- The Guardian: Weaponisation of information Archived Message
- The Guardian: Weaponisation of information - margo August 19, 2019, 5:19 pm
- We common shlubs actually speaking to each other UNREGULATED (gasp!) really spooks the comfortable, - Rhisiart Gwilym August 19, 2019, 6:16 pm
- Double-think at it's best : ) ... nm - Tomski August 19, 2019, 8:50 pm
- Re: Double-think at its best : ) ... nm - Tomski August 21, 2019, 12:15 am
- We common shlubs actually speaking to each other UNREGULATED (gasp!) really spooks the comfortable, - Rhisiart Gwilym August 19, 2019, 6:16 pm
Posted by margo
on August 19, 2019, 5:19 pm
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From Comment Is Free, unfortunately comments aren't open. Everyone else is guilty of 'weaponising information' apparently... but no-one in the UK and US (aside from two bad apples) ;o) No mention of Integrity Initiative? Would that fake Manafort article be classified as 'weaponised info'? A sense of desperation from mainstream journalists as they sense they've lost control of the message? Weaponisation of information The Guardians LINK https://www.dumptheguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/19/weaponisation-of-information-mutating-privacy COMMUNICATION has been weaponised, used to provoke, mislead and influence the public in numerous insidious ways. Disinformation was just the first stage of an evolving trend of using information to - subvert democracy - confuse rival states - define the narrative - and control public opinion. Using the large, unregulated, open environments that tech companies once promised would “empower” ordinary people, disinformation has spread rapidly across the globe. The power that tech companies offered us has become a priceless tool in propagandists’ hands, who were right in thinking that a confused, rapidly globalising world is more vulnerable to the malleable beast of disinformation than straightforward propaganda. Whatever we do, however many fact-checking initiatives we undertake, disinformation shows no sign of abating. It just mutates. While initially countries that were seasoned propagandists, such as Russia and North Korea, were identified as the main culprits, the list of states employing disinformation is growing. China is apparently using disinformation to portray Hong Kong protesters as proxies of nefarious western powers and violent rioters, potentially to prepare the ground for more violent intervention to suppress the movement. India has been the host of constant disinformation campaigns, either ahead of the most recent elections or during the current standoff with Pakistan over Kashmir. Lobbying and PR firms have now professionalised online disinformation, as the cases of Sir Lynton Crosby’s CTF Partners in the UK and the troll farms in the Philippines indicate. The next stage in the weaponisation of information is the increasing effort to control information flows and therefore public opinion, quite often using – ironically enough – the spectre of disinformation as the excuse to do so. [...] Removing regulated, accountable and experienced journalists from the equation can only be deleterious to the public interest [...] ...../ longer article continues |
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