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The New Information War
THE NEW INFORMATION WAR How Social Media Is Leveling the Playing Field Between Governments, Militants, and Ordinary People DECADES BEFORE SMARTPHONES, the internet, and social media, the philosopher Marshall McLuhan, who worked on media theory, predicted a future world war fought using information. While World War I and World War II were waged using armies […]
Big Brother Is Here: Twitter Will Monitor Users Behavior ‘Off Platform
Big Brother Is Here: Twitter Will Monitor Users Behavior ‘Off Platform‘ In perhaps the most intrusive move of social media platforms’ efforts signal as much virtue as possible and appease their potentially-regulating government overlords, Twitter has announced that it is cracking down on what it defines at hate-speech and not just by looking at its […]
Mark Zuckerberg’s Long Litany Of Failings – Mainstream Media Turns On Social Media
Mark Zuckerberg’s Long Litany Of Failings – Mainstream Media Turns On Social Media The mainstream media is a fickle beast beholden to the direction of the prevailing political winds. Unfortunately for Facebook, Google and Twitter, those winds have turned about face in recent weeks as the political establishment thrashes about in its misguided efforts to […]
Four Viral Claims Spread by Journalists on Twitter in the Last Week Alone That are False
Photo: Joe Raedle/AP Four Viral Claims Spread by Journalists on Twitter in the Last Week Alone That are False There is ample talk, particularly of late, about the threats posed by social media to democracy and political discourse. Yet one of the primary ways that democracy is degraded by platforms such and Facebook and Twitter […]
Washington Stomps on Civil Liberty
Washington Stomps on Civil Liberty The insouciant American electorate is so inattentive that it routinely elects enemies of civil liberty to represent the public in Congress. Last Wednesday Rep. Adam Schiff (D, CA), Rep. Trey Gowdy ( R, SC), Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D, CA), Sen. Mark Warner (D, VA), Rep. Jackie Speier (D, CA), Sen. […]
What’s Driving Social Discord: Russian Social Media Meddling or Soaring Wealth/Power Inequality?
What’s Driving Social Discord: Russian Social Media Meddling or Soaring Wealth/Power Inequality? The nation’s elites are desperate to misdirect us from the financial and power dividethat has enriched and empowered them at the expense of the unprotected many. There are two competing explanatory narratives battling for mind-share in the U.S.: 1. The nation’s social discord […]
In Praise of Being Disconnected
In Praise of Being Disconnected A spectacular web in our Beauty bush. Perhaps the saddest accolade of our modern faith is this: “Our world is more interconnected than ever before.” It’s a statement as bold on the first read as it is meaningless on the second, and one that is not only sad but also […]
Germany: Full Censorship Now Official
Germany: Full Censorship Now Official Courts Rewrite History Germany has made no secret of its desire to see its new law copied by the rest of the EU. When employees of social media companies are appointed as the state’s private thought police and given the power to shape the form of current political and cultural […]
A Political Realignment is Necessary – The Real Struggle is Liberty vs. Authoritarianism
A Political Realignment is Necessary – The Real Struggle is Liberty vs. Authoritarianism Until the American public ceases bickering amongst itself along Democratic and Republican or “left” vs. “right” lines, we’ll continue to be divided and conquered by authoritarians who wield tremendous power throughout both sides of the traditional political spectrum. This isn’t to say […]
Morning Joe: Ministry of Truth Is Needed To Fight War On Fake News, ‘Russian Operatives’ On Social Media
Morning Joe: Ministry of Truth Is Needed To Fight War On Fake News, ‘Russian Operatives’ On Social Media On Friday’s Morning Joe, Willie Geist hosted a panel to discuss the latest news on the Russian hacking narrative regarding Facebook ads that were purportedly used by Russian intelligence to stoke “racial tensions” during the 2016 presidential […]
How Social Media Stifles Free Speech
How Social Media Stifles Free Speech Even more problematic is that those platforms are free to delete the pages and posts of users they deem to have violated whatever they decide are “community standards.” This includes judging content supportive of, for example, restricting migration in Europe. Facebook, for example, also often permits real hate speech […]
Researchers Discover That Social Media Posts Can Be Used To Predict Riots, Revolutions, And Even The Weather
Researchers Discover That Social Media Posts Can Be Used To Predict Riots, Revolutions, And Even The Weather Most of us don’t give much thought to what we post on social media, and a lot of what we see on social media is pretty innocuous. However, it only seems that way at first glance. The truth […]
The Pentagon is building a ‘self-aware’ killer robot army fueled by social media
The Pentagon is building a ‘self-aware’ killer robot army fueled by social media Official US defence and NATO documents confirm that autonomous weapon systems will kill targets, including civilians, based on tweets, blogs and Instagram An unclassified 2016 Department of Defense (DoD) document, the Human Systems Roadmap Review, reveals that the US military plans to create […]
#DemocracySpring Protest Against Corporate Ownership of Politians
#DemocracySpring Protest Against Corporate Ownership of Politians Over 400 protesters were arrested in Washington for exercising their First Amendment right Assemble and Free Speech. They were protesting the ownership of Congress by the banks and corporations. The movement is known as #DemocracySpring and is expected to run for the week. It has been taking place on Twitter […]
The Pentagon’s secret pre-crime program to know your thoughts, predict your future
The Pentagon’s secret pre-crime program to know your thoughts, predict your future US military contractors are mining social media to influence your ‘cognitive behavior’ when you get angry at the state The US Department of Defense (DoD) wants contractors to mine your social media posts to develop new ways for the US government to infer […]
