Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

Chapter 1: The Zone

Target Intelligence: PSYOP with Shawn Ryan

Show Notes

When Frances Haugen worked on Facebook’s counter-espionage team, she uncovered massive PSYOP operations intended to spark violent uprisings. In this chapter, we hear Frances’ story, learn how troll farmers in Russia have evolved, and author Gregg Hurwitz uncovers the methods they use to try to destroy America from within.

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Chapters:

(00:52)The Murder of a College Professor

(05:13) Facebook Whistleblower Frances Haugen Speaks Out

(09:15) The Birth of Unrestricted Warfare

(10:40) Lessons From ‘The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street’

(15:42) Vladislav Surkov and a New Approach to PSYOPs

(24:50) Yevgeny Prigozhin and the Rise of the Internet Research Agency

(29:51) Uncovering PSYOPs on Facebook

(42:57) A PSYOP Unfolds in Real Time

(47:59) The Algorithm Effect

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