Fact Killers – Global Engagement Center (GEC), Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), Alliance For Securing Democracy (ASD), And New Knowledge (NK)

Some entities like the Global Engagement Center (GEC), the Atlantic Council’s Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the Alliance for Securing Democracy (ASD), and New Knowledge (NK) are killing facts by demanding social media entities blacklist accounts for the barest minimum of reasons.

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The Biggest Fraud In German History Linked To Russian Intelligence

The Biggest Fraud In German History Linked To Russian Intelligence

Late in the spring of 2020, Jan Marsalek, an Austrian bank executive, was suspended from his job. He was a widely admired figure in the European business community—charismatic, trilingual, and well travelled. Even at his busiest, as the chief operating officer of Wirecard, Germany’s fastest-growing financial-technology company, he would assure

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Blackstone Defaults On $562 Million Bonds

Blackstone Defaults On $562 Million Bonds

This morning Bloomberg reports that Wall Street’s largest commercial real estate landlord, private equity giant Blackstone, has defaulted on a €531 million ($562 million) bond backed by a portfolio of offices and stores owned by Sponda Oy, a Finnish landlord it acquired in 2018.

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