This is a joke right? They think by preloading biases they are “combating misinformation”? This is the insanity that come from people that either don’t believe in objective truth or openly want to harm you despite knowing objective truth exists.
and thats how they will spin it they can already strip folks of citizenship via the patriot act by declaring them a terrorist if im not misremembering.
Anyways, this is a really weird one. The gist here is that some Google satellite group came up with some videos that explains the absolute basics of critical thinking. Journalists are using that project, along with a handful of unrelated studies, to discretely swap the current justification for propaganda ("our enemies are liars") with a new one ("the science proves us right"). This is just one article of a campaign, and all the articles say basically the same thing.
What makes it weird is that this is a pretty complex move, for no real gain. Everyone who already bought their propaganda believed both those reasons anyways, and nobody who rejected them would have their mind changed. The new justification is just as tired as the old one, so it's not really an improvement. The project and studies being put forth are pretty low-effort in themselves, having been a waste of resources and time. And none of this comes off like it's meant to humiliate.
But it still required the effort of multiple actors in multiple universities and corporations to line up, and then to organize the media campaign. It's a pretty complex move, for no real gain I can see.
Maybe this is some kind of narrative maintenance, and this article is so transparent that you can see the internal workings of the Cathedral in a way you usually couldn't. Or maybe this is just the end result of one of their many projects to produce narrative weapons, one that ultimately led to nothing special, but they decided to deploy it anyways because they've already put the resources in and really got nothing to lose.
"Since Russia spread disinformation on Facebook during the 2016 election, major technology companies have struggled to balance concerns about censorship with fighting online lies and conspiracy theories.."
They claim to counter "misinformation" while grossly exaggerating what happened in 2016, thus promoting the exact same misinformation they claim to want to stop.
Jigsaw will start a pre-bunking ad campaign on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and TikTok at the end of August for users in Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, meant to head off fear-mongering about Ukrainian refugees who entered those countries
I wonder why Israel isn't included? There's plenty of fear there.
Literally still pushing the "Vaccines work" narrative.
This is a joke right? They think by preloading biases they are “combating misinformation”? This is the insanity that come from people that either don’t believe in objective truth or openly want to harm you despite knowing objective truth exists.
Truth is irrelevant. All is the will to power.
"We choose truth over facts!"
> This is a joke right?
no
> They think by preloading biases they are “combating misinformation”?
also no. it's just how they excuse their desire to censor and/or re-educate the public.
I'm sure that's exactly what Scientologists say, too...
Oh look the official CIA journal has a take on misinformation !
Funniest sentence in 2022
TL;DR - Anyone immune to our propaganda is a domestic terrorist.
and thats how they will spin it they can already strip folks of citizenship via the patriot act by declaring them a terrorist if im not misremembering.
This is the most dystopian thing I’ve seen yet.
We need moar thought control to keep those plebes in line!
Glad we can agree on the Early Life check.
Anyways, this is a really weird one. The gist here is that some Google satellite group came up with some videos that explains the absolute basics of critical thinking. Journalists are using that project, along with a handful of unrelated studies, to discretely swap the current justification for propaganda ("our enemies are liars") with a new one ("the science proves us right"). This is just one article of a campaign, and all the articles say basically the same thing.
What makes it weird is that this is a pretty complex move, for no real gain. Everyone who already bought their propaganda believed both those reasons anyways, and nobody who rejected them would have their mind changed. The new justification is just as tired as the old one, so it's not really an improvement. The project and studies being put forth are pretty low-effort in themselves, having been a waste of resources and time. And none of this comes off like it's meant to humiliate.
But it still required the effort of multiple actors in multiple universities and corporations to line up, and then to organize the media campaign. It's a pretty complex move, for no real gain I can see.
Maybe this is some kind of narrative maintenance, and this article is so transparent that you can see the internal workings of the Cathedral in a way you usually couldn't. Or maybe this is just the end result of one of their many projects to produce narrative weapons, one that ultimately led to nothing special, but they decided to deploy it anyways because they've already put the resources in and really got nothing to lose.
From the article:
"Since Russia spread disinformation on Facebook during the 2016 election, major technology companies have struggled to balance concerns about censorship with fighting online lies and conspiracy theories.."
They claim to counter "misinformation" while grossly exaggerating what happened in 2016, thus promoting the exact same misinformation they claim to want to stop.
It's an amazing self-own.
Especially since the FBI raid on Trump's house and the smog of lies surrounding it.
Just like the Covid inoculation, the “misinformation” one is neither safe nor effective.
I long for the days of Don't Be Evil
They were evil all the way back then, too.
I wonder why Israel isn't included? There's plenty of fear there.
https://communities.win/c/KotakuInAction2/p/142B5hQHGD/israeli-minister-90-of-ukrainian/
Identify the author? You don't say!
This is basically just them saying: "We need to propagandize harder."