Facebook conducted a massive psychological experiment on 689,003 users without explicit consent, manipulating their news feeds to study emotional contagion. Researchers Adam Kramer, Jamie Guillory, and Jeff Hancock published findings in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, revealing …
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Final Church Committee report reveals extensive details about Project MKULTRA, documenting systematic psychological manipulation techniques developed by CIA during Cold War. The investigation exposed how intelligence agencies conducted unethical human experimentation, including drug-based mind …
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In the aftermath of the 1973 Chilean coup, the Chicago Boys, a group of economists trained by Milton Friedman at the University of Chicago, began implementing radical free-market economic reforms under Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. Their ‘shock therapy’ approach involved rapid …
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Lewis Powell drafts confidential memo to the US Chamber of Commerce outlining a systematic strategy for corporate influence, drawing from psychological manipulation techniques similar to those developed in MKULTRA. The memo provides a blueprint for coordinated institutional capture through media, …
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Under CIA Director Allen Dulles, Project MKULTRA is officially launched as a comprehensive, covert research program exploring behavioral modification and mind control techniques. The program involves 149 subprojects conducted through universities and research institutions, focusing on chemical and …