Re: Revealed: U.S. Spy Operation That Manipulates Social Media

[Paul M Moriarty <pmm () igtc com>]

On Mar 17, 2011, at 8:14 PM, Jeffrey Walton wrote:
[...]

> > The discovery that the US military is developing false online personalities
> > – known to users of social media as "sock puppets" – could also
> > encourage other governments, private companies and non-government
> > organisations to do the same.
> "Could" or "Are"?

Are.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astroturfing


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