The Democrats are now taking their anti-Trump fervor to a new level. They are using anti-ISIS technology funded by the government in an attempt to take down President Trump.
According to Fox News:
An anti-Trump Democratic-aligned political action committee advised by retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal is planning to deploy an information warfare tool that received initial funding from DARPA, the Pentagon’s secretive research arm — transforming technology originally envisioned as a way to fight ISIS propaganda into a campaign platform to benefit Joe Biden.
The Washington Post first reported that the initiative, called Defeat Disinfo, will utilize “artificial intelligence and network analysis to map discussion of the president’s claims on social media,” and then attempt to “intervene” by “identifying the most popular counter-narratives and boosting them through a network of more than 3.4 million influencers across the country — in some cases paying users with large followings to take sides against the president.”
Social media guru Curtis Hougland is heading up Defeat Disinfo, and he received the funding from DARPA when his program was “part of an effort to combat extremism overseas.” He explained in an interview with the Post that he was unhappy that top social media accounts often supported Trump, and had effectively defended the president in recent days from claims that he had suggested Americans inject themselves with disinfectant.
The effort raised the question of whether taxpayer funds were being repurposed for political means, and whether social media platforms have rules in place that could stymie Hougland’s efforts — if he plays along.
McChrystal, who led U.S. forces in Afghanistan before he was fired by then-President Obama in 2010 for unleashing on his boss in a Rolling Stone interview. He stated that this effort was necessary and seems to help Biden directly although he criticized Biden’s strategy in the interview.
McChrystal is not the only person to have complaints about Joe Biden’s approach to foreign affairs.
