Newest ‘Twitter Files’ Bombshell Confirmation: Pentagon Ran ‘Covert Online PsyOp Campaign’ – Here’s What We Know
Investigative journalist Lee Fang published the eighth “Twitter Files” installment Tuesday in which he stated that the social media giant “quietly aided the Pentagon’s covert online PsyOp campaign.” Fang’s series of…
Investigative journalist Lee Fang published the eighth “Twitter Files” installment Tuesday in which he stated that the social media giant “quietly aided the Pentagon’s covert online PsyOp campaign.”
Fang’s series of tweets detailed how the Department of Defense set up an elaborate social media network to shape public opinion in the Middle East.
“Despite promises to shut down covert state-run propaganda networks, Twitter docs show that the social media giant directly assisted the U.S. military’s influence operations,” Fang wrote.
He shared a 2017 email from an official at U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), which included a list of 52 Arab language accounts the military used “to amplify certain messages.”
In the email, the official asked for priority service from Twitter for six accounts, verification for one and “whitelist” abilities for the others.