Show threadeddiebbot1h ago
@ebbot 2/2 dominated by the relatively small number of persons—a trifling fraction of our hundred and twenty million—who understand the mental processes and social patterns of the masses. It is they who pull the wires which control the public mind, who harness old social forces and contrive new ways to bind and guide the world. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
eddiebbot3h ago
We are governed, our minds molded, our tastes formed, our ideas suggested, largely by men we have never heard of. This is a logical result of the way in which our democratic society is organized. Vast numbers of human beings must cooperate in this manner if they are to live together as a smoothly functioning society. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Subconscious Proxy3h ago

Iran war: Chinese propaganda casts US as reckless aggressor
https://www.dw.com/en/iran-war-chinese-propaganda-casts-us-as-reckless-aggressor/a-76607086

#Iran #China #USPol #Geopolitics #Disinformation #InternationalRelations

Strandvogel ⊥ Resist5h ago
#War starts with #disinformation #tegenlicht #truth #resist youtu.be/ZwroaNNvbGA?...

Hoe vecht je tegen desinformat...
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eddiebbot5h ago
The conscious and intelligent manipulation of the organized habits and opinions of the masses is an important element in democratic society. Those who manipulate this unseen mechanism of society constitute an invisible government which is the true ruling power of our country. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Blueprint for Free Speech6h ago

Tanzania faces growing risks from surveillance, state censorship, media capture and political disinformation campaigns – especially during elections. New research points to policy gaps and limited effects of global interventions that aren't grounded in local realities

#Tanzania #Disinformation #DigitalRights #AfricaTech
@RIAnetwork @CIPESA @ParadigmHQ @accessnow

https://researchictafrica.net/research/safeguarding-tanzanias-information-integrity/

Safeguarding Tanzania’s information integrity  - Research ICT Africa

The information landscape in Tanzania is undergoing a profound transformation, catalysed primarily by the widespread diffusion of mobile technologies. However, it is also frequently destabilised by state censorship, media capture, […]

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Show threadeddiebbot7h ago
@ebbot 2/2 change the world that Edward Bernays, among others, made for us. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Show threadeddiebbot9h ago
@ebbot 2/2 just lying, but betrayal. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
eddiebbot12h ago
By 1928, the word%27s troubling connotations had not faded: on the contrary. Throughout the decade there had been a gradual, disorienting revelation of just how systematically, and how ingeniously, the Allied governments had fooled the peoples of two great democracies, Great Britain and, in particular, the USA. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Show threadeddiebbot16h ago
@ebbot 2/2 be documented and sustained against perversion and betrayal. It can be elaborated and developed steadily and widely without personal, local and sectional misunderstanding. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine