American Sock Puppets - Spy Mission that manipulates social media

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So I have identified some of American Sock Puppets on this forum… Sock Puppets, would you stand up please? :slight_smile:

Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media | Hacking | The Guardian

**Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media **

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.

A Californian corporation has been awarded a contract with United States Central Command (Centcom), which oversees US armed operations in the Middle East and Central Asia, to develop what is described as an “online persona management service” that will allow one US serviceman or woman to control up to 10 separate identities based all over the world.

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The Centcom contract stipulates that each fake online persona must have a convincing background, history and supporting details, and that up to 50 US-based controllers should be able to operate false identities from their workstations "without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries

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Re: American Sock Puppets - Spy Mission that manipulates social media

this presence has long been felt across GS forums, they have very active sock puppets here!

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Re: American Sock Puppets - Spy Mission that manipulates social media

Spy would imply covert. CENTCOM and ZulfiDOT have their affiliation in their signatures.

Still like I've said elsewhere, anyone who spams the forums (copy pastes the same thread everywhere) should not be allowed. This applies to these two and it applies to Hizb ut Tahrir Khilafa spammers as well.

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Re: American Sock Puppets - Spy Mission that manipulates social media

Nothing comes closer to sophistication of GIYUS and Hasbara. These sock puppets are - erm like Muppets in comparison.