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Found the source[1]. It includes names and LinkedIn profiles, so ought to be verifiable. [1] https://www.mintpressnews.com/twitter-hiring-alarming-number-spook

• autoexec 3y ago
  That covers twitter, now what about every other social media network. The claim was that this was happening for all of them.
  • puglr 3y ago
    Oh sorry, you're right. Here's an article[1] about Facebook, from the same outlet. With some cursory searching I couldn't find anything about other social networks hiring former three letter agency employees. [1] https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-facebook-content-policy/281307/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/meet-ex-cia-agents-deciding-fa...
    • pseudo0 3y ago
      The same outlet also covered Google: https://www.mintpressnews.com/national-security-search-engine-google-ranks-cia-agents/281490/ https://www.mintpressnews.com/national-security-search-engin... Here's another good source about Google's revolving door with government during the Obama administration: https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/googles-revolving-door-us https://www.techtransparencyproject.org/articles/googles-rev...