Special Ops Target Social Media – Spotting And Shutting Down Government Paid Trolls And Shills

Friday, March 20, 2015
By Paul Martin

By Susan Duclos
AllNewsPipeLine.com
March 20, 2015

Social media, public video platforms and Alternative News websites are under a massive multi-pronged attack as evidenced by the new “net neutrality” bill, the fact that government agencies have been given the power to “flag” YouTube videos in order to have them taken down, and revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden that these agencies are attempting to control, infiltrate, manipulate, and warp online discourse,” using paid government trolls to visit forums, comment sections and social media platforms.

We see this attack is now coming from yet another front, our US military is being used, as reported by Washington Times in an article from March 18, 2015, titled “Sprecial Ops Targets Social Media,” which states the following:

U.S. special operations forces, elite commandos engaged in high-risk operations around the world, are adding a new focus to their portfolio of activities: social media and other unconventional information warfare threats.

“Social media is another component of unconventional strategies, and the security environment in general, that is playing a central role in recruiting individuals to causes,” Army Gen. Joseph L. Votel, commander of U.S. Special Operations Command, said Wednesday in prepared testimony to the House Armed Services Committee.

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