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The Russian “Firehose of Falsehood” Propaganda Model (2016)
- mint2 4y agoParaphrased arguments I’ve seen in HN comment threads that doesn’t sound as good in terms of firehoses: “We shouldn’t be trying plug the firehose on social media like Twitter or Facebook because that goes against our principle of free speech. Americans are smart enough to stand in the stream and know what is credible” I’m saving this article to refer them to Edit Also… there’s this article today about Twitter. not sure what to say except you can’t make this stuff up it wouldn’t be believed.. https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171193551/twitter-once-muzzled-russian-and-chinese-state-propaganda-thats-over-now https://www.npr.org/2023/04/21/1171193551/twitter-once-muzzl...