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USG bids on Persona Management Software [1] Fake Online Personae for Propaganda [2] DARPA Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) [3] [1] http://www.

USG bids on Persona Management Software [1] Fake Online Personae for Propaganda [2] DARPA Social Media in Strategic Communication (SMISC) [3] [1] http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/revealed-air-force-ordered-software-to-manage-army-of-fake-virtual-people/ http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/02/revealed-air-force-ordere... [2] http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-ope... [3] https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6ef12558b44258382452fcf02942396a&tab=core&_cview=0 https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=6ef1255...

pdkl95 12y ago
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipula... To add to this, let's not forget GCHQ's Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG). As a member of FVEY, they are part of the "help our allies by spying on each other" game that happens to get around constitutional restrictions. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-ways-british-spies-seek-control-internet/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-o... JTRIG's toolbox is particularly interesting. While some tools are general-purpose or have plausible uses for traditional spying, quite a few tools are not useful for "finding terrorists" or other nation security purposes. These tools would be useful for spreading propaganda: • “Change outcome of online polls” (UNDERPASS) • “Ability to artificially increase traffic to a website” (GATEWAY) and “ability to inflate page views on websites” (SLIPSTREAM) • “Amplification of a given message, normally video, on popular multimedia websites (Youtube)” (GESTATOR) So yes, manipulation and paid posts are certainly going on. There are also far more technically sophisticated tricks being used as well. Unfortunately, this is something w4e need to keep in mind in most internet discussions - even here on HN. There has certainly been a lot of discussions here and elsewhere that were derailed with wedge-issue distractions.

pdkl95 12y ago

https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipula... To add to this, let's not forget GCHQ's Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group (JTRIG). As a member of FVEY, they are part of the "help our allies by spying on each other" game that happens to get around constitutional restrictions. https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-online-polls-ways-british-spies-seek-control-internet/ https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/07/14/manipulating-o... JTRIG's toolbox is particularly interesting. While some tools are general-purpose or have plausible uses for traditional spying, quite a few tools are not useful for "finding terrorists" or other nation security purposes. These tools would be useful for spreading propaganda: • “Change outcome of online polls” (UNDERPASS) • “Ability to artificially increase traffic to a website” (GATEWAY) and “ability to inflate page views on websites” (SLIPSTREAM) • “Amplification of a given message, normally video, on popular multimedia websites (Youtube)” (GESTATOR) So yes, manipulation and paid posts are certainly going on. There are also far more technically sophisticated tricks being used as well. Unfortunately, this is something w4e need to keep in mind in most internet discussions - even here on HN. There has certainly been a lot of discussions here and elsewhere that were derailed with wedge-issue distractions.