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submitted 2 days ago by davel@lemmy.ml to c/usa@lemmy.ml

Russiagate derangement lumbers on:

We’ve spent those eight years learning a new lexicon: “misinformation”, “disinformation”, “microtargeting”. We’ve learned about information warfare. As journalists, we, like FBI investigators, used evidence to show how social media was a vulnerable “threat surface” that bad actors such as Cambridge Analytica and the Kremlin could exploit.

God forbid people should understand the propaganda regime they’ve lived under their entire lives.

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[-] bad_news@lemmy.billiam.net 3 points 2 days ago

As opposed to the prior 30 years of "do a thou wilt" to silicon valley...

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

They’ve been an integral part of the military-industrial complex since the beginning. https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/palo-alto-malcolm-harris-review/

[-] Hobbes_Dent@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago
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