1.0Intercessors for Americahttps://ifapray.orgadminhttps://ifapray.org/blog/author/ifaadmin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="1VzRpFdRry"><a href="https://ifapray.org/legislative-updates/war-of-weaponized-influence-u-s-spending-millions-to-hunt-down-foreign-tweets-memes/">‘War of weaponized influence’: U.S. spending millions to hunt down foreign tweets, memes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://ifapray.org/legislative-updates/war-of-weaponized-influence-u-s-spending-millions-to-hunt-down-foreign-tweets-memes/embed/#?secret=1VzRpFdRry" width="600" height="338" title="“‘War of weaponized influence’: U.S. spending millions to hunt down foreign tweets, memes” — Intercessors for America" data-secret="1VzRpFdRry" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> The U.S. government is building expensive tools to fight enemies that use tweets and memes instead of bullets and bombs. Instead of the deserts and mountains of Afghanistan, the battleground is on technological platforms such as Twitter, where the Defense Department’s research and development arm says America is fighting an “asymmetric, continual, war of weaponized … Continuedhttps://ifapray.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Facebook-Social-Share-Image.png1200630