A poor effort at “black propaganda” The success or failure of black propaganda depends on the receiver’s willingness to accept the credibility of the source and the content of the message. Care has to be taken to place the sources and messages within a social, cultural, and political framework of the target audience. If the […]
Useful idiots indeed
#blog/disinformation It was the media’s poor handling of the leaked documents that had the most impact. In late June ‘16 @lorenzofb @pwnallthethings and I had proved Guccifer 2.0 was not “a Romanian hacker” but rather more than one Russian engaged in an information operation to aid the Trump campaign. Collected contemporary evidence here. There was […]
Second Mover Advantage
Russian online disinformation has predominantly been focussed on amplifying existing narratives. It almost always uses “conspiracy theories,” or other fringe false narratives, invented by elements of the target audience. The reason is simple: it is cheap and effective. Amplifying existing narratives developed by the members of the target audience is cheaper than paying for experts […]