alliances.' This, he concluded, was 'just the beginning.'**"

*The #ClearviewAI Pipeline*

#Brown traces the infrastructure that weaponized the #MemeticWarfare toolkit:

"👉By 2016, #Auernheimer was writing to an associate that he was **'working on facial recognition, specifically about black people.'** In 2017, #CharlesJohnson announced on #Facebook that he was **'building algorithms to ID all the illegal immigrants for the deportation squads.'**👈

👉Thiel Connection👈

@skykiss @emptywheel

developing was already being executed by #Auernheimer aka #Weev, reportedly funded by #Thiel:

**'I've heard rumors that Thiel (who I believe you know) was bankrolling this dude ... to do similar things.'**"

Weev's Confirmation (May 2014 - Six Months Earlier)

Brown documents #Auernheimer's own statements confirming the #Thiel relationship:

"Auernheimer had effectively confirmed his relationship with Thiel six months earlier in what he believed to be a private @skykiss @emptywheel