U.S. Special Forces Is Gearing Up To Conduct Internet Propaganda And Deception Campaigns Online Using Deepfake Videos

The Intercept: U.S. Special Forces Want to Use Deepfakes for Psy-Ops  

The U.S. government spent years warning deepfakes could destabilize democratic societies. 

 U.S. Special Operations Command, responsible for some of the country’s most secretive military endeavors, is gearing up to conduct internet propaganda and deception campaigns online using deepfake videos, according to federal contracting documents reviewed by The Intercept. 

The plans, which also describe hacking internet-connected devices to eavesdrop in order to assess foreign populations’ susceptibility to propaganda, come at a time of intense global debate over technologically sophisticated “disinformation” campaigns, their effectiveness, and the ethics of their use.  

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Update #1: US special forces may use deepfake technology for psy-ops, report says (The Independent)  

Update #2: US Special Ops Wants To Use Deepfakes To Conduct 'Propaganda And Deception' Campaigns (Zero Hedge)  

WNU Editor: Deepfake videos are getting better and better with each passing year. I can easily see this technology being successful in duping a certain percentage of a target audience.

The Soviet Union Spent $1 Billion On A Mind-Control Program

Dr. Bill van Bise, electrical engineer, conducting a demonstration of Soviet scientific data and schematics for beaming a magnetic field into the brain to cause visual hallucinations. Source: CNN Source: Supplied

Exposed: The Soviet Union Spent $1 Billion On Mind-Control Program -- News.com.au

THE race to put man on the Moon wasn't enough of a battle for the global super powers during the Cold War.

At the time, the Soviet Union and the United States were in an arms race of a bizarre, unconventional kind - that has been exposed in a new report.

The Soviets poured at least $1 billion into developing mind-controlling weaponry to compete with similar programs undertaken in the US.

While much still remains classified, we can now confirm the Soviets used methods to manipulate test subjects' brains.

The paper, by Serge Kernbach, at the Research Centre of Advanced Robotics and Environmental Science in Stuttgart, Germany, details the Soviet Union's extensive experiments, called "psychotronics". The paper is based on Russian technical journals and recently declassified documents outlining practices from 1917 to 2003.

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More News On Reports That The Soviet Union Spent $1 Billion On A Mind-Control Program

Did Soviets really spend $1billion on mind control programme? Report 'reveals secretive parapsychology operations dating back to 1917' -- Daily Mail
Exposed: The Soviet Union spent $1 billion on mind-control program -- The Telegraph
The Soviet Union spent $1 billion on mind-control experiments -- The Verge
The USSR spent $1B on mind-control programs -- New York Post
Billion dollar race: Soviet Union vied with US in ‘mind control research’ -- RT
Soviets Spent $1 Billion on "Unconventional" Science and Mind Control -- Gizmodo

China Develops Their Own Psychological Warfare Division

Y-8 (GaoXin 7) EW/ECM Aircraft

China Prepares for Psychological Warfare -- Aaron Jensen, The Diplomat

The recent unveiling of China’s new PSYOP (Psychological Operations) aircraft, the Gaoxin-7(高新七号), marks an important step forward for People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) psychological warfare capabilities.

Based on a Y-8 airframe (similar to the U.S. Military’s C-130), the Gaoxin-7’s primary mission is to conduct PSYOP missions against enemy forces. Although specific details are few and far between, People’s Republic of China (PRC) media has compared the Gaoxin-7 to the U.S. Air Force’s (USAF) EC-130J “Commando Solo” in terms of its mission and capability. The EC-130J Commando Solo is essentially a flying broadcast station which can transmit media in AM, FM, HF, TV and military communication frequencies to enemy positions. Its transmission capability is so powerful that it is required to operate at least 200 miles off the coast of the United States during training missions so as to avoid interfering with civil communications.

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My Comment: They are learning the U.S. who are the masters at this type of psychological warfare.

Doing What Is Necessary To Win

Little Blue Pills Among the Ways CIA Wins Friends in Afghanistan -- Washington Post

The Afghan chieftain looked older than his 60-odd years, and his bearded face bore the creases of a man burdened with duties as tribal patriarch and husband to four younger women. His visitor, a CIA officer, saw an opportunity, and reached into his bag for a small gift.

Four blue pills. Viagra.

"Take one of these. You'll love it," the officer said. Compliments of Uncle Sam.

The enticement worked. The officer, who described the encounter, returned four days later to an enthusiastic reception. The grinning chief offered up a bonanza of information about Taliban movements and supply routes -- followed by a request for more pills.

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