Pentagon propaganda organ makes Facebook

Required the Pentagon to a suite of software (software) must create fake accounts in which will be sent out promotional information. Objective - at the right time to influence the online conversations you have on important socio-political themes. Information about the plans of U.S. military issued a British newspaper The Guardian quoting a representative of Staff of U.S. Central Command. Order to develop a program, an agitator for $ 2.76 million received from a California company Ntrepid. Customer - the unit of the United States Central Command (Centcom). This organization is responsible for the operations of U.S. forces in the Middle East, Central Asia and East Africa. How will the software? The developer is required to make each of the U.S. military could manage just ten virtual accounts on Facebook and Twitter «without fear computed experienced virtual opponent." The representative of Centcom Bill Speaks said that this program will help his country "to confront extremists and hostile propaganda outside the USA." According to unofficial information, the decision to establish such a program due to the fact that these tools are already there "in service" from the Chinese authorities. Experts say that in the future, similar programs may also appear in other governments and private companies, and about social networks as a source of honest and unbiased information will be forgotten. Speaks said that U.S. citizens have nothing to fear: a new tool will be used to influence people in "hot spots", and pro-American propaganda will be distributed in Arabic, Farsi, Urdu and Pashto. To support the program will be 50 operators. They will be on behalf of the many foreign users to express their opinion on this or other events. The initiative is part of the operation "sincere vote", originally developed for the conduct of psychological warfare with the advocates of "Al Qaeda" in Iraq's Internet segment. Gen. Mattis Jen, head of U.S. Central Command said toga that this operation there in order to "undermine the mechanism of recruitment and training of suicide bombers, as well as to combat extremist ideology and propaganda." The effectiveness of "sincere vote" is not known. According to some experts, this operation has cost U.S. taxpayers $ 200 million in online news about the contract with Ntrepid was extremely controversial. Media expert Jeff Jarvis said: "We have to accept that, as would be sad as it may seem, the U.S. government in terms of morals sank to the level of Nigerian spammers." Journalist Nick Fielding said that the project "is akin to the Chinese government plans to limit free speech on the Internet." Analysts worry that the U.S. government will destroy them objectionable comments on social networks.