But what does the US military use those same networks for? Well, we can’t tell you: That’s “classified,” a CENTCOM spokesman recently informed Raw Story. One use that’s confirmed, however, is the manipulation of social media through the use of fake online “personas” managed by the military. Recently the US Air Force had solicited private sector vendors for something called “persona management software.” Such a technology would allow single individuals to command virtual armies of fake, digital “people” across numerous social media portals. A fake virtual army of people could be used to help create the impression of consensus opinion in online comment threads, or manipulate social media to the point where valuable stories are suppressed. Ultimately, this can have the effect of causing a net change to the public’s opinions and understanding of key world events. worldtruth.tv/cia-admits-full-monitoring-of-facebook-and-other-social-networks/
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 01:56:19 +0000
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