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People can reasonably disagree on what constitutes propaganda, which is why I like the language that they are using here. Coordinated inauthentic behavior -- m
by andrewla 8y ago
People can reasonably disagree on what constitutes propaganda, which is why I like the language that they are using here.
Coordinated inauthentic behavior -- multiple account purporting to be unrelated acting in tandem. Regardless of where you land on the magnitude of election interference vs. information warfare, and state actors vs. trolls vs. hacker collectives, this behavior, using sock puppets to create the impression that information is coming from multiple independent sources, is worth exposing.
- monksy 8y ago> People can reasonably disagree on what constitutes propaganda, which is why I like the language that they are using here. However in this case they're using alternative language to manipulate the reader that their judgement is correct.
- andrewla 8y agoI'm way more willing to accept this policy than I would a policy, say, of 32 accounts that have been "issuing propaganda" or "spreading lies" or "failing fact checks" or "interfering with an election" or "saying offensive things". Each of those other heuristics sound horrifyingly Orwellian. The judgments involved in enforcing this policy seem way easier to apply without excluding individuals with genuine opinions that they wish to voice to their friends or followers on the platform.