Claim: In the 1960s, the KGB conducted psychological experiments that found two months or less of bombarding subjects with “nonstop” fear messages resulted in subjects being “brainwashed” to accept false information. (Facebook page Green Smoothie Girl)The claim has since popped up in numerous (archived) additional posts (archived) on various social media platforms (archived). In some cases, the posts (archived) consisted of screenshots (archived) of earlier posts with parts of the text underlined (archived). However, the details of Bezmenov's claims did not match those of the claim about KGB experiments that appeared in social media posts. Bezmenov's claims, therefore, did not fit the details of the claim that circulated on social media about KGB psychological experiments.

Source: CBC News October 20, 2024 13:01 UTC