Propaganda will never die out. Intelligent men must realize that propaganda is the modern instrument by which they can fight for productive ends and help to bring order out of chaos. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

Pablo Azpiri: #Misinformation and psychology: Why do we trust in #fakenews?

https://deustokom.news/en-clase/misinformation-and-psychology-why-do-we-trust-in-fake-news

Quite literally whitewashing —
https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/some-artifacts-removed-from-african-american-history-museum-after-executive-order/3900353/
#racism #disinformation #misinformation #USpol #USpolitics

I scored 18/20 on MIST-20, better than 81% of the US population. Test your misinformation susceptibility now! What is #YourMIST? yourmist.streamlit.app #misinformation #fakenews

Propaganda assists in marketing new inventions. Propaganda, by repeatedly interpreting new scientific ideas and inventions to the public, has made the public more receptive. Propaganda is accustoming the public to change and progress. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

"It all sounds perfectly plausible, delivered with unwavering confidence. Google even provides reference links in some cases, giving the response an added sheen of authority. It’s also wrong, at least in the sense that the overview creates the impression that these are common phrases and not a bunch of random words thrown together. And while it’s silly that AI Overviews thinks “never throw a poodle at a pig” is a proverb with a biblical derivation, it’s also a tidy encapsulation of where generative AI still falls short.

As a disclaimer at the bottom of every AI Overview notes, Google uses “experimental” generative AI to power its results. Generative AI is a powerful tool with all kinds of legitimate practical applications. But two of its defining characteristics come into play when it explains these invented phrases. First is that it’s ultimately a probability machine; while it may seem like a large-language-model-based system has thoughts or even feelings, at a base level it’s simply placing one most-likely word after another, laying the track as the train chugs forward. That makes it very good at coming up with an explanation of what these phrases would mean if they meant anything, which again, they don’t."

https://www.wired.com/story/google-ai-overviews-meaning/

"As Canadians prepare to go to the polls on Monday, they are being bombarded with misleading rightwing content on US social media platforms that has fuelled concerns about their potentially damaging role in the general election.

A Financial Times analysis of more than 350,000 posts on X related to the election, gathered since the snap poll was announced in March, revealed a network of co-ordinated accounts pushing content to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish his counterpart, the Liberal’s Mark Carney.

Foreign electoral interference has been a concern in Canada after a government-appointed commission in January reported China, India and Russia had tried to influence the country’s elections.

In the current campaign, researchers say an increasing volume of misinformation is coming from the US, including from rightwing podcasters and influencers as well as bots on American social media platforms that have reduced content controls."

https://www.ft.com/content/743c1dec-0c5c-4c39-a940-830ce156c235

Social progress is simply the progressive education and enlightenment of the public mind in regard to its immediate and distant social problems. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

Public opinion was made or changed formerly by tribal chiefs, by kings, by religious leaders. Today the privilege of attempting to sway public opinion is everyone's. It is one of the manifestations of democracy that any one may try to convince others and to assume leadership on behalf of his own thesis. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

The great enemy of any attempt to change men's habits is inertia. Civilization is limited by inertia. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda

Canadians using Twitter/X are being bombarded by misleading right-wing posts designed to boost Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and tarnish the reputation of Mark Carney.

The FT’s analysis finds a growing volume of that misinformation is coming not from Russia or China, but the United States.

https://www.ft.com/content/743c1dec-0c5c-4c39-a940-830ce156c235

Liars are gonna lie — https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/25/wikipedia-nonprofit-ed-martin-letter/
h/t @freakonometrics
https://mastodon.social/@freakonometrics/114407291033663890
#disinformation #misinformation #USpol #USpolitics #Wikipedia

The normal school should provide for the training of the educator to make him realize that his is a twofold job: education as a teacher and education as a propagandist. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #EconomicHappinessMachine #uniparty #fakenews #misinformation #disinformation #propaganda