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Accession Number:
AD1112595
Title:
Social Media Bots: Implications for Special Operations Forces
Report Date:
2020-09-01
Abstract:
CNA initiated this study of social media bots-automated programs on social media platforms to explore their implications for US special operations forces (SOF) and the broader national security community. This report explains social media bots and botnets, explores the threat of automation and the role of social media bots as a tool of disinformation, and introduces a taxonomy of six activities that social media bots and botnets can engage in: distributing, amplifying, distorting, hijacking, flooding, and fracturing. It then identifies likely evolutions in the near- to mid-term futures and explores the implications of those futures for SOF. The report examines opportunities and risks for SOF and concludes with examples of potential SOF use in each of the six identified social media bot and botnet activities.
Document Type:
Conference:
Journal:
Pages:
98
File Size:
4.79MB
N00014-16-D-5003
(N0001416D5003);
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Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release
