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I expect two dominant themes to develop during this iteration of "The most important election of our lives" 1) The importance of government truth czars and the

I expect two dominant themes to develop during this iteration of "The most important election of our lives" 1) The importance of government truth czars and their adjacent fact-checkers 2) Digital ID as a prerequisite to publishing online, to protect the public from "dangerous misinformation" All that is needed to advance these already in play promotions is a disinformation Pearl Harbor event. Not to say that "disinformation" isn't emerging organically from all sides or that deceptive reporting is something new. Incentives are aligned to promote it as something novel which requires regulatory action.

verdverm 3y ago
We already saw the warning shot in the NH primaries... https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4451721-new-hampshire-ag-says-fake-biden-robocall-before-election-traced-to-texas-firm/ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4451721-new-hampshire-... I'm more keen on the Bluesky idea for Stackable Moderation: https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderation https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderati... Anyone can run one, users can pick those they follow, let market forces go to work. I was talking with a friend about putting the equivalent of a yubikey in the photo ids we already get. Mostly out of complaints in dealing with gov't systems and trying to remove pain there, but could also be used as the "blue check" rather than a gatekeeping device. I would say the country of origin ought to be attached to "verified posters"
- washadjeffmad 3y ago
  It's been going on for the past year. See the equivalent "AI POTUS promises free Social Security money" ads targeted to vulnerable and elderly populations: https://www.newsweek.com/tik-tok-scam-social-security-biden-snoop-dogg-1850135 https://www.newsweek.com/tik-tok-scam-social-security-biden-... https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-biden-audio-used-videos-promoting-6400-stimulus-2024-01-31/ https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-biden-audio-used-vid... I block ads, disable multimedia playback in the browser, and am probably no one's target demographic, so I would never have known about it if I didn't hear it blasting on two elderly people's smartphones at the doctor recently. If that wasn't concerning enough, it set off a discussion about them. They couldn't tell it was fake.
trelane 3y ago
"All that is needed to advance these already in play promotions is a disinformation Pearl Harbor event." That was the 2016 US presidential election, pretty clearly.
rightbyte 3y ago
A truth czar would be hillarious. The Emperor of Truth and Good Taste. The whole concept of "disinformation" is toxic. One can't imply people are lying when they are wrong, becouse you are also wrong, and thus lying. The whole debate about everything is undermined by this mindset.
- trelane 3y ago
  Maybe one could create a department to maintain veracity in the public sphere. Some sort of ministry of truth.
- palmfacehn 3y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_Governance_Board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_Governance_Boar... https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/biden-disinfo-czar-nina-jankowicz-ripped-over-tiktok/ https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/biden-disinfo-czar-nina-jankow...
  - rightbyte 3y ago
    I am behind the times...

verdverm 3y ago

We already saw the warning shot in the NH primaries... https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4451721-new-hampshire-ag-says-fake-biden-robocall-before-election-traced-to-texas-firm/ https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4451721-new-hampshire-... I'm more keen on the Bluesky idea for Stackable Moderation: https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderation https://bsky.social/about/blog/03-12-2024-stackable-moderati... Anyone can run one, users can pick those they follow, let market forces go to work. I was talking with a friend about putting the equivalent of a yubikey in the photo ids we already get. Mostly out of complaints in dealing with gov't systems and trying to remove pain there, but could also be used as the "blue check" rather than a gatekeeping device. I would say the country of origin ought to be attached to "verified posters"

washadjeffmad 3y ago
It's been going on for the past year. See the equivalent "AI POTUS promises free Social Security money" ads targeted to vulnerable and elderly populations: https://www.newsweek.com/tik-tok-scam-social-security-biden-snoop-dogg-1850135 https://www.newsweek.com/tik-tok-scam-social-security-biden-... https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-biden-audio-used-videos-promoting-6400-stimulus-2024-01-31/ https://www.reuters.com/fact-check/fake-biden-audio-used-vid... I block ads, disable multimedia playback in the browser, and am probably no one's target demographic, so I would never have known about it if I didn't hear it blasting on two elderly people's smartphones at the doctor recently. If that wasn't concerning enough, it set off a discussion about them. They couldn't tell it was fake.

trelane 3y ago

"All that is needed to advance these already in play promotions is a disinformation Pearl Harbor event." That was the 2016 US presidential election, pretty clearly.

rightbyte 3y ago

A truth czar would be hillarious. The Emperor of Truth and Good Taste. The whole concept of "disinformation" is toxic. One can't imply people are lying when they are wrong, becouse you are also wrong, and thus lying. The whole debate about everything is undermined by this mindset.

trelane 3y ago
Maybe one could create a department to maintain veracity in the public sphere. Some sort of ministry of truth.
palmfacehn 3y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_Governance_Board https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disinformation_Governance_Boar... https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/biden-disinfo-czar-nina-jankowicz-ripped-over-tiktok/ https://nypost.com/2022/04/29/biden-disinfo-czar-nina-jankow...
- rightbyte 3y ago
  I am behind the times...