Thomson Reuters Corporation, the parent company that both owns Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC (TRSS) and the far-left propaganda arm Reuters News, has been funded by none other than the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD).
Recent investigations have revealed that Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC was awarded a contract by the Department of Defense titled “Active Social Engineering Defense (ASED) Large Scale Social Deception (LSD).”
Thomson Reuters Special Services LLC (TRSS) is a U.S.-based subsidiary of Thomson Reuters that provides software and information services to U.S. government agencies.
TRSS reports to an independent Board of Directors and operates under the oversight of the U.S. Department of Defense to offer classified and sensitive services to the U.S. Government.
The contract, identified as FA865018C7886, was awarded in 2018 with a value of approximately $9.1 million. You can view the contract details at USASpending.gov.
The ASED program, initiated by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), aimed to develop technology capable of automatically identifying, disrupting, and investigating social engineering attacks.
Social engineering attacks involve manipulating individuals into divulging confidential information or performing actions that compromise security. These attacks exploit human psychology and trust, often bypassing technical security measures.
Specific details about LSD are still limited, but internet users believe it might refer to the intentional use of deceptive tactics on a large scale to mislead or manipulate within a social context.
Large Scale Social Deception:
“Social deception” refers to the act of intentionally misleading or deceiving someone within a social context, often involving the use of lies, half-truths, or omissions to gain an advantage or achieve a specific goal, and can include behaviors like…— D Newman (@DNewman1542406) February 6, 2025
According to the leftists defending the contract, while TRSS is a subsidiary of Thomson Reuters Corporation, which also owns Reuters News, its operations are allegedly separate from Reuters News’s journalistic endeavors.
However, despite the statements that TRSS operates independently from Reuters News, netizens aren’t buying it, suspecting that this separation might just be a smokescreen for a deeper conspiracy where the government is using taxpayer dollars to subtly manipulate news narratives in favor of far-left ideologies.
Elon Musk immediately responded on this news, stating, “Reuters was paid millions of dollars by the US government for “large scale social deception”. That is literally what it says on the purchase order! They’re a total scam. Just wow.”
Reuters was paid millions of dollars by the US government for “large scale social deception”.
That is literally what it says on the purchase order! They’re a total scam.
Just wow. https://t.co/GGxoVQSwN8
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 13, 2025
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