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>In the three years I’ve spent at Facebook, I’ve found multiple blatant attempts by foreign national governments to abuse our platform on vast scales to mislead their own citizenry,

maybe don't ask a gov to get even more power over FB then?
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>That power contrasted with what she said seemed to be a lack of desire from senior leadership to protect democratic processes in smaller countries

somehow i trust the governments even less with this shit. and journalists *even* less than that.
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quotes were from another related article: buzzfeednews.com/article/craigs…

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13 Oct
1/
interesting to see a fill-in template for "planning campaigns".

it really is a revolution of midwits.
2/
makes you wonder what kind of fill-in templates the bolsheviks used back in the day

3/
pretty sure this part was not written on any fill-in template tho

Read 4 tweets
13 Oct
1/
in which @ezraklein discusses manufacturing consent ("agenda control") - media and Dems in alliance.

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2/
the unsaid part:
the freakout was over Trump being the rare non-Dem also able of controlling the agenda
3/
Ezra's thread on importance of professional manufacturing of consent is also a *sales pitch*:
"to win elections, be in good graces with us"
Read 4 tweets
5 Oct
1/
the "facebook whistleblower" is an op to push for more censorship. her today's testimony is for pushing more censorship to stem - get this - the danger of "political polarization" and "stoking division". manufacturing consent much?
2/
even worse, the "harming kids" narrative is based on an online poll (!). apparently 15% teens responded FB makes their lives worse, 34% that it makes their lives *better*, and 51% didn't lean either way.

this is how a "whistleblower" made it to congressional hearing lol
3/
the unsaid part is that FB is killing the old style media, and their narrative-making capability.

the other unsaid part is journalists were told to stop being little hall monitors.

it absolutely is a media hit op.
Read 15 tweets
31 Jul
1/
Interesting to witness Upper Echelon Gamers gradually fall for the 2nd trap of journalism:

reporting on spicy accusations + legal action = ultimately *unquestionable* angle.

Power corrupts, and this is ultimate power, if in small doses.
2/
I love Upper Echelon Gamers' content - it's varied, intense, well researched and presented. He even earned a complimentary twitter ban to emphasize speaking truth to the power. RIP.

Saw him as "by the people, for the people" kind of journalism.

But is that the case anymore?
3/
What is a journalist to do, when given an easy, unquestionable angle?

Meta-question it. Always. Be the unpopular guy asking, "but are we seeing all that there is to it?" when people make teary eyes and the state sends legal cavalry for the - predictably always same - victims.
Read 8 tweets
29 Jul
Know what "jailing political opposition" looks like?

Seth goes with, paraphrasing: "he a danger", "he will never stop", "we don't have any legal avenues to him", "we must send the police" Image
In a classic lefty inversion, Seth proposes using and brandishing force to enact political change through scaring the civilians.

Pretty sure that's *quite* close to normal understanding of terrorism - of which Seth accuses his target.
Note that Seth riles against Trump's petition of redress of grievances to courts and to legislatives. Note that Seth proposes government use force to prevent Trump from petitioning, and from speaking to his supporters. That doesn't square well with the Constitution.

Despicable.
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25 Jul
1/
Good thread from The Prudentialist, and it took me places 👀

2/
Trump won by arbitraging the landed gentry of US.

a wind of his kind is not merely one-time; he showed a path that people are willing to follow. also sowed a lot of messages that simply did not exist in popular consciousness on the neutral/not-far-left side.

need a repeat.
3/
"the landed gentry?"

historically in UK they were known as "lord of this, lord of that".

currently in US they are known as "editor of this, editor of that". (there is some more but that's besides the point rn).
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