Rubio's Psyops Push: Diplomats vs. Disinformation

0:00On March 31st, Secretary of State Marco Rubio dropped a cable to U.S. diplomats on March 31st, pushing them to hit back at foreign, anti-American propaganda. He wants them using social media platform X and teaming up with Pentagon Psychological Operations units to expose lies that threaten national security and stir up hate against U.S. interest. The directive calls for coordinating with other agencies, spotlighting those Syops teams, once called military information support operations. These folks have a history of influencing enemies, like dropping cartoon leaflets over ISIS areas in Syria back in 2015, showing recruits, getting ground up to scare them off. Diplomats are urged to boost reliable info on X through its community notes feature and tap into AI tools to call out fakes. But X faces heat for letting disinformation spread, since Elon Musk took over in 2022 and cut moderation teams, though the platform pushes. Free speech and crowdsourced checks must a close Trump ally, and X has turned

1:04into a hub for pro-Trump voices. His AI outfit, XAI, just got scooped up by SpaceX, linking the social site tighter with defense tech ahead of a big Wall Street move. Pentagon and X haven't commented yet, so we'll see how this Syops diplomat mashup plays out in the info war. Stay sharp out there. World News. Powered by AI. This is Global News Today.