U.S. Plan To Fight The Internet Revealed

geniese writes "The BBC is reporting on a recently declassified document that details the U.S. Military's intentions regarding warfare and the Internet." From the article: "Perhaps the most startling aspect of the roadmap is its acknowledgement that information put out as part of the military's psychological operations, or Psyops, is finding its way onto the computer and television screens of ordinary Americans. 'Information intended for foreign audiences, including public diplomacy and Psyops, is increasingly consumed by our domestic audience,' it reads."

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Wikipedia, the new battleground.

[i_ate_god]

Governments worldwide need to spread propaganda. Canada did it to fight the seperatist movement, the US did it to fight the war in Iraq, and look at China/Russia.

What better place to wage a propaganda war than Wikipedia. Yeah fine, mod me as flamebait to conceal the truth of the matter, but everyone knows Wikipedia's content is trusted by millions of people. I don't see why it wouldn't become a major battleground in information warfare.

I single out wikipedia because of its importance yet ease of use for editing its content. Most countries can manipulate that information and probably already do. Only SOME countries would have the resources and will power to go further and manipulate real encylopedias and other "fact checked" sources of information.

Re:BBC Article sensationlizes?

[Zerbs]

It is an article from the BBC, what else would you expect from it but a left wing slant.

Re:Wow, and update of the leaflet idea

[Curtman]

"In fact, we HAVE taken away the freedom of the presses we didn't like"

There's worse things than being closed down too.

• "In 2003, during the invasion of Iraq, a U.S. missile hit the network's (al-Jazeera) office in Baghdad, killing a correspondent. U.S. officials called the incident an accident."