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Re:The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S by jdenning on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:01PM (#13170963)
I'm a bit nervous about some of the proposed legislation that is (ostensibly) protect us from this..I mean the patriot act was supposed to protect everyone from terrorism, but it served to legitimize the surveillance state.

https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/5181 https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/269...

"...develop and synchronize government initiatives to expose and counter foreign information operations directed against U.S. national security interests and advance fact-based narratives that support U.S. allies and interests"

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Re:The Perfect Weapon: How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the U.S by RcouF1uZ4gsC on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @04:09PM (#13171055)
"...develop and synchronize government initiatives to expose and counter foreign information operations directed against U.S. national security interests and advance fact-based narratives that support U.S. allies and interests"

This sounds suspiciously close to an official propaganda department. Anything that does not conform to the government narrative will be deemed a foreign information operation.

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