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by dogman144 2138 days ago
> I believe these intel agencies are able to infiltrate grassroots movements

Yeah this happened, per Mueller. Very large BLM Facebook group that organized rallies is an example.

I previously thought most of the psyops efforts were lower level IRA trolling, per what was in un-redacted Mueller.

Digging into some of the private sector threat intel reports around semi-attributed campaigns (see the link), there's evidence that more deliberate operations are occurring.

Most of those complex campaigns I read seemed focused on border states between Great Powers, and CONUS campaigns focused on sowing nonsense, chaos and mucking up comms channels. But I guess it's no large feat, beyond boldness, to employ something with more structured narrative inside the CONUS digital sphere of influence.

I mean "of course this is a thing that happens," but it's still a seriously interesting read on paper, it could easily be employed in the US, and it's pretty bold to do.