[P2P-F] Article : "US spy operation that manipulates social media"

Fri Mar 18 11:15:46 CET 2011

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

excerpts :

*" The US military <http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/us-military> is
developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media sites
such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to influence
internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda. "*

*" Critics are likely to complain that it will allow the US military to
create a false consensus in online conversations, crowd out unwelcome
opinions and smother commentaries or reports that do not correspond with its
own objectives. "*

*" The multiple persona contract is thought to have been awarded as part of
a programme called Operation Earnest Voice (OEV), which was first developed
in Iraq as a psychological warfare weapon ... "*

*" OEV was discussed last year at a gathering of electronic warfare
specialists in Washington
DC<http://www.crows.org/the-io-institute/infowarcon-2010-agenda.html>
 "*
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