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US Military Commissions Sock Puppet Program

Posted by timothy on from the and-I'm-learning-chinese-says-werner-von-braun dept.

chrb writes "The Guardian and The Telegraph are reporting that US based Ntrepid Corporation has been awarded a $2.76 million contract to develop software aimed at manipulating social media. The project aims to enable military personnel to control multiple 'sock puppets' located at a range of geographically diverse IP addresses, with the aim of spreading pro-US propaganda. The project will not target English speaking web sites (yet) but will be limited to foreign languages, including Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Pashto. The project will be funded as part of the $200 million Operation Earnest Voice program run by US Central Command."

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  1. Unbellythinkful by Errol+backfiring · · Score: 5, Funny

    Really, calling propaganda "Operation Earnest Voice"? I think a few braincells just exploded.

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    1. Re:Unbellythinkful by Magada · · Score: 3, Funny

      What would you want it to be called? "Operation Naked Truth"?

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      Something bad is coming when people are suddenly anxious to tell the truth.
    2. Re:Unbellythinkful by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      Operation 15/f/Kabul ;-)

  2. Are you paying US taxes? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    An American would not spell "dishonorable" the way you did.

  3. Re:So when should we expect sock puppets here? by Abstrackt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nah, the military is way too busy defending our freedoms and improving the world we live in to spend time posting on Slashdot!

    (This message brought to you by the US military)

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  4. Re:I, for one, salute our new sock-puppet overlord by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Well, I'd say it would have been a good idea....if they could have kept it fscking SECRET....

    Now..wouldn't any pro-USA comments on any ME message board or whatever now be suspected of being a sockpuppet?

    I guess we now have a new meme: On the internet...

    All the men are men

    All the women are men

    All the kids are FBI agents

    And...all the pro-USA guys in foreign forums are CIA agents.

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    Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.........