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Re:Twitter exec for Middle East is also part-time British ar... by Cpoll on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:32AM (#21116408)
What part of the parent post is movie-like? I may be too cynical, but I don't see a difference between "the same job as brand influencers" and "spread (dis)information"
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Re:Twitter exec for Middle East is also part-time British ar... by dogma1138 on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:36AM (#21116462)
Because most of their job isn’t spreading disinformation but rather providing good PR for recruitment at home or in the Middle East countering the disinformation campaigns that the likes of ISIS run unless you think that their recruitment operations are not disinformation.

The British army information warfare unit also famously runs the BBC radio relay station in Cyprus providing access to the Middle East and parts of Asia.

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Re:Twitter exec for Middle East is also part-time British ar... by 5trokerac3 on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:55AM (#21116725)
"Good PR" is also seen as the lack of bad PR. Like when we drop a bomb on a school and kill a bunch of kids. PsyOps are the ones who pay off the village.
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Re:Twitter exec for Middle East is also part-time British ar... by vkou on Monday September 30, 2019 @11:45AM (#21116604)
What makes you think the good PR is not disinformation?
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