Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently sounded the alarm over the U.S. Agency for International Development’s “Diia e-governance” app in Ukraine, which allows citizens to anonymously “report” their fellow countrymen to the regime in Kiev for being “Russian collaborators.”
The app was discussed in a Twitter thread earlier this month posted by The Grayzone editor Max Blumenthal, who claimed that the app “not only forces [sic] Ukrainians into a digital ID panopticon, it encourages them to snitch on fellow citizens, reporting them as Russian collaborators so they can be arrested and disappeared.”
Reacting to the news of app, Kennedy, the nephew of President John F. Kennedy, suggested that the tech marks how “totalitarian” the USAID has become since being created by President JFK to help poor countries.
The USAID-sponsored, Visa and Google assisted Diaa app not only forces Ukrainian into a digital ID panopticon, it encourages them to snitch on fellow citizens, reporting them as Russian collaborators so they can be arrested and disappeared. pic.twitter.com/wghBL4gEVu
— Max Blumenthal (@MaxBlumenthal) May 23, 2023
“Samantha power, who was instrumental in Obama’s abuse of FISA to spy on political opponents, is now head of Biden’s USAID and road-testing a mass surveillance and spying app so Ukrainians can anonymously report each other to the government,” Kennedy wrote on Twitter.
“My uncle JFK started USAID to help poor countries develop and now we use it to stuff them with totalitarian spyware. This encapsulates what has gone so horribly wrong,” Kennedy added.
Samantha Power, who was instrumental in Obama’s abuse of FISA to spy on political opponents, is now head of Biden’s USAID and road-testing a mass surveillance and spying app so Ukrainians can anonymously report each other to the government. #Kennedy24https://t.co/K5SKp0Tb74
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 30, 2023
A staunch advocate for the restoration of civil liberties at home and abroad, Kennedy recently vowed to pardon embattled journalists and whistleblowers, namely Edward Snowden and Julian Assange, if he takes the White House in 2024.
In a May 2 tweet, Kennedy claimed that the United States government does not practice what it preaches when it comes to the First Amendment.
“Instead of championing free speech, the U.S. actively persecuted journalists and whistleblowers,” wrote the nephew of 35th President John F. Kennedy. Kennedy vowed to wield his presidential authority to pardon “brave-truth tellers” who expose U.S. government crimes and corruption, specifically mentioning Assange and Snowden.
Instead of championing free speech, the U.S. actively persecutes journalists and whistleblowers. I’ll pardon brave truth-tellers like Julian Assange and investigate the corruption and crimes they exposed. This isn’t the Soviet Union. The America I love doesn’t imprison…
— Robert F. Kennedy Jr (@RobertKennedyJr) May 2, 2023
“I’ll pardon brave-truth tellers like Julian Assange and investigate the corruption and crimes they exposed. This isn’t the Soviet Union. The America I love doesn’t imprison dissidents. #Kennedy2024,” he added.
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