#computationalpropaganda
https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2018/02/09/584514805/computational-propaganda-yeah-that-s-a-thing-now

Computational Propaganda
«Since 2016, the digital battlefield has become more sophisticated and widespread across the globe. False information about major events from the Covid-19 outbreak to the 2020 US election is jeopardizing public health and safety. Here we dig into how modern warfare is being waged on the internet, and the steps being taken to stop it.»
#computationalpropaganda
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/future-of-information-warfare/

Computational propaganda:
«AI and machine learning technologies enable computational propaganda bots to tailor their campaigns in real-time and spread with virus-like scale. Essentially, these bots identify and exploit people who are computationally pre-determined to be the most vulnerable to digital psychological manipulation. Political propagandists, such as the infamous firm Cambridge Analytica, exploit traits in people that signal their level of susceptibility to different psychological manipulations. Examples of such traits are detailed in leaked emails from the firm. Traits include allegiance to a political party, stances on hot-button issues such as gun-control, and even if a person is neurotic, suspicious of others, or believes in astrological signs.»
#ai #computationalpropaganda
https://www.cbinsights.com/research/future-of-information-warfare/

#hacking but not as you know it.

Black hoodies, black hats/grey hats/white hats, sticker covered laptops and roller-blading young Angelina Jolie.
The mythos of #infosec , honourable profession, all shades of it.

There is no haul of stolen data, no crypto wallet taken that is as valuable as hacking human heads. Turn elections your way, resurrect political movements long thought dead.
One's your gramps fought against, now lurching in zombie mob on home soil.
Arms stretched in rigor mortis, groaning "Gaaays...Gaaays..."

Old techniques of MAD men, Priests and Politicians. But now, propelled by computing engines of #computationalpropaganda targeted by #AI
Science of #brainwashing poisoning the information battle space, poisoning minds.

Warheads on foreheads but #informationwarfare
Cambridge Analitica was 9 years ago and all its villains are employed gainfully.
#propaganda is a weapon of mass distraction

TL;DR: Hacking machines is cool.
Hacking brains is cooler.

@chameleon_muse

I recommend this short video.
Bonhoeffer was killed by Nazis, but before he did...he had a lot of time to think what makes smart people stupid (for propaganda)

Spoiler.
LACK OF MORALITY.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ww47bR86wSc

I have recently lost an old friend to Nazis...smart person...moral naivete

Some of their beliefs that led them astray:

1. No objective Facts. Opinion == Fact

2. Can not readily differentiate between good and evil.

#brainwashing #computationalpropaganda #trolls #qanon

⚠️ Hesabımı qoto.org sunucusuna taşıdım. Türkçe açıklama İngilizce açıklamanın altındadır.

#announcement #introduction #qotojournal

Hello Everyone,

I am Safak. I am a journalist, digital communication specialist and trainer from Turkey. My working fields are information disorder, new media & journalism, and means of communication.

I provide Digital Communication Consultancy at various companies. My articles, news, videos and podcasts were published on national news websites, and also guests in some of the national broadcasts about his fields of work.

Field tags: #InformationDisorder #Disinformation #Misinformation #ComputationalPropaganda #SurveillanceCapitalism #NewMedia #digitalsecurity

In this week, Turkey’s Information and Communications Technologies Authority, BTK bans b-cdn.net (aka BunnyCDN).

Which means? We cannot reach #Mastodon and mastodon.social instance doesn't work now in Turkey. A "very clever" method for banning...

However, I am here now.
(My ex account is @msafaksari)

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Merhaba, BTK mastodon.social sunucusunu fiilen engellemiş durumda. b-cdn.net (BunnyCDN) içerik dağıtıcısı engelli olduğundan dolayı mastodon.social suncusuna web tarıyıcısından ulaşmak imkansız şu an. Yani fiili bir engelleme var. Ben de bu yüzden qoto.org sunucusuna taşındım. Beni takip edenler bu sunucudaki bu hesabıma otomatik geldi ama takipe ttiklerim gelmedi şu an, bekliyorum. Birkaç gün içinde gelmezse eski hesabım olam @Mastodon hesabımdan tek tek elle taşıyacağım.

Sevgiler.

⚠️ Hesabımı qoto.org sunucusuna taşıdım. Türkçe açıklama İngilizce açıklamanın altındadır.

#announcement #introduction #qotojournal

Hello Everyone,

I am Safak. I am a journalist, digital communication specialist and trainer from Turkey. My working fields are information disorder, new media & journalism, and means of communication.

I provide Digital Communication Consultancy at various companies. My articles, news, videos and podcasts were published on national news websites, and also guests in some of the national broadcasts about his fields of work.

Field tags: #InformationDisorder #Disinformation #Misinformation #ComputationalPropaganda #SurveillanceCapitalism #NewMedia #digitalsecurity

In this week, Turkey’s Information and Communications Technologies Authority, BTK bans b-cdn.net (aka BunnyCDN).

Which means? We cannot reach #Mastodon and mastodon.social instance doesn't work now in Turkey. A "very clever" method for banning...

However, I am here now.
(My ex account is @msafaksari)

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Merhaba, BTK mastodon.social sunucusunu fiilen engellemiş durumda. b-cdn.net (BunnyCDN) içerik dağıtıcısı engelli olduğundan dolayı mastodon.social suncusuna web tarıyıcısından ulaşmak imkansız şu an. Yani fiili bir engelleme var. Ben de bu yüzden qoto.org sunucusuna taşındım. Beni takip edenler bu sunucudaki bu hesabıma otomatik geldi ama takipe ttiklerim gelmedi şu an, bekliyorum. Birkaç gün içinde gelmezse eski hesabım olam @Mastodon hesabımdan tek tek elle taşıyacağım.

Sevgiler.

Is content Moderation a Dead End?

https://www.ben-evans.com/benedictevans/2021/4/13/is-content-moderation-a-dead-end

Facebook could stop 10B impressions from “repeat misinformers”, but doesn't

https://www.salon.com/2021/04/12/facebook-could-have-stopped-10-billion-impressions-from-repeat-misinformers-but-didnt-report/

Thanks but I’d rather decide what’s misinformation for myself.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26794394

#disinformation #algorithms #propaganda #AVAAZ #AlgorithmicPropaganda #ComputationalPropaganda #ContentModeration #advertising #virality #trust #WeaponisedClickbait #FakeNews #ShallowDismissals

@AbbieNormal "Computational Propaganda" is another term of art.

#ComputationalPropaganda