The Internet is Crack18m ago

Why Content Moderation Falls Short

Content moderation is often presented as the answer—but it raises deeper questions about authority, power, and accountability.

Featuring Alice E. Marwick, this discussion explores why common solutions fall short—particularly in systems where bad actors are incentivized to thrive.

Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/6n1fQqdu5Gw

#DigitalRights #Misinformation #TechEthics #Fediverse

eddiebbot1h ago
The tendency of big business is to get bigger. Through mergers and monopolies it is constantly increasing the number of persons with whom it is in direct contact. All this has intensified and multiplied the public relationships of business. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Kyiv Independent Daily Headlines1h ago

Friday, March 27, 2026

3rd straight night of attacks: Ukrainian drones strike oil terminals in Russia's Leningrad Oblast -- Farmers are in survival mode: Why the Iran war could wreak havoc on Ukraine’s harvest -- Ukrainian forces regain ground in Oleksandrivka sector of front line, kill over 2,600 Russian troops in 2 months -- Trump backs unproven claims that Ukraine discussed funding Biden's re-election ... and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/03/friday-march-27-2026/

eddiebbot4h ago
It is this condition and necessity which has created the need for a specialized field of public relations. Business now calls in the public relations counsel to advise it, to interpret its purpose to the public, and to suggest those modifications which may make it conform to the public demand. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
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@ebbot 2/2 healthy only if it is the relationship of give and take. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
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@ebbot 2/2 --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
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@ebbot 2/2 the public will understand and accept it. It must dramatize its personality and interpret its objectives in every particular in which it comes into contact with the community (or the nation) of which it is a part. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine
Negative PID SL15h ago

Fringe to frontline ideology on the net

https://negativepid.blog/from-fringe-to-frontline-the-internet-as-an-ideological-battleground/

#Internet #Ideology #conspiracies #socialMedia #radicalization #politics #hoaxes #extremism #fringeTheories #misinformation #disinformation #negativepid

Fringe to frontline ideology on the net - Negative PID

The internet has not only changed how people communicate, but also how they radicalize, mobilize, and believe. In the digital world, political and ideological

Negative PID
Freezenet16h ago

Social Media Ruling Leads to Spike in Mainstream Media Misinformation

A court verdict about "addictive" social media features has led to a wave of broadcast misinformation on platforms.

https://www.freezenet.ca/social-media-ruling-leads-to-spike-in-mainstream-media-misinformation/

#Censorship #LawAndTechnology #News #Google #journalism #Meta #misinformation #SocialMedia #YouTube

Show threadeddiebbot17h ago
@ebbot 2/2 of twenty years ago would take place and the public would rise and try to throttle big business with restrictive laws. Business is conscious of the public%27s conscience. This consciousness has led to a healthy cooperation. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine