Approximately 6.5 terabytes of data from the interconnected companies Psyclone Media and Political Media in addition to client data such as The Post Millennial, acting as their “face to the political world”. Political Media describes itself as a “right of center new media consulting firm” for political and public relations campaigns and is a co-owner of Psyclone Media and Psyclone Hosting. The companies provide website, email and marketing services, in addition to video production and SEO optimization through their “cooperative partners”.

Psyclone Media and Political Media’s clients have included political action committees (PACs) and Super PACs, congressional candidates and other political organizations including the Tea Party, as well as conservative media figures and outlets such as Parler, Tucker Carlson, and The Washington Times. Their formal campaigns have promoted use of raw milk and disputed the narrative around the 2012 Benghazi attack, in addition to the narratives promoted by their clients through the “Conservative Stack” service, a content management service catering to conservative users.

  • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    I keep hearing this, and I’ve been ready to fight back against them for decades, but I don’t ever see the revolution.

    Unless you count occupy wallstreet, which lasted like 2 weeks, and nobody remembers.

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      4 days ago

      People have been asleep and okay with fascism as long as they have money in their pocket. Now, this breach with ethical behavior in the name of corporate America on the part of so many has gone full circle. In other words, this is what you get when you value money over people.