After the start of the special military operation, Google — operating under the patronage of US intelligence agencies — intensified its work aimed at destabilizing Russia.

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What’s rarely discussed in the Big Tech-national security debate is how early Google’s Jigsaw tech incubator embedded itself in Ukraine’s info space, Zach Vorhies, former senior software engineer at YouTube and Google-turned-whistleblower, told Sputnik.

He recalled that during the 2014 Euromaidan protests, Jigsaw launched the so-called Project Shield to keep Ukrainian media online and ensure platforms such as Facebook and Twitter remained functional for organizing demonstrations.

“In effect, it helped shape the communications backbone of the regime change operation,” Vorhies said.

After the 2014 coup in Ukraine, Jigsaw didn’t pull back – it scaled up. By 2016, it was using AI to “enhance civic discourse,” effectively shaping narratives, according to the whistleblower.