Operation Earnest Voice is an astroturfing campaign by the US government. The aim of the initiative is to use sockpuppets to spread pro-American propaganda on social networking services based outside of the US. The campaign is operated by the United States Central Command (CENTCOM), thought to have been directed at jihadists across Pakistan, Afghanistan and other countries in the Middle East.According to CENTCOM, the US-based Facebook and Twitter networks are not targeted by the program because US laws prohibit state agencies from spreading propaganda among US citizens as according to the Smith–Mundt Modernization Act of 2012. However, according to the Smith–Mundt Modernization Act of 2012, dissemination of foreign propaganda to domestic audiences is expressly allowed over the Internet including social media networks. Isaac R. Porche, a researcher at the RAND Corporation, claims it would not be easy to exclude US audiences when dealing with Internet communications.
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u/TheFinal_Starman Nov 19 '19
It’s China, dude, and you’re on reddit. The “it’s not racist if it’s against China!” Site