US military taps 'sock puppets'
Fake personas on social websites to manipulate and influence opinion
Fielding, Nick; Cobain, Ian; Rushe, Dominic http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks
Publisher: The Guardian
Date Written: 25/03/2011
Year Published: 2011
Pages: 1pp
Resource Type: Article
A new $2.76 million dollar 'counter-terrorism' initiative to create a pro-America online presence using fake online personas is underway. These interventions will not be conducted in English or on American sites, but will be Arabic, Farsi, Urdu, and Pashtu speaking "sock-puppets".
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