Re: Revealed: U.S. Spy Operation That Manipulates Social Media

[phester <funsec () armorfirewall com>]

On Fri, 18 Mar 2011, Rob, grandpa of Ryan, Trevor, Devon & Hannah wrote:

> Date sent:            Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:17:39 -0700
> From:                 Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster () gmail com>
>
> > The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate
> > social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter by using fake online personas to
> > influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda.
>
> Gee, thanks.  As if we didn't already have enough trolls out there with fake
> personae ...
>
> > http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-ne
> > tworks

So that explains all of the "it's bush's fault" trolls.

http://www.google.com/search?q=it's+bush's+fault

About 258,000 results

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