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Will someone do the same against Twitter for the Arab springs which lead to the rise of ISIS?
by _blz2 5y ago
Will someone do the same against Twitter for the Arab springs which lead to the rise of ISIS?
- x86_64Ubuntu 5y agoI think the Iraq invasion of 2003 is what really set us down the path of ISIS.
- _blz2 5y agoThe spread outside of Iraq to the rest of the Levant is most certainly due to neighboring countries being destabilized.
- FridayoLeary 5y agoWhy not against Western countries who did far more to create ISIS then merely be a passive communication platform?
- diveanon 5y agoAlgorithmically tailoring feeds is not passive.
- y-c-o-m-b 5y agoSeems kind of a wild leap to blame the rise of ISIS on Twitter. ISIS came from the events in Iraq and is an offshoot of "Al Qaeda in Iraq". It even stands for "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant". They existed long before the Arab Spring. The Arab Spring started in 2010 and ISIS didn't enter Syria (which I think is the connection you're making?) until well after that.
- 1cvmask 5y agoTwitter, and others, is a tool of the government, and national security state, and was weaponized multiple times to overthrow governments, institute color revolutions, allow terrorists to flourish etc... The Obama administration even bragged about it: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/17/obama-iran-twitter https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/17/obama-iran-twi... https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/middleeast/17media.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/17/world/middleeast/17media....
- helge9210 5y agoPSYOPs existed long before Twitter and others. Social networks and ML just made the tools more powerful and precise.