I've just come back from the Cambridge Disinformation Summit where I gave the opening keynote, titled "Demanufacturing Consent - How Disordered Discourse is Destroying Democracy", featuring everything from Fake Hooves to Jackson Hinkle being the worst.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FVjonlGOY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-FVjonlGOY
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Sharing with everyone I know in education
This is extremely important
#DigitalCoup
Rescind sec 230 strict regulations on AI NOW!!
Break up the monopolies of media!!
It is reasonable that if you can't think for yourself, this sounds usefulll to your future. Enhoy the Kool-Aid.
Irony is abundent if yioiu missed that.
https://bsky.app/profile/bestforbritain.bsky.social/post/3lnmtd4ns3s2x
It seems that those Govs seeking to bat against the info wars to regain lost voters, by speaking the same language are on a losing wicket. As they appear to confirm & exacerbate the original message.
What is the solution in your opinion?
Empowered citizens through politics or media?
In 🇬🇧 there’s citizen media like @bylinetimes.bsky.social amongst others, but these have difficulty in cutting the mustard with algorithms slanted against them. Even BBC driven these days by commercialisation, have dubious clickbate headlines…
Maybe the answer is to have an international citizen run websites, which collate accredited verified news from other news outlets.
Maybe this exists?
Won’t stop the rabbits disappearing, but might prevent more?
Any summary thread, for the Youtube ignorants?
https://medium.com/@katestarbird/content-sharing-within-the-alternative-media-echo-system-the-case-of-the-white-helmets-f34434325e77
There’s something beautiful about the simplicity of someone who’s job is relieve the pain of an animal and help them get better
It's a bit of an echo chamber here and you're not likely to engage with people who are impacted
The video is good 👍
But as someone who worked on political campaigns (seriously) since I was like 10 years old, and have spent my entire career in the digital comms arena, it’s way to complex for pols.
They abs need simple insights and ideas to break through:
https://youtube.com/@thehoofgp?si=YuzrtfX1sGHadBH3
But also I was gonna watch the video to find out, don't undermine yourself ;)
What we are dealing with is analogous to disease. Scale, speed & time are critical variables. Can the “patient” be treated effectively given a rapidly spreading disease before diffuse metastasis kills the
https://innovationhub-act.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CW-article-Claverie-du-Cluzel-final_0.pdf