The Canadian ‘Freedom Convoy’ is backed by a Bangladeshi marketing firm and right-wing fringe groups – Grid News grid.news/story/misinfor…
"In Australia, one major Facebook group promoting the “Convoy to Canberra” is reportedly controlled by a single Bangladeshi administrator... another Aussie convoy group controlled by an account using an AI-generated face as its profile picture." $FacebookFuckeryAbounds
East bound and down….everybody dance now!
Faux outrage is just business. Hijacking viral concepts and turning them into opinion shapers and monetizing dipshits. Yonder is not related to the Truckers but their approach to janking stickiness is part of why everything is total internet drama. yonder-ai.com
Yonder is a" social intelligence tool that helps brands detect and understand potentially harmful online narratives before they go viral, impacting brand trust and market valuation." A weapon against disinformation. businesswire.com/news/home/2021…’s-Internet-Landscape
Yonder boss, Jonathan Morgan used to call his gig New Knowledge and is featured in a number of docs on disinformation. Controversy ensued when he tried to create fake "countermeasures" An important weapon in fighting covert bullshit campaigns. statesman.com/story/business…
There is an argument for employing this concept on all "Viral" programs to remove astroturfing, hijacking and reveal plain old back office fuckery. Something I go into deeply on the first famous viral bullshit internet campaign. theatlantic.com/technology/arc…
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