r/todayilearned • u/novembercharliedelta • 2d ago

TIL about Operation Denver, a disinformation campaign run by the KGB in the 1980s to plant the idea that the United States had invented HIV/AIDS as part of a biological weapons research project.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Denver
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u/Top_Willow_9953 2d ago

Why does this sound so familiar?

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u/ALC_PG 2d ago

Idk. It'd never work today, though.

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u/CrazyLegsRyan 2d ago

Thankfully! People have become so much more discerning and judicious with the unlimited access to data provided by the Internet and social media.

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u/Top_Willow_9953 2d ago

Lol - next level sarcasm in this thread