I 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-n

I 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 https://www.techdirt.com/2013/07/15/anti-propaganda-ban-repealed-freeing-state-dept-to-direct-its-broadcasting-arm-american-citizens/ https://www.techdirt.com/2013/07/15/anti-propaganda-ban-repe...