FBI Team Involved in Censorship of Hunter Biden Laptop Story Identified

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The FBI team that was in communication with Facebook before the social media company censored the original Hunter Biden laptop story has been identified, according to a new court filing.

Meta, Facebookโ€™s parent company, identified the team as the FBIโ€™s Foreign Influence Task Force (FITF), according to an updated complaint entered late on Oct. 6.

Meta named the team after receiving a subpoena in a case alleging the federal government pressured Big Tech firms to censor users.

โ€œPursuant to the third-party subpoena, Meta has identified the FBIโ€™s FITF, as supervised by Laura Dehmlow, and Elvis Chan as involved in the communications between the FBI and Meta that led to Facebookโ€™s suppression of the Hunter Biden laptop story,โ€ the updated complaint states.

Mark Zuckberg, Metaโ€™s CEO, said in August that Facebook reduced the reach of posts about Hunter Bidenโ€™s laptop in response to advice from the FBI.

โ€œThe background here is the FBI I think basically came to some folks on our team [and] were like, โ€˜Hey, just so you know, you should be on high alert. We thought that there was a lot of Russian propaganda in the 2016 election, we have it on notice that basically thereโ€™s about to be some kind of dump similar to that, so just be vigilant,’โ€ Zuckerberg said on Joe Roganโ€™s podcast. He made similar comments before the Senate in 2020.

โ€œOne of the threats that the FBI has alerted our company and the public to was the possibility of a hack and leak operation in the days or weeks leading up to this election,โ€ Zuckerberg said then. Those alerts โ€œsuggested we be on high alert and sensitivity if a trove of documents appeared that we should view that with suspicion that it might be part of a foreign manipulation attempt,โ€ he added.

The FBI declined to comment on the updated lawsuit, which now names the FBI as a defendant. The bureau said previously that it is routinely in touch with U.S. companies but โ€œcannot ask, or direct, companies to take action on information received.โ€

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The FITF was established by FBI Director Christopher Wray in 2017 โ€œto identify and counteract malign foreign influence operations targeting the United States,โ€ according to the bureauโ€™s website. Such operations include covert actions by outside governments aimed at influencing the American political scene or discourse, the bureau has said.

Laura Dehmlow is a supervisor of FITF. She has been named as a defendant in the case along with Elvis Chan, a special agent who manages the cyber branch at the FBIโ€™s San Francisco Field Office.

Byย Zachary Stieber

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