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		stemc43 on Dec 13, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Censorship 2.0: Shadowy forces controlling online ... US gov. actually admitted that it has a trolling network - it used to be called "viral peace". They claim it operates on "terrorist websites". And of course they give no definition of "terrorist websites" - But I think it's safe to assume reddit, twitter, facebook are terrorist websites.

schoen on Dec 13, 2014 [–]

They also have some openly governmental accounts called "Think Again Turn Away", like

https://twitter.com/ThinkAgain_DOS https://www.facebook.com/ThinkAgainTurnAway

They used to directly engage in debate with people more, while now they seem to have switched to a more posting-only style.

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