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Aug 18 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
Due to its disastrous PR, the @WEF has become the laughing stock of the world. Here's their Plan B: "we've recruited 110,000 information volunteers [to] serve as kind of 'digital first-responders' in those spaces where misinformation travels" 🤦‍♂️🤡
weforum.org/agenda/2020/11…
"a new company called Kinzen [..] aims to get the best out of artificial intelligence & human editors to combat online rumours and lies"

#InvasionOfTheWEFBots weforum.org/agenda/2020/11…
"Authoritative voices" now telling us that the discrediting of "authoritative voices" equals disinformation.

@WEF: "Experts note that one of the common facets of disinformation campaigns is discrediting authoritative voices" weforum.org/agenda/2022/08…
"GoodNews uses an AI engine to identify fake news using engagement metrics, as fake news shows more shares than likes, compared to vice versa for genuine news"
OR: information that goes viral may become dangerous & should be contained as "fake news"?
weforum.org/agenda/2022/07…
"A lack of proactive measures involving all stakeholders can lead to the rapid erosion of trust in media & institutions, which is a precursor to anarchy"
Face it, Davos - nobody trusts you anymore & you have only yourselves and mainstream media to blame.
weforum.org/agenda/2022/07…
How to spot "fake news" according to @WEF: "Do not trust news that tries to generate some emotion or appeal to your moral values"

Because moral values are overrated, right?
weforum.org/agenda/2022/08…
"They also employ strategies that make us feel that our social identity - nationality, gender, opinions - are in danger, creating the sensation of enemies [.] that threaten our very existence"

An attack on our social identity? What a crazy idea!
weforum.org/agenda/2022/08…

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Planetary "Health" Diet?🧐
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If you think #Nutriscore is bad, prepare for worse.

They've now decided that the scores are too benign for red #meat 🥩 - therefore, the algorithms will be tweaked so that this inconvenience is out of the way.

This is not science. This is a crusade.
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“Global elites [..] are so caught up in their climate virtue signaling, from which many hope to benefit financially through investments in green energy, that they are slow to notice that they are completely detached from reality” theepochtimes.com/un-and-world-e…
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As usual, it sound noble in theory: it's about saving the planet. But start looking at some of the funders and partners, and it should set the alarm bells ringing. Discover for yourself: c40.org/funders-partne…
So let's get to the specifics: what does it mean for ordinary citizens living in these cities (and, obviously, not for the elites driving this initiative)?
Outlined in their headlines report:
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Jul 22
👉fao.org/3/cc0946en/cc0…
Key messages of the 1st component of a global assessment of the contribution of #livestock & terrestrial animal source foods (TASF) to #FoodSystems by the @fao. Honoured to have been part of the Scientific Advisory Committee that guided its development.
More info on the general setup here 👉 fao.org/3/ni005en/ni00…
Recording of the Side Event to the 28th Session of the Committee on Agriculture, discussing the report:
fao.org/webcast/home/e…
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Jul 15
This, more than a year ago:
"We need to #disrupt food systems"
🤨 that aged well

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And look 👉 Christiana "we-have-to-disrupt-the-food-system" Figueres also has a brother: ex-president of Costa Rica & ex-executive director of the World Economic Forum (#WEF).
But he had to step down, here's why: swissinfo.ch/eng/wef-direct…
So no surprise:
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