US President says the news agency received funds from the Defense Department
The US President, (Republican Party), demanded on Thursday (13.FEV.2025) that the news agency Return $ 9 million to public coffers for a cybersecurity research contract.
The project, executed during its 1st government (2017-2021), was carried out by independent subsidiary of the news agency.
In his profile on the social network Truth, Trump a Reuters of a publication “leftist radical ” and said the news agency was paid by the US Department of Defense to current with “wide -scale social fraud ”. He wrote, in capital letters: “Return the money now!”.
In the post, Trump quotes (Department of Government Efficiency), directed by. It was the billionaire that 1st criticized the Reuters in response to a report on their government cuts.
“Reuters received millions of dollars from the US government to ‘large scale social fraud’. It is literally written in the contract”Musk na rede social X (ex-Twitter).
The contract in question was signed in 2018 by the Air Force Research Laboratory, with resources from (Advanced Defense Research Project Agency).
The project, called (active defense against social engineering), focused on detecting and preventing cyber attacks and attempts to phishing (Technology technique that leads user to reveal personal or confidential information).
A Thomson Reuters Special Services Provides data analysis and risk mitigation solutions for governments and global institutions. The company has a profile similar to that of organizations like a.
“We call the attacks against humans ‘social engineering’ because they manipulate users to perform desired actions or reveal sensitive information ”explained the Darpa on the ased.
Without specifying values, Trump also questioned payments made to the digital newspaper and. According to the White House, they are only content signatures for federal employees.
“Why they paid millions of dollars to the ‘politician’ for nothing, ” Wrote in the social Truth. “Return the money to taxpayers! How much was paid to the bankrupt ‘New York Times’? Is this the money that keeps them in operation? ”read in the publication.
The episode fits into a broader context of tension between the current Trump government and the traditional press.
A Reuters It is one of the largest news agencies in the world, founded in 1851 and known for its commitment to journalistic impartiality.
A Thomson Reuters Special Services It was established as a separate subsidiary to maintain the editorial independence of the news agency.
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