The U.S. military will have a software program designed to "manipulate social networks", says the Guardian, Thursday, March 17. A Californian company has won a public contract to develop a program to create fake profiles on social networks like Facebook and Twitter to "influence the conversations on the Internet, to spread pro-American propaganda," the newspaper.
Under the terms of the contract, estimated at $ 2.7 million (1.9 million), operators of the U.S. military can control up to ten "puppets" on social networks. The contract also stipulates that fake profiles will provide details of "convincing" in their personal history. The U.S. military has finally required that 50 people will operate the software, "without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries." Bill Speaks, a spokesman for the United StatesCentral Command, said the technology is intended to "counter the extremists, as well as enemy propaganda outside the United States." No use of this tool will be made in English, provides the voice of the army.
The design of this software is also part of a larger U.S. program, originally developed in Iraq and to contain the online presence of Al-Qaida supporters and enemies of the coalition. But according to the Guardian, the American idea of "developing fake profiles on social networks could encourage other governments, businesses, or nongovernmental organizations to do likewise."
Under the terms of the contract, estimated at $ 2.7 million (1.9 million), operators of the U.S. military can control up to ten "puppets" on social networks. The contract also stipulates that fake profiles will provide details of "convincing" in their personal history. The U.S. military has finally required that 50 people will operate the software, "without fear of being discovered by sophisticated adversaries." Bill Speaks, a spokesman for the United StatesCentral Command, said the technology is intended to "counter the extremists, as well as enemy propaganda outside the United States." No use of this tool will be made in English, provides the voice of the army.
The design of this software is also part of a larger U.S. program, originally developed in Iraq and to contain the online presence of Al-Qaida supporters and enemies of the coalition. But according to the Guardian, the American idea of "developing fake profiles on social networks could encourage other governments, businesses, or nongovernmental organizations to do likewise."
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