The Ministry of Defence develops a secret, multimillion-pound research programme into the future of cyberwarfare, including how emerging technologies such as social media and psychological techniques can be harnessed by the military to influence people's beliefs. (The Guardian 2014)

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Well there's several different groups trying to manipulate people's opinions online. We should know about what the government could do with the emerging technology in the near future.

The Ministry of Defence has been studying how to use technology for the military to influence people's minds for quite a while now.