US Military creates fake online "sock puppets"

[wurzel]

"The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media using fake online personas designed to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda"

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Any likely candidates on here I wonder?

[TimberWolf]

"The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media using fake online personas designed to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda"

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Any likely candidates on here I wonder?

You mean it will not only pass the blog Turing test but make humans think like it.

[NickFitz]

I'm not sure they need bother, given some of the ignorant cretins the USA lets loose on t'Internet already:

"If you want to feel better about this earthquake in Japan, google ‘Pearl Harbor Death Toll.’"
"Thanks for the surprise attack Pacific Ocean!"
"'The Japanese tsunami was payback for Pearl Harbor' Facebook Group"

etc. etc.

[Peoplesoft bloke]

Cybercretin and Contractor 79 were early prototypes.

[DimPrawn]

Private DimPrawn reporting for duty captain sir!

[landl]

"The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media using fake online personas designed to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda"

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Any likely candidates on here I wonder?

Jolly nice weather we're having for the time of year chaps. God bless the United States of America. It's nice and sunny in Bucking Ham Shire.

[TimberWolf]

Private DimPrawn reporting for duty captain sir!

The opposite seems to occur on CUK, not only does everyone suspect everyone else of being a sockpuppet (which is probably true), but no one has ever had their views changed by anyone on any issue either. The trenches and bunkers just get deeper.

[Sysman]

"The US military is developing software that will let it secretly manipulate social media using fake online personas designed to influence internet conversations and spread pro-American propaganda"

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Any likely candidates on here I wonder?

What rate are they paying?

[PRC1964]

Hey, hey, USA, how many sockies did you create today?

[DaveB]

Nothing new, PR companies have been doing it for years. It's also one of the things HBGary Federal were planning as part of their anti Anonymous plan to get cash from federal agencies. The problem is, they are very very easy to spot, even when being moderated by a real human being, and consequently do more to discredit the position they are supposed to be promoting.

For those that haven't seen it start Here for an insight into the thinking of the kind of people who come up with these things and what can happen as a result.

Go Here for all the juicy details of just how HBGary and Aaron Barr got taken apart by Anonymous.