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Re:Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ say... by smt88 on Thursday September 05, 2024 @01:43PM (#41458882)
"Why do authoritarian governments secretly fund sympathetic media personalities in enemy countries?" seems like a question that answers itself.
Re:Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ say... by Gud on Friday September 06, 2024 @02:09AM (#41463342)
Are the mentioned “media personalities “(Tim Pool) really sympathetic to authoritarianism?

From what little I’ve seen, no. I only know Tim Pool from his accurate portrayal of Swedens failed immigration experiment. Perhaps he’s now yet another boot licker?

Re:Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ say... by smt88 on Friday September 06, 2024 @01:09PM (#41467889)
He is openly pro-Putin.
Re:Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ say... by ein0p on Friday September 06, 2024 @09:46PM (#41470992)
Does “88” in your handle mean what I think it means?
Re:Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ say... by smt88 on Saturday September 07, 2024 @09:21PM (#41477532)
No, and it is obvious from my comment history on this site as well.
Re:Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ say... by Gud on Wednesday September 11, 2024 @06:42AM (#41510060)
Where has he expressed support for Putin?
Re:Tenet Media said it's home to heterodox thinkers. DOJ say... by protomolecule on Saturday September 07, 2024 @03:54PM (#41476040)
Authoritarian? That's what Americans do to Russia for 15 years.

"By 2010, the military began using social media tools, leveraging phony accounts to spread messages of sympathetic local voices – themselves often secretly paid by the United States government. As time passed, a growing web of military and intelligence contractors built online news websites to pump U.S.-approved narratives into foreign countries. Today, the military employs a sprawling ecosystem of social media influencers, front groups and covertly placed digital advertisements to influence overseas audiences, according to current and former military officials.

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Nevertheless, the Pentagon’s clandestine propaganda efforts are set to continue. In an unclassified strategy document last year, top Pentagon generals wrote that the U.S. military could undermine adversaries such as China and Russia using “disinformation spread across social media, false narratives disguised as news, and similar subversive activities [to] weaken societal trust by undermining the foundations of government.”" [0]

[0] https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covi...