US information war

Projects

 * The Weaponized Narrative Initiative - The Center on the Future of War
 * Elon Musk, via Mark Harris, twitter, Pravda Corp, May 23, 2018
 * pravduh.com announced in 1 2 3.

NATO's war on social media

 * ''See also: Totalitarian Media Regime, World Socialist Web Site vs. Google


 * Revealed: US spy operation that manipulates social media - The Guardian, March 17, 2011
 * ''Military's 'sock puppet' software creates fake online identities to spread pro-American propaganda
 * CIA Trolls Infect the Net - Susanne Posel, Occupy Corporatism, December 1, 2012
 * British army creates team of Facebook warriors - Ewen MacAskill, The Guardian, January 31, 2015
 * ''The British army is creating a special force of Facebook warriors, skilled in psychological operations and use of social media to engage in unconventional warfare in the information age. The 77th Brigade, to be based in Hermitage, near Newbury, in Berkshire, will be about 1,500-strong and formed of units drawn from across the army. It will formally come into being in April.
 * ''The brigade will be responsible for what is described as non-lethal warfare. Both the Israeli and US army already engage heavily in psychological operations. Against a background of 24-hour news, smartphones and social media, such as Facebook and Twitter, the force will attempt to control the narrative. The 77th will include regulars and reservists and recruitment will begin in the spring. Soldiers with journalism skills and familiarity with social media are among those being sought.
 * British Army Creates Facebook Soldiers - Thomas Tamblyn, The Huffington Post UK, February 2, 2015
 * ''The British Army has announced the creation of a brand new brigade whose sole task will be to wage a war on social media. The 77th Brigade will comprise of 1,500 specially trained soldiers who have been hand-picked from regular service and will begin waging a war of words on Facebook and Twitter.
 * ''CIA-Sponsored Trolls Monitor Internet & Interact With Users to Discredit Factual Information
 * New British Army unit 'Brigade 77' to use Facebook and Twitter in psychological warfare - INDEPENDENT.CO.UK
 * ''The British military is setting up a specialist force modelled on the Chindits, the commandos who gained renown through their daring missions behind enemy...


 * America Goes Large: Obama Wants Huge Budget for His Anti-Russian Troll Army - Sputnik, 14.04.2015
 * EU declares information war on Russia Task force will start trying to win hearts and minds in eastern partnership countries next month, James Panichi, Politico.eu, August 27, 2015
 * BBC to face down Vladimir Putin with plan for new World Service Russian TV channel, The Independent, September 5, 2015
 * A troll story in 4 screenshots - OffGuardian, September 29, 2015
 * NATO looks to combat Russia's 'information weapon': document, Reuters, Jan. 27, 2016.
 * Examples?
 * This is a comment of a pro-Ukrainian Russian speaker on a Ukrainian mirrored version of the recent BBC Panorama (failed) attempt:
 * Well, I think that any vatnik knows about this, but they perceived it quite well, on the contrary, they are proud of their king that he is so rich. Vatnik is in shit up to his ears, yet can feel the happiness of contemplating the splendor and majesty of the king! And there is no greater joy for a slave than this! (NATO psy-op committee may need to carefully study this comment )


 * Cold War Scare: US Propaganda Budget Reaches All-Time High, Sputnik, February 13, 2016
 * Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) budget to increase by $27 million to $778 million, after 2015 increase by $30 million.


 * Hamilton 68 A DASHBOARD TRACKING RUSSIAN PROPAGANDA ON TWITTER, August 2017 (about)
 * Mission statement: In 2016, American democracy came under unprecedented attack. The government of the Russian Federation attempted to weaken the pillars of our democracy and undermine faith and confidence in our society’s most fundamental right — the ability to choose our own leaders ....(etc)
 * Q. How does Russian influence online work? There are three types of accounts promoting Russian influence online:
 * Attributed accounts that clearly state they are pro-Russian or affiliated with the Russian government.
 * Accounts (including both bots and humans) that are run by troll factories in Russia and elsewhere.
 * Accounts run by people around the world who amplify pro-Russian themes either knowingly or unknowingly, after being influenced by the efforts described above.
 * The accounts tracked by the dashboard include a mix of such users and is the fruit of more than three years of observation and monitoring.We believe this sample network is representative of a specific Russian campaign targeting Americans.
 * FBI tracked 'fake news' believed to be from Russia on Election Day -CNN, 4 August, 2017
 * ''For the FBI, this was uncomfortable territory, given the First Amendment's free speech protections even for fake news stories. "We were right on the edge of Constitutional legality," a person briefed on the investigation said. "We were monitoring news."
 * ''"Are you kidding?" that official recalled saying to others at the White House as they celebrated a successful election. "What they did worked!"
 * Apparently automatic monitoring (Hamilton 68 and the like) provides a fix for 'the edge of Constitutional legality'
 * Reporter says ‘Russian propaganda outlet’ pushed him to cover conspiracy theory at the center of a White House lawsuit - Yahoo News, August 2, 2017
 * Inside the British Army's secret information warfare machine - Carl Miller, Wired, November 14, 2018
 * Shadowy British Military Intelligence Division 77th Brigade's Twitter Hacked - Sputnik, February 22, 2019
 * Infosotakeskus teki pelottavan havainnon Venäjän vaikuttamisesta sosiaalisessa mediassa – ”Kaikki on avoimesti saatavilla” - Ilta-Sanomat, February 26, 2019 (in Finnish)
 * State-Sponsored Twitter Accounts Pushing For War With Iran - Geoff Golberg, October 22, 2019
 * How British intelligence globalized online trolling - Kit Klarenberg, September 6, 2022

77th Brigade

 * EXCLUSIVE: Twitter executive for Middle East is British Army 'psyops' soldier - Middle East Eye, September 30, 2019
 * ''Gordon MacMillan, who joined the social media company's UK office six years ago, has for several years also served with the 77th Brigade, a unit formed in 2015 in order to develop “non-lethal” ways of waging war. The 77th Brigade uses social media platforms such as Twitter, Instagram and Facebook, as well as podcasts, data analysis and audience research to wage what the head of the UK military, General Nick Carter, describes as “information warfare”.
 * Twitter editorial executive is British Army ‘psyops’ soldier – report - RT, September 30, 2019
 * Senior Twitter Executive Joined British Army Troll Brigade - Moon of Alabama, September 30, 2019
 * Our Man on the Inside: Senior Twitter Executive Exposed as British Army Information Warrior - Kit Klarenberg, Sputnik, September 30, 2019
 * Twitter’s ‘head of editorial’ for Middle East is officer in British Army’s information warfare unit - Lizzie Dearden, The Independent, October 1, 2019
 * British Army spies wage ‘information war’ against anti-vaxx content online – report - RT, November 29, 2020

US info brigades

 * Pentagon uses world’s largest ‘secret army’ of 60,000 undercover operatives to carry out ‘domestic & foreign’ operations – media - RT, May 18, 2021
 * Pentagon opens sweeping review of clandestine psychological operations - Washington Post via Start and Stripes, September 19, 2022

Hollywood
NATO assault team fly choppers across the border to rescue CIA covert outpost in a pro-Russian rebels town in LPR, and commented by opolchenie member nickname 'Vatnik'

DW

 * Zhanna Nemtsova show (nothing against the person; but the show is more virulent than McCain and in my view is an embarrassment)
 * Elkin. Got some talent, prior to propulsion into massmedia.

'Zapovednik'
'Successful DW satire: Zapovednik' -DW.
 * Quality poisonous humor attempt, probably produced by expats and paid for and effected by DW. Putin as spy goodies-oldies Stierlitz, Lukashenko as his agent and barista, Trump as Stierlitz wife, and Merkel as her husband, here. More of the same in large quantities on that channel. The original, a super-classic, here. --Resup (talk) 00:04, 27 June 2018 (UTC)
 * 'Putin-Trump in Paris', HQ propaganda, Nov.11, 2018
 * 'Putin' character: "I loved you from the first sight, let your FBI check it // I made it so that you won, at least they all believe it // I poisoned the Skripals, and teared off part of Donbass // So that you would pay attention and not treat me as a pidoras (faggot; не держал за пидораса-Rus.)...
 * Merkel refrain, with Macron assisting: ...not a pair, not a pair...Volodya and Donald, to be honest, they are not a pair. not a pair, not a pair...
 * But this refrain probably originated from Anna German's goodie-oldie classic 'Yet I like him' (despite others telling her how her choice is not a pair for her) ... --Resup (talk) 05:18, 12 November 2018 (UTC)

Analysis

 * Society Is Made Of Narrative. Realizing This Is Awakening From The Matrix - Caitlin Johnstone, August 22, 2018
 * NATO Coordinates Information War on Russia - Strategic Culture, October 5, 2018
 * How The U.S. Runs Public Relations Campaigns - Trump Style - Against Russia And China - Moon of Alabama, October 5, 2018
 * The US military’s vision for state censorship - Andre Damon, The Greanville Post, October 5, 2018
 * NATO Coordinates Information War on Russia - Strategic Culture, October 5, 2018
 * Facebook Censorship of Alternative Media “Just the Beginning,” Says Top Neocon Insider - Max Blumenthal and Jeb Sprague, The Grayzone, October 23, 2018
 * US’ Constant Psy-Ops - Finnian Cunningham, Sputnik, May 16, 2019 (mirror)
 * How The U.S. Redoubled Its Propaganda Power, Overthrew Ukraine’s Government, & Restarted The Cold War - Revolution Dispatch, July 27, 2019
 * Twitter Suspends Accounts For Propaganda, Has Literal Propagandist As High-Level Executive - Caitlin Johnstone, October 1, 2019
 * Propaganda and the Media: Part 1 – Introduction - Larry Romanoff, The Saker Blog, May 10, 2021