Forum Post: US Military Manipulates the Social Media
Posted 13 years ago on Nov. 15, 2011, 8:36 p.m. EST by TrevorMnemonic
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The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites by using fake online personas to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with US Central Command (Centcom), which oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, to develop an “online persona management service” that will allow one US serviceman and woman to control up to 10 separate identities based all over the world. The Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 US-based controllers could operate false identities from their workstations. The multiple persona contract is thought to have been awarded as part of a program called Operation Earnest Voice (OEV), which was first developed in Iraq as a psychological warfare weapon against the online presence of al-Qaida supporters and other extremists resisting the US military and political presence in Iraq. This effort proved successful and is now being used elsewhere in the Middle East and beyond with assurances that none of these interventions would happen here at home, as it would be unlawful to “address US audiences” with such technology.
Source http://www.projectcensored.org/top-stories/articles/2-us-military-manipulates-the-social-media/
Something tells me that the military has hired a group like blackwater (Xe services now) to use this software, in these forums. Some anti-OWS posters don't seem to need sleep! There was a Marine who posted his support for OWS and was quickly called a coward and a traitor by another poster.
I'm sure the marine knew who the real coward was in that situation.
It's just a different level of propaganda. Same type of bullshit they have pulled all over the world. Fuck 'em. Fuck the Paulites. Fuck the Democrat/Repubican/Tea Party propaganda.
Their success is dependent on how receptive that you are.
Sure. Makes sense. We've spread more Democracy via social media than by guns and tanks. Consider it a slight improvement ;o)
Same thing others have been doing forever. You didn't really think all of those reviews, testimonials, "likes" and followers, were real did you? ; )
Like the "farmers" supporting the transcanada pipeline in the commercials they flood our local stations with?
We got them to move the pipeline so our government is paying for research on where to move it too now. Our government is a piece of shit. Just when we thought they were on our side they sucker punch us by giving Transcanada money.
Or perhaps they're finally DOING something to attain some semblance of energy independence from the middle east so we don't have to keep fighting wars over oil ?
By the way, I'm sure the farmers DO support a pipeline insofar as they get millions for the right-of-way through their fields. The same thing happened in the days of the railroad.
LULZ.... the proposed new pipeline goes through our state to the gulf... which means the oil is going somewhere else. They already have oil that comes to our country through other means. I should also point out that I meant local government and not the fed... although Obama did kind of weigh in on it, but he made no decision.
Most people just wanted it moved so it didn't go over our aquifer... that was the problem. They're still putting it through our state except now we're giving them money.
Not sure it's "going somewhere else" ... maybe, but our largest refineries are in the gulf region. I'm a Texan, I know these things ;o)
What are you giving them money for ? For NOT endangering your aquifer ?
I didn't want to give them any money. The money is to pay transcanada to research where to move the pipeline... even though weeks ago they already said they had 16 researched alternate routes already. Basically they're probably just going to pocket the money as an apology from our local government saying "I'm sorry, but we can't always deny the people. Here's money."
It's absolute bullshit. Also transcanada's oil process creates toxic lakes visible from space.
Toxic lakes out in the middle of nowhere ? Oops, I mean Canada, eh?
hahaha nice
They could one-up Minnesota... " Canada, the land of 10,000 toxic lakes ! "