Propaganda: US Military Implicated in Mass Online Spamming Scandal

[BarryDonegan]

http://silverunderground.com/2013/08/propaganda-us-military-implicated-in-mass-online-spamming-scandal/

"military and intelligence officials have been running fake social media accounts to spread disinformation and have also been mass spamming the comments sections of online news articles with manufactured sentiments. However, these activities have not been limited to websites in nations in which the US is at war; American whistleblowers, journalists, and news websites have been targeted by these programs as well in an effort to affect domestic political sentiments and to damage the reputations of individuals who have alternative viewpoints on foreign policy and domestic civil liberties."

[fearthereaperx]

Not saying it's not happening, but there hasn't been any proof of this happening domestically. Perhaps, we will see another whistleblower in the future exposing these types of operations.

[Kotin]

lol anybody who reads online news comments regularly knows this has been true for a LONG time..


nice to see it getting some coverage.

[green73]

lol anybody who reads online news comments regularly knows this has been true for a LONG time..


nice to see it getting some coverage.

Anybody with a brain that is. Sadly that's a small minority.

[pcosmar]

Not saying it's not happening, but there hasn't been any proof of this happening domestically. .

Yes,, there has.

Aside from admitting it is done outside the US,, many sites have had such trolls identified (by USGov IPs) domestically.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhlsegIE9a4

[paulbot24]

I can't believe it has taken this long for this to be investigated. The canned moronic comments from usernames like USAforever8453 on news articles has gotten so ridiculous that people don't even take the bait anymore. They just ignore them.