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I don't have a source to back this up right now, but the claim when the sockpuppet program first became news was that they were only operating in non-English co

I don't have a source to back this up right now, but the claim when the sockpuppet program first became news was that they were only operating in non-English communities, e.g. terrorist-affiliated web forums, and that they said it would be illegal to use domestically, therefore they avoided any English usage. Whether that's actually true… who knows.

mindcrime 13y ago
There's a pretty good article on it here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-oper...