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The one tool more effective than censorship is noise

https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/63085520

The one tool more effective than censorship is noise - Divisions by zero

Why censor truth when you can flood the comm channels with tons of misleading, fabricated, utterly bonkers conspiracy theory bullshit? If 99% is fake news, chances are the people won’t belive that remaining 1%. That’s why Donny et all keeps yelling “freedom of speech” at the top of their lungs in Europe’s general direction. That’s what’s at stake. If Europe imposes journalism standards on social media, it is that much harder to spin crap. Lying to get the power actually works. If Donnie gets his way, Brexit will in retrospect be a mere appetiser.

Feb 4 at 4:50pmWeb
Show threadBoiglenoightFeb 4

This is what Russia did in the 90s onward. No one knows what the truth is anymore and it has made it impossible to get everyone behind a unified cause such as ousting Putin.

It is not a coincidence that the same thing is happening here. Russia has long failed to compete with western democracies, especially economically, and has found success in undermining them as they have their own people. This makes them easier to control, to weaken, and ultimately, defeat.

Show threadFunkyCheeseFeb 4
Trump does this as well
Show threadBoiglenoightFeb 4
True—Trump is obviously a Russian agent based on a wealth of evidence. At best, he is making decisions that mirror Russian goals, at worst, he’s directed.
Show threadChunkMcHorkleFeb 4

Truth. So much of what is happening on any given day can be explained by asking the simple question,

“If the US president were Putin’s puppet, what would Putin do?”

And there it is. Regardless of the individual crises, of which there are many, the bigger picture is decreasing national force, cutting off traditional allies and setting fire to the established world order, and maximizing internal unrest. All of this benefits Putin.

Show threadIronBirdFeb 5

and Putin was an american asset, his rise to power was supported by america because he promised to hunt down any remaining communists.

capitalists aren’t bound by nationalism, it’s just another tool to maintain/build their pwn personal hordes

Show threadflaminglegFeb 5
russiagating is 2026? catch up
Show threadsamus12345Feb 4
This is Steve Bannon’s “flood the zone” strategy.
Show threadTheFoganFeb 4

Yeah honestly I feel that’s the universal problem the world in general has.

What’s worse, our “vetted” sources have all been compromised. Mainstream news is corrupt as hell… all owned by a tiny portion of rich assholes. As trust in them wanes, the focus moves to the “independent” creators on youtube, and instagram influencers, podcastors etc…

Of which many of them are actually getting paid by the same billionares, as scandal after scandal shows, and of course rich monstrocities like Meta, Google, Musk… have the power to signal boost the ones they want to, and to minimize the growth of ones they don’t.

Show threadFreshParsnipFeb 4
I forget what it was but I saw a video about some sort of conspiracy theory and thought if it were true the video would get taken down. Then I thought actually, having it taken down would just make it look true.
Show threadSubArcticTundraFeb 4
AI is going to make this so much worse. It can make unlimited fake news including photo and video ‘evidence’. And everyone can have their own to fit their preferred personal narrative. We truly do live in times.
Show threadthesohoriotsFeb 4
Alternately: obfuscate it with boredom. Ever try to read through the tax code? You could put whatever you want in there and publicly read it, and nobody’s awake for it. Secrecy and conspiracy are infinitely more interesting than boredom.
Show threadlastlybutfirstlyFeb 4

If Europe imposes journalism standards on social media, it is that much harder to spin crap.

The Fediverse is social media. What kind of journalism standards would be imposed upon it?

Show threadLemmyBruceLeeMarvinFeb 5
They call it Chaff I think. Information warfare needs media consolidation, ownership by the ruling class and chaff- flood the zone with bullshit, leverage the ‘strategic unpredictability’ of the administration, focus on the fucking west wing ballroom, the statues, the hamburgers. And gaslight everyone constantly.
Show threadboogieboredFeb 5
It’s a tactic of it doesn’t matter what you say, just keep the attention. It’s why Trump cannot shut the fuck up for .1 second.
Show threadRitchieFeb 5
There lies a responsibility with the people on websites like ours as well. I’ve seen such rubbish written about Trump, Epstein, Elon Musk, etc. and it seriously devalues the credibility of actual valid opposition. There is zero evidence that Trump “shits himself” or is a pedophile or any of these other unsubstantiated claims, and if we want to be taken seriously we mustn’t fall into cosplaying as if they’re true.
Show threadsolidheronFeb 5

Noise is effective, but I feel like the noise would have to evolve and get More intelligent, which I guess would be ai deep fake series with , unirinically, crisis actors.

I only say it has to evolve because people would recognize the pattern of meaningless distractions and start to ask questions. Weather or not people would pursue answers or get a source that question the set of noise would be platform based or based on the person initiative.