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“Psychological warfare is the planned tactical use of propaganda, threats, and other non-combat techniques...to mislead, intimidate, demoralize, or otherwise influence the thinking or behavior of an enemy.” 1/ https://www.thoughtco.com/psychological-warfare-definition-4151867
“To achieve their objectives, the planners of psychological warfare campaigns first attempt to gain total knowledge of the beliefs, likes, dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities of the target population.” 2/
Steve Bannon’s use of data analytics to promote a culture war and suppress black voters strikes me as text book psychological warfare. http://greaterdiversity.com/bannon-promoted-culture-war-suppress-black-voters-cambridge-analytica-whistleblower/ 3/
4/ “SCL [Cambridge Analytica’s parent] is.working a deal w/ the Pentagon to teach them ‘how to conduct effective psychological operations,’ says the Post ...SCL’s effort is being driven by ... now-departed national security adviser Michael Flynn...” https://narativ.org/2017/09/05/psychological-warfare-cambridge-analytica/
5/ Cambridge Analytica’s approach was strikingly similar to Putin’s. https://listverse.com/2017/11/09/10-ways-russia-is-using-social-media-to-tear-americans-apart/
6/ “One fake [Russian] account called ‘Being Patriotic’ told its 200K followers that Black Lives Matter activists who disrespected the flag shld ‘be immediately shot.’ At the same time, the Russians used another fake account called ‘Blacktivist’ 2 call 4 violence against police.”
7/ Both Cambridge Analytica and Russia sought to have the enemy (American citizens) divide and implode.
8/ https://twitter.com/grantstern/status/1130629141034864642?s=21 https://twitter.com/grantstern/status/1130629141034864642
9/ https://twitter.com/porpentina2017/status/1098816724294455297?s=21 https://twitter.com/porpentina2017/status/1098816724294455297
10/ https://twitter.com/bgheaven/status/1140971171019730944?s=21 https://twitter.com/bgheaven/status/1140971171019730944
11/ https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1199121778058113026?s=21 https://twitter.com/carolecadwalla/status/1199121778058113026
12/ We have been getting it from both Russia AND domestic actors. https://twitter.com/akadonaldtrump/status/1219315727322226689?s=21 https://twitter.com/akadonaldtrump/status/1219315727322226689
13/ https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1158428712322445313?s=21 https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1158428712322445313
14/ Cambridge Analytica’s targeting software was classified as weapons grade in the UK. https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1097427897026007040?s=21 https://twitter.com/peterjukes/status/1097427897026007040
