If Olaf Scholz had a sense of opportunity, he would go to the rally tomorrow against the approach of the conservatives to the extremists. But he is too bureaucratic and has no idea how this great wave of the extreme right is taking over the political scenario worldwide.

The two biggest autocracies, Russia and China, have taken the lead. The USA is gone and is already pushing the same agenda as Russia and China. Europe is the next target and the last hope.

We are fucked.

#autocracy #DisinformationWar #Germany #b0202 #wirsinddiebrandmauer #Scholz

About 20 years ago, after leaving academia and starting my career as a software developer, I was genuinely excited about the promise of the information society—open knowledge, Wikipedia, access to information, open source, open science, open education, and everything that came with it.

That excitement, along with the like-minded communities I engaged with, led me to found the @okfn chapter in Brazil, @okbr, 12 years ago—just as Brazil’s Freedom of Information Law was finally approved at the end of 2011. The timing felt right.

I still believe civil society organizations like these are crucial, and there is much work to be done. But over time, I came to a harsh realization: we don’t live in an information society—we live in a disinformation society. Perhaps it wasn’t until 2018, when Brazil faced the real prospect of a far-right government, that it fully hit me. Or maybe it started in 2017, when I saw a striking Bloomberg chart mapping the rise of the far right across Europe.

And here we are, seven years later. The most powerful country is led by oligarchs, many of whom became billionaires through surveillance capitalism. We are in a disinformation war, and autocratic regimes are winning the race against democracy.

#DisinformationWar #autocracy #democracy #OpenSource #Oligarchy #farright #disinformation

Remind me in a month: German society and Europeans will be astonished when they see the number of votes for AfD.

It was inspiring to see tens of thousands singing "Wehrt euch, leistet Widerstand. Gegen den Faschismus hier im Land. Haltet fest zusammen, haltet fest zusammen", But we are in the Berlin bubble. There could be even more people, yet the disinformation war we’re in is light-years ahead of a mentality still struggling to abandon fax machines, digitize services, and integrate the millions of immigrants who keep the country running—yet cannot vote.

Yeah, I should be able to write this in German, but I would take ages on my limited short break before returning to work.

#NoAfD #Germany #Berlin #DisinformationWar #farright #Musk

This story will cut through in the U.K. more than any other story, which is why it's in The Sun and The Mirror today.

Twitter are refusing to comply with police requests to assist with inquiries after England footballer Saka was subjected to a torrent of racist abuse on their platform.

Going after our Prime Minister will raise a few eyebrows, but go after one of our footballing legends and it's war.

#DisinformationWar

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/saka-racist-abuse-police-arsenal-33467309?s=09

One thing that became apparent over on the bird app is that, more and more, the prevelance of 'gray area and nuance' advocates was a direct result of #kremlin - style destruction of truth.

#disinformationwar
#disinfo
#propaganda