Tag Archives: social media
“The Left Can’t Meme”: How Right-Wing Groups Are Training the Next Generation of Social Media Warriors
…memes in politics: Cheap, subversive, and designed to provoke an emotional response, memes are a disruptive form of information guerrilla warfare. Republicans have gotten Giesea’s message, while Democrats have all but ignored it.
Chelsea Manning and the New Inquisition, by Chris Hedges
The corporate state hardly intends to stop with Manning and Assange. The target is the press itself.
How a NeoCon-Backed “Fact Checker” Plans to Wage War on Independent Media
Newsguard gives Fox News high marks for accuracy. …examination of this organization reveals that it is funded by and deeply connected to the U.S. government, neo-conservatives, and powerful monied interests, all of whom have been working overtime since the 2016 election to silence dissent to American forever-wars and corporate-led oligarchy.
The ‘Weaponization’ of Social Media — And Its Real-World Consequences
Singer and Brooking tackle the mind-bending questions that arise when war goes online and the online world goes to war.
On the Media: Facebook Censorship, “You Are the Product,” and the Global Internet and Copyright Directive
THE COPYRIGHT DIRECTIVE IS SET TO RESHAPE THE INTERNET GLOBALLY
This Is What War Propaganda Looks Like in the Age of Social Media, by Caitlin Johnstone
This is what war propaganda looks like in the era of social media. It will never look ugly. It will never directly show you its real intentions. If it did, it wouldn’t work.
Chris Hedges interviews Seymour Hersh on the State of American Journalism (Video)
We are sodden with fake news, hyped-up and incomplete information and false assertions delivered non-stop daily…”
Why Antonio Gramsci is the Marxist Thinker for our Times, by George Eaton
The late Italian philosopher’s concept of hegemony was startlingly prescient.
Facebook codifies its censorship regime
The technology giants, unbeknownst to their users, are blocking “alternative” news sources and promoting “trusted” news outlets…
Disarming the Weapons of Mass Distraction by Madeleine Bunting
Distraction has become a commercial and political strategy, and it amounts to a form of emotional violence that cripples people…
Facebook’s ‘Secret’ File on You Is Bigger Than You Think — Here’s How to View It
Whigham urges people to download their file so they can see the extent to which their privacy is being violated by what he calls “surveillance capitalism.”
A Tribute to Robert Parry: Independent Journalism at Its Best
Bob believed deeply in journalism, both as a vital force for shaping the world and as a moral imperative.
Facebook Says It Is Deleting Accounts at the Direction of the U.S. and Israeli Governments
Would Facebook ever dare censor American politicians or journalists who use social media to call for violence against America’s enemies? To ask the question is to answer it.
After Russian-linked ads, put social media under the microscope
Our response to this new problem, partly made easier by the growth of social media, must be multi-faceted.
FAIR | ‘Ajit Pai Wants to Shut Down the Way We Communicate and Organize’
“Our voices are making a difference, and making it more difficult for them and the administration to undo all of the important consumer protections that we fought so hard for.”
Mike Madden | Senior Advisor Sharon Burke at New America Says Ending the Worst Excesses of the War on Terror, Including Torture, Would Be “Concessions to ISIS”
What likely concerns Ms. Burke, is that social media is further from government control than is the traditional media.
Mapping Reveals Rising Use of Social Media Monitoring Tools by Cities Nationwide
The technology can be used to monitor political and social justice movements, posing risks to First Amendment-protected activity.
Henry A. Giroux: Hope in a time of permanent war
Giroux: Democratic hope is a subversive, defiant practice that makes power visible and interrogates and resists those events, social relations, and ideas that pose a threat to democracy.
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