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It's a propaganda and indoctrination tool. It's the holy grail of mind control that multiple governments attempted to build for decades. It will be worth trilli
by myth_drannon 9y ago
It's a propaganda and indoctrination tool. It's the holy grail of mind control that multiple governments attempted to build for decades. It will be worth trillions until most governments ban it (or already had banned it, not sure the current status of it in China and Russia)
- champagnepapi 9y agoSome very strong words. I don't know if i'd go as far as saying it is the "holy grail", however, I do see your point. For sure it allows propaganda, misinformation, and lies to be disseminated at a very fast pace.
- johnchristopher 9y agoWhat would the reasons for government to ban it ? (public and behind the scene reasons)
- cuckcuckspruce 9y agoPublic: Russian election hacking Private: If we can't co-opt it then it's not useful to us
- myth_drannon 9y ago"Continuing Transparency on Russian Activity" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15758852 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15758852 "It is important that people understand how foreign actors tried to sow division and mistrust using Facebook before and after the 2016 US election." FB angered the US government by allowing foreign agents to use its tools. So that's only an example of Russians using it on Americans. Now imagine how the US government is using it. You are not going to see it in this "Transparency" report that's for sure.
- njarboe 9y agoOr imagine corporations using it.
- myth_drannon 9y agoYes, Monsanto/agribusinesses/GMO or Pharma/Opioids crisis possibly are using FB to sway public's opinion. It would be great if this FB's transparency tool wouldn't be limited to Russians. I think there is an opportunity for development of some sort of network analysis tools or visualizations similar to how newspapers analyzed Panama papers.