Waking Times - 9/20/13, V. Susan Ferguson, Contributor
March 17, 2011, the UK Guardian published a report warning that social media is being manipulated.
Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - Military’s ‘sock puppet’ software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda
“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 United States Central Command (Centcom), which oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, to develop what is described as an “online persona management service” that will allow one US serviceman or woman to control up to 10 separate identities based all over the world.”
…each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 US-based controllers should be able to operate false identities from their workstations “without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries”.
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