this post was submitted on 12 Nov 2024
28 points (100.0% liked)

United States | News & Politics

7212 readers
255 users here now

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
 

Russiagate derangement lumbers on:

We’ve spent those eight years learning a new lexicon: “misinformation”, “disinformation”, “microtargeting”. We’ve learned about information warfare. As journalists, we, like FBI investigators, used evidence to show how social media was a vulnerable “threat surface” that bad actors such as Cambridge Analytica and the Kremlin could exploit.

God forbid people should understand the propaganda regime they’ve lived under their entire lives.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As opposed to the prior 30 years of "do a thou wilt" to silicon valley...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago

They’ve been an integral part of the military-industrial complex since the beginning. https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/palo-alto-malcolm-harris-review/