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>Foreign gov't, certainly. Ours? As honestly as I can claim, I never knew of any Psyop folks conducting operations on those sites, nor did I ever hear of any di
by obviouslynotme 5y ago
>Foreign gov't, certainly. Ours? As honestly as I can claim, I never knew of any Psyop folks conducting operations on those sites, nor did I ever hear of any directives for Psyop folks to use those platforms as viable mediums.
They were smaller then and it was still illegal for the USGov to do domestic propaganda before 2014. Twitter is famous for having literal PsyOps officers on staff.[1]
1. https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-executive-revealed-psyops-soldier-spreading-disinformation-across-social-media-1462406 https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-executive-revealed-psyops-s...
- boston_clone 5y agoThe article states that was a UK officer, and not the US.
- obviouslynotme 5y agoThat is a distinction without a difference.
- wolverine876 5y agoThat is easily written but what does it mean and why should we believe it?
- boston_clone 5y agoI imagine there are at least a few differences in the legal boundaries for the US military and the UK. I can't speak to the latter, but I stand by my claim about the former. Here's the most concrete anything I could find [0] about relationships between the US media and any PsyOp personnel, but I don't much care to look very hard. You're welcome to look as well. [0] - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations_(United_States)#CNN_and_NPR_interns_incident https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_operations_(Unit...
- wolverine876 5y agoWho publishes Newsweek? Last I knew it was the same as IBT, who were not really credible.