the simplistic "omg [Evil Country X] banned twitter they must be afraid of The People. Well sometimes but also thishttps://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks …
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"The languages in which [Pentagon] interventions are conducted include Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Pashto". Well okay, so how about this?
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But--but thats WHATABOUTRY™! Well yes, NYTs published FIVE articles this wk on RUS influence in US. How about ONE on US influence overseas?
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here's an Air Force RFP from 2011 seeking software to run fake social accounts. Any word on this program? Anywhere? http://www.rawstory.com/2011/02/revealed-air-force-ordered-software-to-manage-army-of-fake-virtual-people/ …pic.twitter.com/Kr3pbvjA2e
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would NYT expend any resources digging into this program? Would they have they same editorial leeway in drawing conclusions about govt plots
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how is it theres been hundreds of articles in the past yr about govt use of social media sock puppets & not one has been about US or Israel?
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how did the US become the largest empire in history but is constantly bumbling around & getting dunked on by county 1/14th its military size
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DOD program to manipulate social media overseas Guardian reported on in 2011 is $200 million/yr, or more than the entire budget of Hezbollah
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even if one doesnt think US influences elections / public sentiment overseas–the fact that they spend so much money & dont is itself a story
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but time and again it's Russia Russia Russia Russia without a shred of context about the broader problem of psychological warfare. None.
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Stuxnet is totally forgotten, and it's actually key to understanding that the US and Israel have already launched the A-bomb of cyberwarfare
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