The Trump Administration and the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Elona Muska late launched an investigation into the United States global improvement Agency (USAID), accusing of misuse of taxpayers' funds for left-wing purposes. president Trump claims billions of dollars were stolen from the U.S.ID and another agencies to finance a favorable media coverage of Democrats. The administration took fast action, placing high-ranking U.S.ID officials on administrative leave, blocking staff access to interior systems and taking control of key databases and financial management systems.
DOGE representatives, allegedly acting on behalf of the State Department, took over USAID offices, which increased tensions in the agency. Elon Musk, who actively participated in restructuring activities, called the USAID a "crime organization" and stated that "the time had come for her to die".
The investigation revealed that the abroad company Moonshot received nearly $1.5 million for tracking and monitoring alternate platforms specified as Gab. Much of their investigation focused on analysing social media data from platforms specified as Gab and 4chan, examining online discourse surrounding offline events. These results were utilized to "information the framework for hazard assessment and the creation of technological publications". Gab has long suspected that bad actors received money for monitoring, trolling and defaming us, but now we have the eventual proof that our own government financed a abroad company to do so.
Moonshot, founded in 2015 by Vidhya Ramalingam and Ross Frenett, claims to be utilizing technology to disrupt and end “extremism” and another “online harmfulness”. The company has received crucial backing and support from major technology players specified as Google and Facebook, working closely with Google's Jigsaw on projects specified as "Redirect Method", which uses ads in search engines and YouTube to deter possible "extremist recruits". Moonshot uses artificial intelligence to identify susceptible people online and develops software to analyse digital footprints and encrypted platform data.
This discovery emphasizes how far the establishment will go to silence opposition and suppress freedom of speech. Gab remains committed to fighting this tyranny, and we request your continued support to keep this fight alive.
We have faced constant opposition from the full system, fighting to defend freedom of speech on the Internet. Shockingly, our own government is backing abroad companies specified as Moonshot to track, track, and slander Gab. The countless "scientific articles", insults and attacks on our community over the years have been financed from taxpayers' money. That's why your support is absolutely crucial. Unlike another platforms, Gab did not receive millions of dollars in the form of national grants or venture capital funds. For 8 years we relied solely on the generosity of our community to keep the conflict for freedom of speech alive. Consider updating to GabPRO or donating to support our ongoing efforts.
Thank you for allowing us to combat specified systemic attacks by the government over the years.
Andrzej Torba
Source: https://news.gab.com/2025/02/exposed-how-our-government-founded-the-smear-campaign-against-gab/
