The U.S. military is funding a software project that aims to create fake profiles on Facebook in order to counter enemy propaganda coming from foreign countries.

This comes from the Guardian, based on an interview with Commander Bill Speaks, a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, (Centcom) which oversees military operations in the Middle East and Asia.

The U.K. newspaper said that Centcom has hired an unnamed company in California to create an application that aims to influence conversations taking place via social media — among people speaking languages other than English.

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