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Sony Caught in a Lie

In this title, Sony: No online service has ‘stepped forward’ to distribute The Interview, Sony is caught in a blatant lie. 2600 has offered their services, I have offered to assist them posting the...

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North Korea slammed by China

North Korea is somewhat of a magnet, more so at this moment than most other times, for negative articles by the media outlets of the world. This article, Chinese Annoyance With North Korea Bubbles to...

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Congress seeks Viewing of “The Interview”

In a show of defiance to North Korea, the US Congress is seeking a ‘private’ viewing of “The Interview”. Congress is heavily guarded and it is doubtful North Korea can attack the Congressmen and women...

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“The Interview” will be Shown on Christmas Day

“The Interview” will be Shown on Christmas Day, according to Gizmodo. Free publicity, increased interest – this is sure to be a sellout audience. Yes, the movie sucks.  Yes, the plot is unlikely and...

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“The Interview” is available as a Torrent!

https://kickass.so/usearch/%22the%20interview%22/ Up yours, North Korea! 5,127 Seeds, 61,479 Peers.  This should take you five minutes to download it. “The Interview” results 1-25 from 3785 TORRENT...

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Merry Christmas to you!

Peace. Merry Christmas to you. Frohe Weihnachten. Feliz Navidad! С Рождеством. З Різдвом! Joyeux Noël. Crăciun Fericit! 聖誕節快樂. 메리 크리스마스! God jul! Hyvää joulua! Veselé Vánoce! Häid jõule! חג המולד שמח!...

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40 Ways Putin’s Russia is Alarmingly Reminiscent of 1930s Nazi Germany

Joel Harding:Russia overwhelmingly similar to 1930s Nazi Germany Originally posted on InfoAge Strategy: This list began over a Sunday morning cup of coffee, as I started thinking about some of the...

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Waze App Hacked?

Some of you might recall a story circulating about 10 days ago about the negative aspects of the app Waze. Waze is an app that is considered a “social GPS”, where the GPS function is augmented by...

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The 20 Best Lessons from Social Psychology

e.g. why are there 20 lessons and not 19? Last spring, I took a class on social psychology. It was one of the most useful classes I’ve ever taken, so I figured I’d share some of the more interesting...

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Australia’s Defence Trade Control Act clamps down on researchers

While not strictly of IO interest, it severely restricts research by anyone, including IO professionals, in Australia. All my research associates in Australia have complained loud and vociferously to...

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Capitol Club AOC IO Classes

Description.  The Capitol Club of the Association of Old Crows is presenting a series of classes on Information Operations to educate interested persons. Who: Persons with an interest in Information...

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Russian Propaganda Builds on Western Freedom

Originally posted on News Of PR Interest: A recent story posted by the international TV network RT constitutes a clear example of the strategic approach taken by Russian propaganda: to take as much...

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The Media: A Weapon of War

Originally posted on The Forbidden Truth Blog: The editor-in-chief of Charlie Hebdo was not killed in today’s attack. His name is Gerard Biard and he declares, in part: Begin quote: “A newspaper is...

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Turkish cartoonists threatened after Charlie Hebdo attacks

An employee of the Council of Europe holds a pen and a placard reading “I am Charlie” during a minute of silence in front of the Council of Europe in Strasbourg, Jan. 9, 2015. (photo by REUTERS/Vincent...

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Counter-Propaganda: The Case of ISIS

Originally posted on Public Diplomacy, Networks and Influence: I’ve spent far too much time over the last few weeks thinking about counter-propaganda without really getting to a satisfactory...

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Russian Culture Minister Calls for ‘Patriotic Internet’ to Block Western...

In yet another attempt to censor, isolate and insulate Russian citizens from fair and objective reporting, Russian Culture Minister Vladimir Medinsky has called for the creation of a system of filters...

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“U.S. International Broadcasting: Background and Issues for Reform”

Apologies, dear readers.  My interests were elsewhere when this was published. Recall H.R. 4490, forming the International Communications Agency, keeping much of the BBG but changing names? I was...

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About Yesterday’s IO Classes…

Outstanding, wonderful, unbelievably good, terrific, best ever!  All are words and phrases that could be used to describe… The Capitol Club Chapter of the AOC hosted four Information Operations classes...

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Who is this?

Here is a video of Mariupol, in which I stumbled across a non-Russian speaker. ht to mj To me he sounds British. Now what in the hell is a British guy doing in Mariupol, Ukraine, in full combat garb,...

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Cyber Operations by Private Actors in the Ukraine-Russia Conflict: From Cyber...

Volume: 19 By:  Gertjan Boulet Date:  January 07, 2015 Introduction Media attention to the ongoing Ukraine-Russia conflict has focused on a significant number of hacking and malware attacks by private...

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