PsyOps Developed for the Military now used in US Elections-FaceBook and Cambridge Analytica
Microtargeted propaganda is developed first get young people not to become terrorists. Later it is used to persuade some people not to vote and to persuade others to vote. In 2016 it was used to elect Trump and other Republicans. Big Data is stolen from FB and used to model which messages will appeal to the persuadables in key voting districts. Also, bribery and blackmail against politicians is used, taking film of them being offerred money to benefit a purported donor. Young girls are sent to be filmed approaching politicians. There needs to regulation of fake ads, transparency about who paid for the ad and about campaign contributions. Need to separate the military contractors who get paid to develop these techniques and the political campaigns that use them. There is no agreement on what truth is. FB is a crime scene