4 ms·
At risk of being called a conspiracy theorist, is it only Russia and China that do this, or do western government agencies also do this, to other countries or e
by bsuvc 5y ago
At risk of being called a conspiracy theorist, is it only Russia and China that do this, or do western government agencies also do this, to other countries or even to their own populations?
- colpabar 5y agoI'd like to know this as well, and if anyone has any sources that cover it, please list them. I'm so tired of the western media lens.
- throwaway743 5y agoI linked the elsewhere in this thread but will paste them here for convenience. https://www.techdirt.com/2011/03/18/us-military-kicks-off-plan-to-fill-social-networks-with-fake-sock-puppet-accounts/ https://www.techdirt.com/2011/03/18/us-military-kicks-off-pl... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/facebook-must-take-these-four-steps-counter-police-sock-puppets https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/04/facebook-must-take-the... And iirc, there was a bill around 2015 that revoked the blocking of US military from carrying out domestic propaganda. I gotta double check tho. Edit: It was the State Dept who were banned from domestic propaganda via their broadcast arm under the Smith-Mundt act until 2013 when the ban was lifted. https://www.techdirt.com/2013/07/15/anti-propaganda-ban-repealed-freeing-state-dept-to-direct-its-broadcasting-arm-american-citizens/ https://www.techdirt.com/2013/07/15/anti-propaganda-ban-repe...
- boomboomsubban 5y agoThe West will often hires a private company to do the same thing and calls them "political operatives." And presumably the "Western" intelligence agencies are doing something. We have evidence of it happening in South Koreaa around 2010, and it's hard to imagine other agencies didn't learn from it's success.
- throaway_436 5y ago
- throaway_436 5y ago