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Re:DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation by godshatter on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:22PM (#28147950)
You have more faith in the US government than I do. I could see them finding out that there exists, for example, a campaign by global adversaries to spread vaccine misinformation. It's an easy step for them to start gathering and investigating all anti-vaccine posts with a certain size following on social media networks whether they are posted by a US citizen or not, in order to determine if they are related. Sure, the military can't act against US citizens directly, but they could easily hand them off to the FBI, who can.

I'll wait and see, though, I guess. It will be interesting to see what "misinformation" they decide to go after first. It's not liking choosing their target could be easily abused or anything.

Re:DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation by fhood on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:49PM (#28148246)
Hand them off to the FBI and then what?
Re:DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation by AstralDwarves on Thursday August 12, 2021 @08:29AM (#28155380)
The FBI creates a group, invites all of them to join, proposes a terror plot, arrests all of them for being in a terror group, and pats themselves on the back for another job well done.
Re:DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation by tootie on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @10:38PM (#28151069)
Posting anti-vax material isn't illegal. If they find actual illegal material like promoting violence or insurrection, then great because that's a punishable crime.
Re:DoD Awards $1B Contract to Peraton to Counter Misinformation by godshatter on Thursday August 12, 2021 @10:36AM (#28156861)
> Posting anti-vax material isn't illegal.

Not yet.