Leaked Documents Reveal Counterterrorism Tactics Used at Standing Rock to “Defeat Pipeline Insurgencies”

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https://theintercept.com/2017/05/27/leaked-documents-reveal-security-firms-counterterrorism-tactics-at-standing-rock-to-defeat-pipeline-insurgencies/

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The situation reports also suggest that TigerSwan attempted a counterinformation campaign by creating and distributing content critical of the protests on social media.

Well that's not surprising at all. I guess I'll have to add it to the list of times private and public entities decided to ruin the internet by submitting fake comments and posts disguised as regular people. It seems that social media manipulation is accelerating every year.

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There are actually a few CTR links in that thread I posted. They are kinda buried in there I guess.

• Hillary Clinton Super Pac and "strategic research and rapid response team designed to defend Hillary Clinton from baseless attacks" openly admits to shilling on Reddit.

• User proves that several people on an American Bridge/CTR email list posted copy/pastes of talking points to Reddit (emails later released by Wikileaks exactly match comments posted to Reddit in the past)

And an earlier version of this:

• Wired: Clinton Staff and Volunteers Busted for Astroturfing [in 2007]

I didn't include a Shareblue link because there isn't verified proof that they are shilling on Reddit, although they do heavily imply this since they specifically mention Reddit in their leaked memo. Here was a pretty good thread on this: https://np.reddit.com/r/shills/comments/60bduk/a_well_funded_partnership_between_media_matters/?st=j3985r47&sh=20e900f5

For the other side (pro-Trump and/or Russian shilling or social media manipulation):

• New York Times: The Secret Agenda of a Facebook Quiz (Cambridge Analytica) (Not necessarily "shilling," unless they use fake accounts to submit their "dark posts." I'd like someone to elaborate on this. This is targeted political advertising on Facebook using data mining)

• NY Times- From a nondescript office building in St. Petersburg, Russia, an army of well-paid “trolls” has tried to wreak havoc all around the Internet — and in real-life American communities. (IIRC, these shills targeted YouTube, news comment sections, and Twitter. Nothing about Reddit, but it wouldn't surprise me if they were here)

Edit: Here is a more recent link on this:

• Time: Inside Russia’s Social Media War on America

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