The US military is developing/using fake user profiles on social sites to sway public opinion. Many sites have this story, as they publically published a tender asking for someone to develop the software to do this. Here is one site summarising it: http://www.allfacebook.com/u-s-military-wants-phantom-army-on-facebook-2011-03 We absolutely NEED some way to combat this, or any online movement will fail.
The US military is developing/using fake user profiles on social sites to sway public opinion. Many sites have this story, as they publically published a tender asking for someone to develop the software to do this. Here is one site summarising it: http://www.allfacebook.com/u-s-military-wants-phantom-army-on-facebook-2011-03 We absolutely NEED some way to combat this, or any online movement will fail.
Surely it is points that sway opinion. Does it even matter where those points come from, even if they are from fake or anonymous accounts?
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