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http://www.computerworld.com/article/2470594/endpoint-security/army-of-fake-social-media-friends-to-promote-propaganda.html http://www.computerworld.com/article

http://www.computerworld.com/article/2470594/endpoint-security/army-of-fake-social-media-friends-to-promote-propaganda.html http://www.computerworld.com/article/2470594/endpoint-securi... https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-op... http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2011/feb/23/need-to-protect-internet-from-astroturfing http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2011/fe... This is old news. It was first revealed in 2004.

crusso 10y ago
The existence of the US government's looking into such a program or even having a small version of it isn't surprising. What would be interesting in a bad way would be if the US government was using it at anywhere near the scale of the Chinese government.
- okc 10y ago
  Agreed, with both of you. I like this hackernews forum, as false arguments tend to be articulately called out and discussed. The irony of the thread is that the fundamental debate is about if such a forum should be allowed to exist without government mediation and control.