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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow do you think secret government operatives use the internet to disrupt activism?
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Get off the internet: the CIA owns the whole thing | |
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Don't laugh: I got a speeding ticket when they remotely took control of my car | |
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Encourage people to waste hours giggling at LOLkatz | |
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Reduce genuine human conversation to TLDR and other newspeak | |
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Just another scam to throw big government bucks to do-nothing contractors | |
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Convince everybody that everyone else is a paid covert agent | |
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See the iconic graphic that so totally explains why we all must be concerned! | |
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It's time for another thread about pretty sluts breastfeeding pitbulls at Olive Garden | |
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Dunno. But the internet really has gone downhill since we were kids | |
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How do you think secret government operatives use the internet to disrupt activism? (Original Post)
struggle4progress
Mar 2014
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Ichingcarpenter
(36,988 posts)1. Actually its very real
we just had one that got pizz
Democracyinkind
(4,015 posts)2. By posting polls?
sufrommich
(22,871 posts)3. I think threads like this are always used
as an excuse to start pointing fingers and accusing People I Don't Like of being trolls and disruptors and I think it's obvious as hell.
OnyxCollie
(9,958 posts)4. They become fixtures on message boards,
where they attempt to control opinion by propagandizing non-stop against whistleblowers who reveal undemocratic government actions.
That's my guess, anyway.
Maedhros
(10,007 posts)5. This article covers some of the technicques used:
https://firstlook.org/theintercept/2014/02/24/jtrig-manipulation/
But you knew that, since it's where you got your image.
But you knew that, since it's where you got your image.
struggle4progress
(118,330 posts)6. It's a really impressive image, isn't it?
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)7. Yeah, it's got the colors & circles
& words! Seriously, I love your polls and your great sense of humor, struggle4progress.