How the US used science to wage psychological war

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How the US used science to wage psychological war

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I have a new book coming out in June, and New Scientist is to blame. Back in the summer of 2020, I wrote this column about a study led by computational social scientist Meysam Alizadeh, who worked to algorithmically predict waves of *********** on

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. Alizadeh said he and his colleagues wanted to create a “*********** weather report” so that people on social media would be forewarned about incoming influence campaigns. It seemed like a great idea.

As we talked, I told Alizadeh about a

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(psy ops) campaign I had witnessed on

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