Government Surveillance Includes Libel and Slander

[Phoenicks]

How Covert Agents Infiltrate the Internet to Manipulate, Deceive, and Destroy Reputations


Here's coverage of the documents Edward Snowed leaked:

Among the core self-identified purposes of JTRIG are two tactics: (1) to inject all sorts of false material onto the internet in order to destroy the reputation of its targets; and (2) to use social sciences and other techniques to manipulate online discourse and activism to generate outcomes it considers desirable. To see how extremist these programs are, just consider the tactics they boast of using to achieve those ends: “false flag operations” (posting material to the internet and falsely attributing it to someone else), fake victim blog posts (pretending to be a victim of the individual whose reputation they want to destroy), and posting “negative information” on various forums.

And some of the slides themselves:

(The countries listed at the bottom are: The US, Australia, Canada, Britain, and New Zealand.)

 

[Karisse]

Okay ... that is extremely terrifying. .___.; Just when I thought it couldn't get any worse.

 

[Majestic-Six]

I'm not even suprised, its the government.

 

[Karpi]

Hmm... this is actually very interesting. I mean, in retrospect it seems obvious. So if you think about it, Bulbagarden is one of the best places to actually discuss politics because we can be reasonably confident that no government agents make accounts here to post in this subforum, lol.

 

[Dorothy]

Trolls on the government's payroll? No good can come of that.

 

[Jolene]

Actions like these make me want to become a Libertarian. Then I remember how annoying Libertarians are.

 

[Caitlin]

Trolls on the government's payroll? No good can come of that.

Well shit, where do I sign up?! I could use some easy money.

 

[Nero the Giant Whiscash]

Actions like these make me want to become a Libertarian. Then I remember how annoying Libertarians are.

I'm a Jeffersonian athough i often vote libertarian.

And no i am not surprised with all i know about the government