'The Truth Hurts', which brings down the walls of injustice. There is no doubt that individual social media users can spread hate speech, troll other users, or set up automated political communication campaigns. Unfortunately, this is also an organized phenomenon, with major governments and political parties dedicating significant resources towards the use of social media for public opinion manipulation. This report comes from the University of Oxford, the ruling class is at their wit's end because you don't believe them and they tried to call us Fake News, oh did that backfire!
Executive summary:
Cyber troops are government, military or political party teams committed to manipulating public opinion over social media. In this working paper, we report on specific organizations created, often with public money, to help define and manage what is in the best interest of the public. We compare such organizations across 28 countries and inventory them according to the kinds of messages, valences and communication strategies used.
We catalogue their organizational forms and evaluate their capacities in terms of budgets and staffing. This working paper summarizes the findings of the first comprehensive inventory of the major organizations behind social media manipulation.
Even with the pixie dust blown in our face, I see a one finger salute! Which shows many have become immune of spellcaster media.
Notification Squad
Two Steps From Hell
