”Thank you for your attention to this matter!” is the new “SAD!”

#USpolitics #polcom

Really looking forward to this week's visit as Fellow to @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social and the #WI2025 conference. My keynote will reflect on how prepared we -as citizens- are for an AI democracy. @dscheykopp.bsky.social #commsky #polcom
@jon @bovine3dom I am sure the government will nevertheless announce triumphantly “illimited train travel for the young this summer”
I immediately pictured the meme “strong dog / whining dog” in my head… #polcom #frenchpol #CEstNotreProjet
After all these years, even the best news media are still systematically amplifying and inevitably promoting every lunacy uttered by someone whose entire strategy has successfully relied, from the start, on making the headlines, inciting outrage, getting constant attention, and taking all the oxygen in the newsroom.
“[DT] says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/feb/11/donald-trump-says-he-would-encourage-russia-to-attack-nato-countries-who-dont-pay-bills
#polcom #journalism #election
Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little

The Joe Biden White House rebuked the former president’s comments as ‘appalling and unhinged’

The Guardian
Är det bara jag som tycker att samtliga talespersoner för regeringen #Israel och #IDF låter som #BagdadBob ?? #Sverige #IsraelHamaswar #Communication #PR #PolCom #PoliticalCommunication #Kommunikation #gaza
In case you missed it… as new revelations emerge showing the authorities knew #Teixeira was a risk… here are my articles on the #Discord leaker.... https://www.spytalk.co/p/the-air-force-loves-war-gamers-like?sd=pf #leaks #pentagon #dod #military #polcom
The Air Force Loves War Gamers Like Teixeira

The Discord leaks reveal a digital culture problem that more AI surveillance can’t solve

SpyTalk
I’ve updated my free-to-access #propaganda and #disinformation bibliography! Do check it out here and support my work. Thank you! https://www.patreon.com/posts/78981573?utm_campaign=postshare_creator #commodon @potemkinvillage #polcom #polisci #politics #patreon #reading #polcomm
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The future's now:
New York City uses AI to make robocalls impersonating the Mayor in languages such as Spanish, Yiddish, and Mandarin. (Mayor Adams doesn't speak any of these languages.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/20/nyregion/ai-robocalls-eric-adams.html
#polcom #AI @communicationscholars
Hola! This Is Mayor Eric Adams, as Rendered by A.I.

New York City is embracing artificial intelligence and using it to send robocalls featuring the mayor’s voice in many languages.

The New York Times

I don’t think @[email protected] timestamped his letter yesterday to Musk. But the 24 hr deadline to respond will run out in a couple of hours, late in the day October 11 ⏰

Genuinely interested to see how X will address the responsibilities its has under DSA 🇪🇺

#disinformation #polcom #DSA

Populists, autoritarians, nationalists and fascists of the world keep conquering public opinion by sowing the seeds of hatred, anger and fear using brute digital force. We figured out long ago how these not-too-subtle strategies work, and yet it seems we can't do anything to stop them. This is disheartening.
“Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India.”
GIFT LINK:
https://wapo.st/3rCji5j
#propaganda #polcom @communicationscholars
Inside the vast digital campaign by Hindu nationalists to inflame India

India’s BJP, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and affiliated Hindu nationalist groups have perfected using social media to spread of inflammatory, often false and bigoted material on an industrial scale, earning both envy and condemnation beyond India’s borders.

The Washington Post