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The US Military's Vision for State Censorship

posted by martyb on Tuesday October 09 2018, @04:49PM   Printer-friendly
from the usa-usa-usa dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

In March, the United States Special Operations Command, the section of the Defense Department supervising the US Special Forces, held a conference on the theme of "Sovereignty in the Information Age." The conference brought together Special Forces officers with domestic police forces, including officials from the New York Police Department, and representatives from technology companies such as Microsoft.

This meeting of top military, police and corporate representatives went unreported and unpublicized at the time. However, the Atlantic Council recently published a 21-page document summarizing the orientation of the proceedings. It is authored by John T. Watts, a former Australian Army officer and consultant to the US Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.

[...] The private sector, therefore, must do the dirty work of the government, because government propaganda is viewed with suspicion by the population. "Business and the private sector may not naturally understand the role they play in combating disinformation, but theirs is one of the most important.... In the West at least, they have been thrust into a central role due to the general public's increased trust in them as institutions."

But this is only the beginning. Online newspapers should "consider disabling commentary systems—the function of allowing the general public to leave comments beneath a particular media item," while social media companies should "use a grading system akin to that used to rate the cleanliness of restaurants" to rate their users' political statements.

https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/10/05/pers-o05.html

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @05:12PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @05:12PM (#746506)

    There it is folks. The merger of state and corporate power. Staring you in the face. Ain't no one got any excuse now for saying it's not happening here.

    LOL [twitter.com] Which side are the fascists again?

  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @05:33PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @05:33PM (#746515)

    The powerful side which has totally engulfed the DNC and GOP.

    Got any more partisan hackery you'd like to spread this today?

  • (Score: 4, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @05:35PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @05:35PM (#746516)

    Which side are the fascists again?

    Any side that wishes to oppress our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms. And that includes the left, right and center.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @07:36PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday October 09 2018, @07:36PM (#746579)

      Power.

      • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 10 2018, @07:30PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday October 10 2018, @07:30PM (#747096)

        Reading Comprehension.