State-sponsored Internet propaganda
State-sponsored internet sockpuppetry is a government's use of paid internet propagandists with the intention of swaying online opinion, undermining dissident communities, or changing the perception of what is the dominant view (often via astroturfing).
The following is a list of the known or alleged examples of state-sponsored Internet propaganda:
China: Internet Water Army, 50 Cent Party, in operation since October 2004
Russia: Web brigades, dubbed "Trolls from Olgino", first alleged in April 2013.
Ukraine: iArmy, a volunteer operation established in February 2015 by Ukraine’s Ministry of Information Policy[1]
United Kingdom: "Online Covert Action" and other missions by the Joint Threat Research Intelligence Group, revealed by Edward Snowden in February 2014.[2][3]
United States:
- 1. Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications, founded in 2010.[4]
- 2. Operation Earnest Voice, officially started in 2011.
See also
References
- ^ Ukraine is now recruiting an ‘iArmy’. Meduza February 23, 2015
- ^ Snowden: ‘Training Guide’ for GCHQ, NSA Agents Infiltrating and Disrupting Alternative Media Online. February 25, 2014.
- ^ Greenwald, Glenn and Andrew Fishman. Controversial GCHQ Unit Engaged in Domestic Law Enforcement, Online Propaganda, Psychology Research. The Intercept. 2015-06-22.
- ^ Why It's So Hard to Stop ISIS Propaganda. The Atlantic. 2015-03-02.
External links
- "Russia's 'New' Tools for Confronting the West: Continuity and Innovation in Moscow's Exercise of Power". Chatham House. Retrieved 2016-04-05.
 | This Internet-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This espionage-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |