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The US has the 4th and 8th Psychological Operations Groups stationed at Ft. Bragg, and that’s just what’s acknowledged publicly.
by xtian 3y ago
The US has the 4th and 8th Psychological Operations Groups stationed at Ft. Bragg, and that’s just what’s acknowledged publicly.
- tokai 3y agoSlides from the Snowden leaks described ways of disrupting online communities. So The US and its allies has possible done it for decades. https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
- hn_throawlles 3y agothis kind of stuff is OLD. much older that you think... it's been getting more and more sophisticated since (at least) the romans, and surely in medieval times. they only different thing is now it happens online, hence it's all much closer to 'real time' unlike the historical versions
- webdoodle 3y agoThe U.S. and the U.K., through their collective media empires, AKA Operation Mockingbird, control the most influential PSYOP armies in the world.
- hutzlibu 3y agoAlso, there are PR companies. They have their trolls and bots as well.
- xtian 3y agoYes, such as Black Cube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cube https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cube