CENTCOM Tries to Pull the ‘Persona Management Software’ Fat Out of the Fire

March 3rd, 2011

Mmm hmm.

Via: Washington Post:

The U.S. Central Command says its new “Persona” social media “infiltration” software is designed to cozy up to extremist bloggers overseas, not law-abiding Americans chatting on Facebook or similar sites.

Earlier this month, the Web buzzed with a report that the software was designed to “manage ‘fake people’ on social media sites and create the illusion of consensus on controversial issues,” implying that the Defense Department was targeting critics of the war in Afghanistan and other conflicts.

Related: Air Force Wants Troll Persona Management Software

Posted in COINTELPRO, Covert Operations, Social Engineering, Surveillance, Technology, War | Top Of Page

2 Responses to “CENTCOM Tries to Pull the ‘Persona Management Software’ Fat Out of the Fire”

  1. y00h00180 says:
    March 3, 2011 at 6:01 pm

    I think I am seeing this on reddit.

  2. Kevin says:
    March 4, 2011 at 2:22 am

    Reddit is as bad as YouTube when it comes to comments. Sock puppets, the mentally ill and the occasional poltergeist all shouting at each other… I think of it as a sort of RedditChan now.

    For computer news, the culture on Hacker News is a bit better:

    http://news.ycombinator.com/

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