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Humour in Online Information Warfare [pdf]
- jruohonen 3y agoAnother one from Hybrid CoE, again with some questionable recommendations: "The agents of influence and other servants of authoritarian regimes, who for so long held the advantage, are turned into the targets rather than the deliverers of mockery and abuse." "Crowdsourcing, and the pooling and sharing of observations and situational awareness that comes with it, also leads to greater shared situational awareness of the information environment; in effect, a practical implementation by civilians on social media of the 'every soldier a sensor' ambition commonly expressed by Western militaries in the first decade of this century." Besides the usual issues (including the questions of who decides what is disinformation, who really has an advantage, and who serves whom), the approach sounds a lot like mob rule, and as we all know, crowds are not exactly rational. Remember also that you cannot control a mob. "That community can now rally for mutual support on demand." I wonder where they'll target their "mockery and abuse" once the war is over? That is to say, further encouraging bad behavior is not exactly something to applaud. The long-term consequences may easily outweigh the presumed temporary gains.