HelloQuitX
Yet another campaign aimed at organizing a new migration of wildebeests from X to other platforms has been launched and will peak on January 20th. One single question : who is financing it?
This bourgeois and Parisian "progressivism" - you know, The Righteous Side that spends its time correcting Wikipedia pages to add "far-right" and "conspiracy theorist" to the biography of anyone not adhering to its dogma - had already attempted (and lamentably failed) two years ago to encourage users to leave Twitter, which had just been acquired by Elon Musk.
These progressives actively tried to dismantle the Yellow Vests movement once they understood that they lacked control over it and could not use it to further their political agenda, and maintain their exclusive right to speak publicly. TheYellow Vests did not align with their progressive ideology. This situation exemplifies a grim story of social power struggles. For a deeper understanding, check out the insightful analysis by Hashtable.
Note that this is not the first time a social network has been the target of such a smear campaign. Remember the attacks on Facebook involving the real-fake whistleblower, "groomed" by a former spokesperson for Barack Obama and funded by the "philanthropist" billionaire Pierre Omidyar, the founder of eBay.
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This time, the campaign promoting wildebeest migration is far better organized and executed than its predecessor. It's based on an application allegedly developed by CNRS (the French National Insitute for Scientific Resarch) researchers and hosted on a CNRS server, witth an extensive media coverage. Apart from the serious legal concerns raised by the methods employedat least two criminal offenses, one of which could lead to a ten-year prison sentence—there is one crucial question: Who is financing this? This initiative comes with a cost and isn't just the effort of volunteers in a basic collective.
The internet is wonderful. It turns Lavoisier's principle on its head; nothing created on the internet is ever truly lost!
If the CNRS has utilized government funds, use sanctioned by French authorities, to develop and maintain this application, the response from the U.S. could be severe. However, despite the extensive media attention, it appears this campaign might fizzle out, evidenced by HelloQuitX, which subscribes to X, only managing to attract fewer than 6,000 subscribers...
Be that as it may. Raphael Glucksmann -a socialist member of the European parliament, afraid but not ashamed, as the Berber proverb goes - claims to be leading this campaign. "Tens of thousands leaving X to avoid feeding Elon Musk's algorithms"? The core algorithm of X is public. You can download its source code from GitHub. If you have the right skills, you can then analyze it to understand what it does.
A glimmer in the night: those who are leaving X to signal their virtue are unlikely to return this time, unless they're up for an immense public shaming.
In the mean time, Thierry Breton, by taking a job at Bank of America in breach of EU rules that mandate a two-year “cool down” period, keeps on patronizing. This highlights his own panic and underscores how little commitment to democratic principles those in leadership positions in Europe truly have.
Freedom of speech is safeguarded by the constitutions of all EU member states, the European Declaration of Human Rights, and the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. This freedom is monitored after the fact by a singular institution: the courts. Given that Elon Musk does not operate from within the EU, it's the American legal system that would have jurisdiction over his statements, but due to the First Amendment, it can't intervene...
Oh, but wait! But! But! But! Wait!
No? No Kidding?
Already?
This stunt was performed ny a professional , do not try it at home . Last week on the RTL Grand Jury, Ms. Tondelier; the head of the Green Party, called for the prohibition of X. Told ya, do not try this at home.
Shaping public opion or informing the public?
The system engineered to shape opiniond in the West was established at the end of World War II, predominantly by English-speaking countries. This system has evolved alongside technological progress, now encompassing a broad array of participants—government agencies, technology corporations (including telecoms, ISPs, platforms, software companies, and hardware producers), mainstream media, select venture capital and investment firms, foundations, NGOs, and "think tanks" supported by "philanthropists", not to mention universities, which are often underestimated in their role. Consider, for example, initiatives like HelloQuitteX and the CNRS...
The original purpose during the Cold War was to conduct a cultural battle against communism across Europe. This never truly ended; without an ennemy, new ones were fabricated to keep undermining political discussions, and where necessary, to influence election outcomes.
The investigative Journalist Amélie Ismaéli has highlighted a number of troubling facts.
These facts stand in contrast to those we had identified regarding another branch of the censorship industrial complex, the one that aims to prevent independent media from accessing the advertising market.
The American imperial system, now embodied by the industrial censorship complex, has two key pillars—besides NATO and its subsidiary the EU —namely the United Kingdom and Germany. The "Blob"—or the deep state, if you will—has long relied on a network of foundations and NGOs to influence public opinion in Europe, particularly in these two countries.
This infrastructure for manipulating the political debate in the West took on a new dimension following Hillary Clinton’s defeat in 2016, under the pretext of fighting “disinformation.” To circumvent the U.S. Constitution and the First Amendment, the "Blob" began using the network of foundations and NGOs it finances to target political discourse within the U.S. This network, originally established in Europe to combat communism and strengthen U.S. soft power, has been repurposed to influence domestic American politics. The European Digital Services Act (DSA) is one example of this oblique strategy. We’ve demonstrated how Thierry Breton, fomer EU commisionner the European Commissioner at the time, took his orders from Joe Biden’s deputy national security advisor.
Another tool being used is the network of NGOs and advertising cartels that utilize intimidation tactics to block media and platforms critical of the status quo from accessing the advertising market. They also pressure advertisers to avoid promoting on such platforms, as experiences by our colleagues at UnHerd in the UK.
This behavior is a blatant violation of competition law and constitutes a criminal offense. The Global Disinformation Index (GDI) and the Center for Countering Digital Hate (CCDH) are UK-based charities funded by public moneys, including U.S. federal funds funneled through foundations...
Similar to Hamilton 68, the dashboard created by The Alliance for Securing Democracy—a CIA front funded by the German Marshall Fund—was operated from the UK and tracked 900 Twitter accounts accused of spreading disinformation. Matt Taibbi (yes, him again) exposed through the Twitter Files that this claim was false. These methods have been in play since the Cold War. It's also noteworthy that the GDI’s board of directors is entirely made up of people from the CCDH, the NGO fixated on “killing Elon Musk’s Twitter,” against which the Trump campaign filed a lawsuit.
The Holly Fear
Donald Trump's election was a resounding victory against the Euro-Atlantic establishment, the vast majority of mainstream media, and numerous NGOs, think tanks, and foundations. It illustratres their diminished influence. What neither the Trump administration nor the broader American populace will forgive is the complicity of Europeans in undermining the U.S. Constitution, particularly the First Amendment's guarantee of absolute free speech, in an attempt to manipulate public opinion and U.S. elections.
European government , whose democracies do not prioritize freedom of speech, are unnerved by social media platforms like X, where the vocing of any legal opinion is permitted. On social networks, the process of establishing truth happens transparently and in real time, leaving no room for deception, manipulation, hypocrisy or bigotry to go unchecked without consequences.
European governments are reacting much like the Catholic Church did after the printing press's invention, which ended its monopoly over the dissemination of knowledge through books. Although they recognize that political discourse has shifted to platforms like X, they fail to grasp that users engage there to encounter diverse viewpoints, not to live in echo chambers of agreement or safe spaces. X disrupts the notion of community, embracing instead a raw, universal exchange of ideas, for better or worse.
Moreover, the promised transparency from the incoming Trump administration, potentially revealing all information on high-profile cases like the assassinations of JFK and RFK, 9/11, the Epstein and Puff Daddy scandals, could force a significant number of wealthy individuals and celebrities to flee, either to jail or overseas.
Imagine if the U.S. disclosed some of the intelligence they hold on European governments' actions. For instance, if all dealings between the French government and Twitter (now X) were exposed, showing illegal censorship. How quickly would figures like Ms. Vallaud-Belkacem find themselves back in the Rif herding goats, or Mr. Manuel Valls picking olives in Spain, as living in France becomes untenable to them?
We have now entered a revolutionary phase, and some will be shown the way to Coblence, where some French Aristocrats emigrated after the revolution. Better than the guillotine or the gallows, isn’t it ?