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Any reasonable observer already knew this. And sadly those that didn’t won’t change their minds after this blunder.
Fun little video about Cambridge Analytica.
The human mind is feeble and easy to manipulate, and the tools and techniques to do it are ever more powerful.
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“Thoughts and prayers” is the same thing as saying “Sucks for you, but I am not going to do anything about it”.
The problem is when the people who say it are the people with the power to do something about it.
Amusing.
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Depressing.
“This dashboard displays data about Russian propaganda efforts on Twitter in near-real time. Our analysts use the dashboard and other sources to discover Russian propaganda themes.”
“Their work amounts to what may well be the most far-reaching global censorship operation in history. It is also the least accountable”
Facebook was never prepared for the de facto position of responsibility over speech and communications they find themselves in.
The undercurrent of racism and xenophobia in Trump's campaign is to me its scariest aspect. And the worst part of his electoral victory is that those who are racist and xenophobic now feel vindicated and emboldened to do so publicly.
I'm not claiming that "if you voted for Trump then you are racist". But I do think that those who voted for Trump need to acknowledge that this problem exists and that they chose to put it low enough in their list of priorities that it wasn't enough to deter them from voting from Trump.
Prediction: We already saw an uptick in hate crimes this past year. It will be worse this coming year.
Re: Elections tomorrow, in case you have not voted early.
This is not about some of the most commonly discussed issues disqualifying Trump to be president (i.e. racism, sexism, demagoguery, etc.).
This is about Trump's stance on nuclear weapons and NATO. I don't think Trump being president means nuclear war. But I do believe that his stance of these issues are yet another example of how incredibly, deeply unprepared he is to be president of the United States.
Awesome list. I hope they keep it up to list.
A failed coup allows a dictator to identify its enemies and get rid of them. The more paranoid will take advantage of the situation to get rid of more than just enemies, but anyone that doesn't align ideologically. With no enemies left, the dictator stays put for life.
Call me out if Erdogan leaves power alive.
“We’ve had this view that the voters were with us on conservatism — philosophical, economic conservatism. In reality, the gravitational center of the Republican Party is white nationalism.”
This would explain why the Republican presidential candidate can oppose free trade and a strong foreign policy and still have the majority of the voters support him.
That's a pretty long list of signatories.
Everyone in Great Britain should watch this.
Never mind, too late.
Anyone interested in the Apple vs FBI debate or in encryption/privacy/security in general in how it relates to government and law enforcement should read this.
It could be mistaken for a scene from "Team America: World Police" or "Borat"
Two observations: 1. Politicians do not pay a price high enough for lying, so for them the math works out and it's worth lying. 2. Debates and the nation would benefit greatly from live fact checking.
This was put out by the Chinese government. Really.
The state of American politics: Inflammatory, divisive, and sometimes uninformed statements boost, rather than diminish, your chances of winning nomination.
First time I see data on this subject.