Just how important is social media to shaping the future of the Middle East? Important enough for the US government to lie about it.
The US military has hired a
California company to help it develop and manage false online
personalities to engage with social media users in foreign countries, according to the London Guardiann.
Centcom Spokesman Bill Speaks
told the newspaper that known of the "sock puppet" accounts will be in
English -- because that would be illegal to engage with American users
-- and none of the fake accounts will be on popular Bay Area-based
social networking sites Facebook and Twitter.
Instead the accounts will
operate in Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Pashto -- all languages spoken in the
Middle East, South Asia, Afghanistan and Iran.
Perhaps the most surprising
part of the announcement is that it is believed to be part of a larger
$200 million program that has been in place for some time and used
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Fussy: you could have sold your "soul, " IF you had one!
by Mash Ghasem on Mon Mar 21, 2011 12:04 AM PDTInstead you just sell your "valuable" time pimping Ayat Shaytans in here.
However, there are rumors they're not paying you that well, hence your request to change masters.Shame on you, twice.
As DM would say; embarrassment is also a good ting: Khejalat ham khob chizieh!
Where or How
by fussygorilla on Sun Mar 20, 2011 11:32 PM PDTcan I enroll as a participant to get my hands on part of those $millions?
Those of you who have been consistently doing the bidding of this U.S. plan on I.C. please give me a contact number! I will sell my soul for money. That is the American way!