Twitter was originally designed as a weapon of war, and the same influence strategies once tested overseas are now being deployed inside the United States, says Dr. Robert Malone. Corporations, for example, have paid conservative influencers $1,000 per tweet to derail policies they opposed, disguising coordinated campaigns as grassroots opinion. In their new book “PsyWar: Enforcing the New World Order,” Drs. Robert and Jill Malone argue that what was once developed for foreign battlefields is now being turned inward, on U.S. citizens themselves.
The Malones describe how military-style influence campaigns have been absorbed by Silicon Valley and now dominate everyday marketing, media, and politics.
They highlight how coordinated messaging—whether around COVID, climate change, or elections—is designed to narrow the range of acceptable thought. As U.N. communications chief Melissa Fleming said, “We own the science, and we think that the world should know it.”
The implications are serious. “The idea of free and fair elections becomes completely obsolete,” according to Robert Malone.
The Malones trace how repetition and AI-driven targeting can steer not only how Americans vote—but what they think, feel, and believe. Their warning is stark: the internet is now a battlefield, and your mind is the prize.
