#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 […]
Modern Mass Media and Info War
This is fascinating… the 3rd largest media company, after Disney and Warner, is The Soul Publishing, and they’re pure online only. They produce dedicated content designed for Facebook and YouTube algorithms. Why is that interesting? Well, for one, their content is lies (seriously, the debunking videos are hilarious: “wow, that cleaning solution made those sneakers […]
This is Literally Propaganda
Propaganda is a form of communication that attempts to achieve a response that furthers the desired intent of the propagandist. [1] The recent publication of This Is Not Propaganda [2] has created a lot of buzz amongst aficionados of disinformation and digital propaganda. I haven’t read the book yet, and I’m sure this isn’t Pomerantsev’s […]