http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operati
Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media
Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread
pro-American propaganda
The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate
social media sites 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.
