Even leftist rag the guardian published this, so yeah, so much for goolag not being evil.
Monsanto (Bayer) operated an intelligence-gathering fusion center, to discredit journalists and activists, including singer Neil Young, and paid Google to bury results in its search engine, The Guardian, reported.
Activist Post previously reported that Bayer/Monsanto the formerly merged company of potentially two of the evilest businesses in history had kept a file of 200 names, including journalists and lawmakers in hopes of influencing their positions on pesticides according to French prosecutors.
Now, The Guardian has an expos on Monsanto going a step beyond by spying on journalists through use of a Fusion Center type operation and paying Google to hide negative results.
The Guardian reports:
The records reviewed by the Guardian show Monsanto adopted a multi-pronged strategy to target Carey Gillam, a Reuters journalist who investigated the companys weedkiller and its links to cancer. Monsanto, now owned by the German pharmaceutical corporation Bayer, also monitored a not-for-profit food research organization through its intelligence fusion center, a term that the FBI and other law enforcement agencies use for operations focused on surveillance and terrorism.
The documents, originating from 2015 to 2017, were disclosed as part of one of numerous ongoing court battles on the health hazards of the companys Roundup weedkiller.
According to The Guardian report, Monsanto also paid Google to promote search results for Monsanto Glyphosate Carey Gillam that criticized her work. Further, Monsanto PR staff internally talked about putting pressure on the Reuters news agency, stating they should continue to push back on [Gillams] editors very strongly every chance we get, and were hoping she gets reassigned.
Citizens are growing increasingly aware that companies like Bayer/Monsanto are bad for their health and the environment. Its heartbreaking to see a chemical company involved with the poisoning of U.S. families still poisoning people decades later.
Whats more worrying is that Monsanto ordered Blackwater to harass private citizens, paid off researchers and has had a revolving door in the U.S. for policy. All of this truly shows the extent of the stain of corruption that Monsanto has manufactured and been allowed to continue.
Now we have evidence Monsanto paid off Google, scientists, academics and more. Thats not all, we have undeniable proof that Monsanto threatened its critics, and may have broken privacy laws by spying on journalists, and activists alike.
