#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 […]
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 […]