Pentagon Developing Deepfakes To Deceive the Public

Pentagon Developing Deepfakes To Deceive the Public

Posted By: Basil
Date: Tuesday, 14-Mar-2023 21:46:21
http://www.rumormill.news/219056

~Basilhttps://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/03/no_author/pentagon-developing-deepfakes-to-deceive-the-public/
Pentagon Developing Deepfakes To Deceive the PublicBy Joe Wolverton, II, J.D.
The New AmericanUnited States Special Operations Command (SOCOM) is “gearing up to conduct internet propaganda and deception campaigns online using deepfake videos,” according to contracts with the federal government reviewed by The Intercept.In what many would attribute to the likely behavior of rogue regimes targeting the United States, the activities that SOCOM is carrying on overseas include “hacking internet-connected devices to eavesdrop in order to assess foreign populations’ susceptibility to propaganda,” the Intercept article reports.——–
In December, The Intercept revealed some very troubling tactics used by SOCOM to manipulate social media:SOCOM had convinced Twitter, in violation of its internal policies, to permit a network of sham accounts that spread phony news items of dubious accuracy, including a claim that the Iranian government was stealing the organs of Afghan civilians. Though the Twitter-based propaganda offensive didn’t use deepfakes, researchers found that Pentagon contractors employed machine learning-generated avatars to lend the fake accounts a degree of realism.So, the government of the United States, while decrying “fake news,” was itself creating fake news to foist on people turning to Twitter for unfiltered news.Just so it’s clear and there’s no misplaced worry that the document is somehow less sinister than The Intercept’s depiction of it, here’s one a paragraph from the “Advanced technologies for use in Military Information Support Operations (MISO)” section that should remove all doubt about the purpose for the procurement. MISO will seek for technologies to:influence operations, digital deception, communication disruption, and disinformation campaigns at the tactical edge and operational levels … seeking a next generation capability to collect disparate data through public and open source information streams such as social media, local media, etc. to enable MISO to craft and direct influence operations.End snip. Much more on link above.
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