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Obama Appointee Sunstein Favors Infiltrating Online Groups
megamerican writes "President Barack Obama's appointee to head the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs advocated in a recent paper the 'cognitive infiltration' of groups that advocate 'conspiracy theories' like the ones surrounding 9/11 via 'chat rooms, online social networks, or even real-space groups and attempt to undermine' those groups. Sunstein admits that 'some conspiracy theories, under our definition, have turned out to be true' Sunstein has also recently advocated banning websites which post 'right-wing rumors' and bringing back the Fairness Doctrine. You can find a PDF of his paper here. For decades (1956-1971), the FBI under COINTELPRO focused on disrupting, marginalizing and neutralizing political dissidents, most notably the Black Panthers. More recently CENTCOM announced it would be engaging bloggers 'who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information.' In January 2009 the USAF released a flow-chart for 'counter-bloggers' to 'counter the people out there in the blogosphere who have negative opinions about the US government and the Air Force.'"
For decades (1956-1971), the FBI under COINTELPRO focused on disrupting, marginalizing and neutralizing political dissidents, most notably the Black Panthers. More recently CENTCOM announced it would be engaging bloggers 'who are posting inaccurate or untrue information, as well as bloggers who are posting incomplete information.' In January 2009 the USAF released a flow-chart for 'counter-bloggers' to 'counter the people out there in the blogosphere who have negative opinions about the U.S. government and the Air Force.'"
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-- More of the Same, AND EVEN WORSE!
the Obama administration has become very concerned with the situation in Azeroth and plan to spend 10 billion in on-line gold to help the cause.
Lilly levered Democrats, the solution lies with cruise missiles.
and my brain hurts.
Oh no! That's not mental fatigue, that's their mind-control satellite preventing you from concocting further conspiracy theories! It's too late for you, brother, but don't worry. I'll fight on, spreading the truth about the critical role Fluoride and the Cadbury Bunny played in the 9/11 attacks... as soon as I get some Tylenol... Ow...
The enemies of Democracy are
Watch what you type friends, Big Brother O is watching.
Nonsense. Please stop spreading FUD.
First they came for the 9/11 truthers, and I said noth- well, actually, anything they can do to mess with *those* loons is OK by me. Can they eff up ther anti-vaxxers, too?
Unless you underestimate the number of lone gunmen and you security apparatus suddenly suffers a total existence failure.
I can't help but recall : http://xkcd.com/386/
Keep Doing Good.
but you can't make an omelette without killing a few people. At least, I can't.
I don't know if you learned it from your Mother or what the deal is, but you're doing it wrong.
Sorry
I thought the end of the world wasn't for another 3 years?
"if enough people believe even relatively mild conspiracy theories about flu vaccines, then they'll refuse to get vaccinated and public health will suffer."
Yes. This is of course according to plan. Only the people who believe in conspiracies will suffer and die. Our plan to breed a more rational human being will come to fruition. AH HAHAHAHA.
Can't say I've ever read a direct incitement to murder on any website. Then again I can't read Arabic.
we deflected a civilization-ending asteroid lobbed at us by space aliens
You really shouldn't have bothered.
We're just going to use a much bigger asteroid next time.
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- - You can't take something off the Internet! That's like trying to take pee out of a swimming pool.
Except for the domestic spying, bailing out banks, starting two failfrak wars and presiding over an administration that outspent the liberal Clinton administration Bish never exceeded his powers... Right... What planet have you been on these last eight years by chance because it sure as hell isn't Earth.
First, the domestic spying was still for national defense, trying to stop terrorism. Still you can't deny that Obama is doing domestic spying, except for political purposes, wanted Bush to bail out the banks and passed a stimulus package that made the bank bailouts look like lunch at McDonalds, continuing and expanding wars from the Bush administration, and greatly outspent any single year of the Bush presidency... Hell outspent ANY year from ANY president in the history of this country... and your still bitching about Bush, who hasn't been president in a year.
So where have I been the past 8 years? Right here. But what's really telling is that you are trying to hard to ignore the past year under Obama that you forgot that Bush was elected NINE years ago, not eight. So, ummm... Where have you been for the past ONE year?
There is no "I disagree" mod for a reason. Flamebait, Troll, and Overrated are not substitutes.
Worse, one could legitimately suggest the reason these shows suck in ratings is because people do hear their message and reject it.
The reason conservative talk does well but liberal talk does poorly is just because there is a demographic in the coservative movement that just isn't that big on the left: people in their cars going to work.
Meh, I can afford to be modded down for trolling.
The Gospel according to lolcat