly come upon us and Father Time seems to move at warp speed. There are already back to school sales and Halloween pop- up marts asking for your hard earned dollars. Needless to say, it has been a heavy news week. We have seen an assortment of headlines ranging from Korea to Tariffs.
As I write this I just got a pop-up about a Meddling issue that warrants attention. Perhaps the word of the week should be ‘Meddling.
It was ust reported in The Guardian … a Russian spy is understood to have had full access to secret data during a decade at the U.S. embassy in Moscow.
“The Russian national had been hired by the US Secret Service and is understood to have had access to the agency’s intranet and email systems, which gave her a potential window into highly confidential material including the schedules of the president and vice-president.
The woman had been working for the Secret Service for years before she came under suspicion in 2016 during a routine security sweep conducted by two investigators from the US Department of State’s Regional Security Office “
And it gets worse….the Secret Service did not launch a full-scale inquiry of its own. Instead, it decided to let her go quietly months later, possibly to contain any potential embarrassment. I don't know about you but in our household, we believe that when the dog is in the kitchen someone should be watching the stove.
This leads to another suspect perhaps guilty of meddling via social media, China.
As the mid-terms quickly approach we here at The American Dossier will do our best to uncover all aspects of ‘meddling’ whether it be China or Russia.
Next week will begin series about China and its role in meddling...
This has been an ignored reality. China with its targeted tariffs has the motivation to weaken the GOP in November midterms...Russia is not suspected of hacking in and changing votes, just changing public opinion. That is precisely what China is doing.
There is a clear history of China taking interest in our Midterms. In 2014 the Republican Party gained control of both houses in Congress and, as Chinese analysts noted, a major political victory. The overall Chinese response was cynical about the lack of real democracy in the elections and dismissive of U.S. President Barack Obama’s influence, perhaps they thought it would be business as usual with President Trump.
So in closing note how do social media come into play?
Google has quietly and slowly pieced together a strategy for China to ensure that it doesn’t miss out on the growth of technology with Files Go. Google is taking a partner-led approach to distribution because the Google Play Store does not operate in China
As reported by the New York Times, Facebook has data-sharing partnerships with at least four Chinese electronics companies, including a manufacturing giant that has a close relationship with China’s government.
Should we be questioning the ethics of tech giants such as Facebook and Google?
Next week we look at this in more detail
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