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Twitter started as TXT2MOB for organizing protests, and now it and social media have become surveillance tools. The irony.
by blorkusmelorkus 2y ago
Twitter started as TXT2MOB for organizing protests, and now it and social media have become surveillance tools. The irony.
- JumpCrisscross 2y ago> Twitter started as TXT2MOB for organizing protests, and now it and social media have become surveillance tools Propaganda, communication and surveillance vary only inasmuch as the sender and/or receiver are coöperating. When done in public, communication necessarily empowers the other two.
- Centigonal 2y agoThis is a really great piece of wisdom. Thank you!
- blorkusmelorkus 2y agoWhat are “the other” two here?
- JumpCrisscross 2y agoPropaganda and surveillance. If you’re communicating in the open, it’s trivial for a non-coöperating receiver to tap in. And it’s only a touch more trivial for a non-coöperating sender to join in on the rabble. You cannot have a private and public communication protocol.
- blorkusmelorkus 2y agoOh right. Thanks for explaining. There’s more packed into your comment than I expected.