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Is PSYOP illegal against your own citizens? It sure sounds like that… Psychological operations (PSYOP) are planned operations to convey selected information an

Is PSYOP illegal against your own citizens? It sure sounds like that… Psychological operations (PSYOP) are planned operations to convey selected information and indicators to audiences to influence their emotions, motives, objective reasoning, and ultimately the behavior of governments, organizations, groups, and individuals. The purpose of psychological operations is to induce or reinforce behavior favorable to US objectives. They are an important part of the range of diplomatic, informational, military, and economic activities available to the US. They can be utilized during both peacetime and conflict. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_Operations_(United_States) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychological_Operations_(Unite...

intslack 13y ago
FVEY PSYOP (previously dismissed as tinfoilhattery when reported in places like The Guardian[1] or elsewhere over the years) has been revealed in The Incercept's reporting on Snowden documents[2]. As for legality, the important parts of Smith-Mundt were repealed several years ago. But you should totally trust them, PSYOP would never be carried out on their own populations, in social media or media in general. http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/ http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/ is a good read, for those interested. As is a history on Smith-Mundt: http://mountainrunner.us/2012/02/history_of_smith-mundt/ http://mountainrunner.us/2012/02/history_of_smith-mundt/ [1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-ope... [2] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipula...
pekk 13y ago
Considering that companies openly pay to run PSYOP on televisions and in your browser every day, I would say it's not illegal

intslack 13y ago

FVEY PSYOP (previously dismissed as tinfoilhattery when reported in places like The Guardian[1] or elsewhere over the years) has been revealed in The Incercept's reporting on Snowden documents[2]. As for legality, the important parts of Smith-Mundt were repealed several years ago. But you should totally trust them, PSYOP would never be carried out on their own populations, in social media or media in general. http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/ http://www2.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB177/ is a good read, for those interested. As is a history on Smith-Mundt: http://mountainrunner.us/2012/02/history_of_smith-mundt/ http://mountainrunner.us/2012/02/history_of_smith-mundt/ [1] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-ope... [2] https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipula...

pekk 13y ago

Considering that companies openly pay to run PSYOP on televisions and in your browser every day, I would say it's not illegal