<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title><style type="text/css">p.MsoNormal,p.MsoNoSpacing{margin:0}</style></head><body><div><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MintPress_News</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>They've been on Snopes.com twice:<br></div><div><a href="https://www.snopes.com/news/2015/10/27/depp-to-buy-wounded-knee/">https://www.snopes.com/news/2015/10/27/depp-to-buy-wounded-knee/</a><br></div><div><a href="https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/millions-of-muslims-marched-against-the-islamic-state/">https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/millions-of-muslims-marched-against-the-islamic-state/</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Mikalai mentioned a possible Russian propaganda connection. I see that they publish in Russian (<a href="https://mintpressnews.ru/">https://mintpressnews.ru/</a>) and employ Russia Today affiliates (wikipedia). Russia Today (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT_(TV_network)</a>) is described as a state controlled "major propaganda" outlet that distributes misinformation and conspiracy theories supporting Russian foreign policy.<br></div><div><br></div><div>On Wed, Dec 8, 2021, at 7:46 PM, Gary Walsh wrote:<br></div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;"><p>The Open Technology Fund (OTF) is one of the most influential and celebrated organizations in the hacking and internet freedom communities. Well over <a href="https://www.usagm.gov/networks/otf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">two billion</a> people globally use OTF-produced software, including communications app Signal and web browser Tor, services that are specifically marketed to privacy-conscious consumers looking to circumvent government censorship and surveillance. Yet its close links to the U.S. national security state raise many worrying questions about whether the world is making a mistake by trusting the organization and its products.<br></p><p><a href="https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-open-technology-fund-makes-privacy-apps-staffed-spies/279147/">https://www.mintpressnews.com/the-open-technology-fund-makes-privacy-apps-staffed-spies/279147/</a><br></p><p><br></p><div><div>-- <br></div><div> <br></div><div class="qt-pre" style="margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;font-family:monospace;">Gary<br></div></div><div>_______________________________________________<br></div><div>kwlug-disc mailing list<br></div><div><a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a><br></div><div><a href="https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org">https://kwlug.org/mailman/listinfo/kwlug-disc_kwlug.org</a><br></div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>