No place for Truth in business or politics > FB hides negative mental health research; WSJ hides huge embezzlement in Zelensky's office

 

Meta covered up Facebook mental health research – court filings

The company hid findings that use of its social media platform was linked to depression and anxiety, documents allegedly show

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Facebook’s parent company Meta hid the results of in-house research into the negative health impacts of using the social media site, according to recently unredacted court filings.

The company’s internal communications were released on Friday as part of a long-running, high-profile lawsuit brought by US school districts against several social media firms. It alleges that their platforms have caused mental harm and addiction among children and teenagers.

In a 2020 research study, Meta asked people to stop using Facebook for a period of time, comparing them to a control group that continued normal use, according to the documents.

“To Meta’s disappointment, pilot tests of the deactivation study confirmed that ‘people who stopped using Facebook for a week reported lower feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness, and social comparison’,” the filings allege.

“Rather than investigate further, or sound the alarm, Meta halted the project – claiming that participants’ feedback was biased by ‘the result of the existing media narrative around the company’.”

Despite their own findings about the causal link between Facebook use and adverse mental health effects, “Meta lied to Congress about what it knew,” the filings allege.

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The social media giant has faced increased scrutiny in the US in recent months.

In October, Meta said it would add new safeguards to its “teen accounts,” allowing parents to turn off their children’s communications with the company’s AI chatbots, following earlier revelations that they could engage minors in romantic or sensual conversation.

The company has also faced pressure from the US Federal Trade Commission, which has accused it of holding a monopoly in social networking.

However, last week a Washington district court ruled in Meta’s favor in the antitrust lawsuit, stating that the US competition watchdog had not proven that the company currently holds a monopoly, “whether or not Meta enjoyed monopoly power in the past.”

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WSJ buried expose about Zelensky’s ‘corrupt’ right-hand man – Tucker Carlson

The Murdoch-owned newspaper has information implicating Ukraine’s presidential chief of staff, the journalist claims

FILE PHOTO: Vladimir Zelensky's chief of staff, Andrey Yermak at US-Ukrainian talks in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, March 11, 2025. © Getty Images / Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu

The Wall Street Journal is refusing to publish information allegedly proving that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s top aide embezzled US funds, journalist Tucker Carlson has claimed.

In a post on X on Monday, Carlson said the WSJ has for months held a story detailing the “personal corruption” of Andrey Yermak, Zelensky’s chief of staff.

“Yermak has skimmed hundreds of millions in American tax dollars meant for Ukraine aid. The Journal’s editors can prove that. But they’re not. Instead they’re protecting Yermak,” Carlson wrote.

The journalist further argued that the information was being suppressed because Yermak, as Kiev’s top negotiator, was “leading efforts to scuttle” the US-drafted plan to end the conflict between Ukraine and Russia. The Murdoch family, which owns the WSJ, wants “to continue the war with Russia,” he claimed.

As do all the major arms manufacturers in the Western world!

Earlier this month, Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies NABU and SAPO said they had uncovered a $100 million kickback scheme in the country’s energy sector allegedly led by Timur Mindich, Zelensky’s close associate and former long-time business partner. Zelensky has since imposed sanctions on Mindich, who fled the country to evade arrest.

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Although Yermak has not been formally charged, Ukrainian opposition lawmaker Yaroslav Zhelezhnyak alleged that Yermak was “well aware” of the embezzlement and appeared in the audio recordings released by investigators.

The newspaper Ukrainska Pravda reported on Monday that Yermak had instructed prosecutors to “draw up” charges against NABU chief Aleksandr Klimenko. Zelensky attempted to curb the powers of NABU and SAPO in July but was forced to retreat after protests in Kiev and pressure from the West.

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More Clues About the Origins of Covid-19

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Fury is often the response when someone is caught out in a lie.

China furious as new report suggests Wuhan lab staff sought hospital care

weeks before Covid-19 outbreak was disclosed

24 May, 2021 08:51

Researchers from China's Wuhan Institute of Virology became so ill in November 2019 that they required hospital treatment, the Wall Street Journal has reported as the international community continues to probe Covid-19's origins.

According to a US intelligence report cited by the paper, three staff members from the institute became so ill that they required hospital care weeks before Beijing acknowledged the outbreak of the novel coronavirus.

One source told the Wall Street Journal that the intelligence was provided by a foreign ally and could be significant but required further verification. Another person familiar with the matter described the information as coming from various sources, adding that the intelligence was of “exquisite quality” and “very precise.” However, the individual acknowledged that the intelligence did not reveal why the researchers fell ill. Notably, a State Department document issued during the final days of Donald Trump’s administration said several researchers from the institute became sick in the fall of 2019 with symptoms associated with Covid-19, as well as more common seasonal illnesses. 

According to the Journal, President Joe Biden’s administration hasn’t disputed the claim that Wuhan researchers fell ill weeks before the Covid-19 outbreak was made public. But one administration official told the paper that Trump’s government had “put spin on the ball” by interpreting the intelligence as clear evidence that the virus came from the laboratory. Several other current US officials said the information was “circumstantial” but worthy of further investigation. 

China’s Foreign Ministry issued a response to the report on Monday, insisting that there were no reported Covid-19 cases among staff and students at the virology institute. 

The previously undisclosed report comes amid growing debate over how the pandemic began.

Beijing has strenuously denied that the laboratory played any role in the international health crisis. In March, a team of experts from the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report after visiting Wuhan which effectively ruled out the possibility that the pandemic was the result of a laboratory accident. The team did not identify the origin of the virus, but said that the introduction of the disease through an intermediate host followed by zoonotic transmission – from animals to humans – was “likely to very likely." The report also said it was possible that the virus was introduced to residents in Wuhan through the food supply. 

The Chinese city reported the first cases of the illness on December 31, 2019, and shut down a market that authorities initially believed was linked to the disease’s spread. 

Following the release of the WHO’s findings, 14 nations, including the US and UK, issued a joint statement expressing concerns that the investigation was not thorough enough. The states called for “transparent” further analysis of the outbreak that is “free from interference” and “unimpeded.”

In fact, the investigation was a farce and its conclusions were not based on any evidence whatsoever.

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During the early months of the pandemic, Washington accused China of not doing enough to contain the virus and even suggested the disease may have leaked from the Wuhan lab. The Trump administration never provided evidence for the claim, however. 

China’s Foreign Ministry noted the WHO’s conclusion that a lab leak was highly unlikely and accused Washington of continuing to “hype the lab leak theory.” 

"Is [Washington] actually concerned about tracing the source or trying to divert attention?” it said in a statement to the Journal. 

The WHO is scheduled to outline the next phase of its investigation into Covid-19’s origins, with the new report potentially fueling speculation that the lab-leak theory requires further consideration.