Pro-Trump youth group enlists teens in secretive campaign likened to a ‘troll farm'..

christiefan915 said:
...prompting rebuke by Facebook and Twitter. Vile trumpers have no shame.

"One tweet claimed coronavirus numbers were intentionally inflated, adding, “It’s hard to know what to believe.” Another warned, “Don’t trust Dr. Fauci.”

A Facebook comment argued that mail-in ballots “will lead to fraud for this election,” while an Instagram comment amplified the erroneous claim that 28 million ballots went missing in the past four elections.

The messages have been emanating in recent months from the accounts of young people in Arizona seemingly expressing their own views — standing up for President Trump in a battleground state and echoing talking points from his reelection campaign. Far from representing a genuine social media groundswell, however, the posts are the product of a sprawling yet secretive campaign that experts say evades the guardrails put in place by social media companies to limit online disinformation of the sort used by Russia during the 2016 campaign.

Teenagers, some of them minors, are being paid to pump out the messages at the direction of Turning Point Action, an affiliate of Turning Point USA, the prominent conservative youth organization based in Phoenix, according to four people with independent knowledge of the effort. Their descriptions were confirmed by detailed notes from relatives of one of the teenagers who recorded conversations with him about the efforts.

The campaign draws on the spam-like behavior of bots and trolls, with the same or similar language posted repeatedly across social media. But it is carried out, at least in part, by humans paid to use their own accounts, though nowhere disclosing their relationship with Turning Point Action or the digital firm brought in to oversee the day-to-day activity.

In response to questions from The Post, Twitter on Tuesday suspended at least 20 accounts involved in the activity for “platform manipulation and spam.” Facebook also removed a number of accounts as part of what the company said is an ongoing investigation...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...4091ae-f20a-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html
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Got a problem with youth getting involved? Young people can be paid for lots of jobs. I've worked since I was 16.
Bama owned Twitter during his campaigns.

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2008 Election

Youth Vote Director - Leigh Arsenault
http://p2008.org/obama/obamaorggen.html

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2012 Election

Youth Vote Director - Valeisha Butterfield-Jones

(announced Oct. 25, 2011) Recently formed the Butterfield Group, a management and communications firm. Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Oct. 2009-June 2011. Founder (2007) president and CEO of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network and served as executive director of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Executive director/executive vice president at Rush Communications. Programing and marketing at HBO Sports, 2004-05. After graduating, Butterfield worked on the Campaign to Re-elect Chief Justice Henry Frye. B.A. in political science from Clark Atlanta University, 2000. North Carolina native. twitter

Youth Vote Deputy Director Eric Zoberman

(announced Oct. 25, 2011) Field director for Rock the Vote in the 2010 election cycle. Following President Obama's inauguration, Zoberman led United We Serve, a national service initiative of the new administration. Joined the Obama Iowa caucus campaign in June 2007; during subsequent contests traveled the country working in field and press and was the field director for St. Louis County, Missouri during the General Election. Graduate of University of Maryland, 2007. twitter



• SOCIAL...FACEBOOK, TWITTER, PINTEREST, TUMBLR &c

http://www.p2012.org/candidates/obamaorg.html
 
Legion said:
I'm not aware of any lies posted by the kids.

Don't you think it's good to give teens summer jobs? :rofl2:
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You can become aware by reading the entire article along with the hyperlinks.

I don't think it hurts kids to flip burgers or mow lawns during the summer. You know, good, honest work. :laugh:
 
Stretch said:
Got a problem with youth getting involved? Young people can be paid for lots of jobs. I've worked since I was 16.
Bama owned Twitter during his campaigns.

************

2008 Election

Youth Vote Director - Leigh Arsenault
http://p2008.org/obama/obamaorggen.html

************

2012 Election

Youth Vote Director - Valeisha Butterfield-Jones

(announced Oct. 25, 2011) Recently formed the Butterfield Group, a management and communications firm. Deputy Director of Public Affairs for the International Trade Administration at the U.S. Department of Commerce, Oct. 2009-June 2011. Founder (2007) president and CEO of the Women in Entertainment Empowerment Network and served as executive director of the Hip-Hop Summit Action Network. Executive director/executive vice president at Rush Communications. Programing and marketing at HBO Sports, 2004-05. After graduating, Butterfield worked on the Campaign to Re-elect Chief Justice Henry Frye. B.A. in political science from Clark Atlanta University, 2000. North Carolina native. twitter

Youth Vote Deputy Director Eric Zoberman

(announced Oct. 25, 2011) Field director for Rock the Vote in the 2010 election cycle. Following President Obama's inauguration, Zoberman led United We Serve, a national service initiative of the new administration. Joined the Obama Iowa caucus campaign in June 2007; during subsequent contests traveled the country working in field and press and was the field director for St. Louis County, Missouri during the General Election. Graduate of University of Maryland, 2007. twitter



• SOCIAL...FACEBOOK, TWITTER, PINTEREST, TUMBLR &c

http://www.p2012.org/candidates/obamaorg.html
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Missing the boat as usual.

Far from representing a genuine social media groundswell, however, the posts are the product of a sprawling yet secretive campaign that experts say evades the guardrails put in place by social media companies to limit online disinformation of the sort used by Russia during the 2016 campaign...

The campaign draws on the spam-like behavior of bots and trolls, with the same or similar language posted repeatedly across social media. But it is carried out, at least in part, by humans paid to use their own accounts...
 
christiefan915 said:
Missing the boat as usual.

Far from representing a genuine social media groundswell, however, the posts are the product of a sprawling yet secretive campaign that experts say evades the guardrails put in place by social media companies to limit online disinformation of the sort used by Russia during the 2016 campaign...

The campaign draws on the spam-like behavior of bots and trolls, with the same or similar language posted repeatedly across social media. But it is carried out, at least in part, by humans paid to use their own accounts...
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Didn't read or comprehend...boat sunk as usual.
 
Stretch said:
Didn't read or comprehend...boat sunk as usual.
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Doubtless she's OK with this, though:

DEMOCRATS are using US military-funded artificial intelligence software to interfere in the election


  1. They monitor conservative discussions on social media
  2. Next, they “Intervene” by algorithmically finding the most popular counter-narratives
  3. Once they find a narrative that works (regardless of accuracy) they boost this counter-narrative via a network of 3.5 million “influencers”
  4. They then pay these “influencers” to distribute the counter-narrative

A new DEMOCRAT-aligned political action committee advised by retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is planning to deploy technology originally developed to counter Islamic State propaganda in service of a domestic political goal – to combat online efforts to promote President Donald Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

General McChrystal is a Trump hater who wanted Hillary Clinton to win the last election.

The group, “Defeat Disinfo”, will use artificial intelligence and network analysis to map discussion of the president’s claims on social media.

It will seek to intervene by identifying the most popular counter-narratives and boosting them through a network of more than 3.4 million influencers across the country – in some cases paying users with large followings to take sides against the president.

“It’s often said campaigns are a battle of ideas, but they’re really a battle of narratives,” said David Eichenbaum, a DEMOCRAT media consultant who is a senior adviser to the PAC. “Today those narratives spread quickly online.”

The initiative is run by Curtis Hougland, whose received initial funding for the technology from DARPA, the Pentagon’s research arm, as part of an effort to combat extremism overseas.

Hougland also happens to be a board member of “Data for Democracy”, another far-left group.

Hougland also founded far-left “Mainstreet One”. He uses followers in an artificial manner to sway political perceptions: Main Street One, a New York-based intelligence firm which aims to “fix internet discourse” according to its website, sent out a blast text on Friday before the Super Bowl notifying supporters on its mailing list that it is paying “influencers” to direct their friends to turn off their televisions when the president’s ad airs using the hashtag #MuteTrump”.

The Chief Strategist for Defeat DisInfo is David Eichenbaum, who was the Director of Communications for the DNC and was a senior media strategy advisor to Obama, the Clintons, Biden, and the Israeli Labor Party, which opposes Prime Minister Netanyahu.

“Defeat DisInfo” explains their plan: “Over the next several weeks, while we target Republicans along Trump’s campaign trail with our “COVID Safe Communities” campaign, we will also push for the high turnout we need among DEMOCRAT voters. We are launching new creative campaigns each week, sourcing more peer-to-peer content than ever, and amplifying compelling stories from Biden supporters in the digital discourse”.





https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/202...esident-trump
 
Stretch said:
Didn't read or comprehend...boat sunk as usual.
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She's just pretending to be appalled because it's a GOP initiative. Teens work for social media campaigns and influences get paid to influence. She suddenly thinks it's bad because Trump.

Isn't the left all about "age is just a number"? :thinking:
 
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