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Re:The Vietnamese military has an actual troll army and Face... by xtian on Monday May 08, 2023 @10:28AM (#35861873)
The US has the 4th and 8th Psychological Operations Groups stationed at Ft. Bragg, and that’s just what’s acknowledged publicly.
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Re:The Vietnamese military has an actual troll army and Face... by tokai on Monday May 08, 2023 @10:39AM (#35862012)
Slides from the Snowden leaks described ways of disrupting online communities. So The US and its allies has possible done it for decades.

https://theintercept.com/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/

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Re:The Vietnamese military has an actual troll army and Face... by hn_throawlles on Monday May 08, 2023 @11:43AM (#35862876)
this kind of stuff is OLD. much older that you think... it's been getting more and more sophisticated since (at least) the romans, and surely in medieval times.

they only different thing is now it happens online, hence it's all much closer to 'real time' unlike the historical versions

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Re:The Vietnamese military has an actual troll army and Face... by webdoodle on Monday May 08, 2023 @10:48AM (#35862123)
The U.S. and the U.K., through their collective media empires, AKA Operation Mockingbird, control the most influential PSYOP armies in the world.
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Re:The Vietnamese military has an actual troll army and Face... by hutzlibu on Monday May 08, 2023 @12:07PM (#35863250)
Also, there are PR companies. They have their trolls and bots as well.
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Re:The Vietnamese military has an actual troll army and Face... by xtian on Monday May 08, 2023 @12:43PM (#35863785)
Yes, such as Black Cube

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Cube

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