Revealed: US spy operationthat manipulates social media

[Wm]

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.

 

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/mar/17/us-spy-operation-social-networks

[Cheryl Nelson]

Something I learned regarding Facebook.  Someone was trying to hack into my account from the middle east.  I tried to delete my account and could not find a way to do so.  All I could do was deactivate it.  Does anyone know how to actually delete an account?  If there is no way, then they own all your personal information. 

[Wm]

Thick heads would do the right thing hey right they want to be the Kings afterwards.

[Wm]

They only need to post once it shows up on ten. I just type with one finger one blog at a time.