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digitronOP•

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An amazing piece of investigative journalism, exposing the tactics — such as exploitation of DMCA and GDPR laws — used by Eliminalia to get rid of online content that is ‘harmful’ for its clients and to help them rebrand themselves.

The story begins with a Mexican invetigative journalist receiving peculiar calls and text about a recent article he had published into the bad track record of a video survellience company. But these weren’t some random calls. Instead, they were orchestrated by Eliminalia on behalf of its client to coerce the journalist to remove his article.

A nearly 50K internal company documents leaked to the Forbidden Stories show that Eliminalia’s clients include scammers, spyware companies, torurers, convicted criminals, corrupt politicians among others, and span 50 countries across five continents. A month before the publication of this investigation, Eliminalia rebranded itself…

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Gastronomicus•

A month before the publication of this investigation, Eliminalia rebranded itself…

Now known as the Eliminati.

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SuperWeskerSniper•

Eliminalia. What an incredibly ominous name.

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sneakysnake128•

Now coming to a right-wing party near you.

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foofoobee•

This is fascinating. Interesting to see how the classic offline strong-arming tactics are being adapted to the digital realm in this way. Some very serious implications of this, when big hosting providers end up either playing along or being duped by this agency.

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solo-ran•

How about removing content from a more established source? How would they do that?

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ghanima•

I don't see any reason why their M.O. would be any different. The barrier to challenging their tactics is money and most journalistic organizations aren't exactly rolling in it, these days.

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jasoncrueger•

I am currently studying reputation management in general and it is such an unusual case ... This is a fascinating look into the shady practices of reputation management firms like Eliminalia. It's important for consumers to be aware of these practices and do their own research before using such services. Websites like PissedConsumer can be a helpful resource for checking the reputation of companies and their services.

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