On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 9:19 AM Benjamin Gabriel via dev-security-policy < dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org> wrote:
> > On 2/24/19 11:08 AM, Nex wrote: > > > The New York Times just published another investigative report that > mentions > > DarkMatter at length, with additional testimonies going on the > > record: > > Dear Nex, > > The New York Times article that you reference does not add anything new to > the misleading allegations previously published in the Reuters article. It > simply repeats ad-nauseum a false, and categorically denied, narrative > about DarkMatter, under the guise of an investigative reporting on the > alleged surveillance practices of governmental authorities of foreign > countries. > > DarkMatter is strictly a commercial company which exists to provide > cyber-security and digital transformation services to our customers in the > United Arab Emirates, and the larger GCC and MENA regions. > > We have already noted that these misleading allegations about DarkMatter > were originally planted by defamatory and false sources - in two (2) > articles published on the internet - and are now repeatedly recycled by > irresponsible journalists looking for a sensationalist angle on > socio-political regional issues. And we have consistently, and > categorically, denied and refuted all of the allegations about DarkMatter, > including on this forum. [1][2] > > The fact that New York Times has chosen to recycle these refuted false > narratives about DarkMatter, without reaching out to inquire on the real > DarkMatter story, is unfortunate. At times like this - it is important to > note that not all news reporting is based on factual or true events, and is > sometimes based on undisclosed bias or in some instances on outright > fraudulent reporting.[3][4][5][6][7][8] > > We continue to push for responsible journalism that is based on truth and > verifiable facts. > > One could also argue that these examples [3][4][5] show The Intercept holding themselves accountable for false reporting, thus adding credibility to their story on DarkMatter [9] that was published months later. [9] https://theintercept.com/2016/10/24/darkmatter-united-arab-emirates-spies-for-hire/ Regards, > Benjamin Gabriel > General Counsel, DarkMatter Group > > [1] > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.security.policy/nnLVNfqgz7g/QAj8vTobCAAJ > [2] > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/mozilla.dev.security.policy/nnLVNfqgz7g/VZf8xR-hAgAJ > [3] https://theintercept.com/2016/02/02/a-note-to-readers/ > [4] > https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/03/business/media/the-intercept-says-reporter-falsified-quotations.html > [5] > https://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/feb/02/the-intercept-fires-reporter-juan-thompson > [6] > https://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/05/public-editor/repairing-the-credibility-cracks-after-jayson-blair.html > [7] > https://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/us/correcting-the-record-times-reporter-who-resigned-leaves-long-trail-of-deception.html > [8] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_York_Times_controversies > > _______________________________________________ dev-security-policy mailing list dev-security-policy@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-security-policy
