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I think we could all do more to counter and neutralise disinformation. There was a disgraceful episode where th City Of London police allowed themselves be mob
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
I think we could all do more to counter and neutralise disinformation.
There was a disgraceful episode where th City Of London police allowed
themselves be mobilised as useful idiots at the behest of Elsevier
etc, against SciHub, spreading factually misleading information. I
discussed this with several leading security researchers who all
recognised it as cheap politicisation of fake-security news and
fearmongering.
- gxnxcxcx 4y agoSo it follows that the most sensible political policies/processes that could stand a chance of keeping Sci-hub from burning down are also tied to policies/processes that could stand a chance of keeping the police from being mobilized as useful idiots at the behest of any corporation big enough (whatever those processes are). It may very well be the case that law enforcement overreach and corruption is gnawing at the very pillars of civilization.