#disinformation — Public Fediverse posts

RE: https://mastodon.social/@indivisibleteam/117464075039190960

Amid the dun of #elections and #TMD ...
Hardly seen, but #Meta has joined the club.

This IS huge! Not a surprise, any more than the Lord of #Muskville colluding with Sir #TrumpVirus to allow a lapse in Ukraine's ability to defend itself from ruthless, incessant attack - to citizens and resources, mostly. (I.e., #WarCrimes )

So now "we've got #media covered", blanketed in Ad$. Lots of #propaganda #GQP #disinformation. Some is taxpayer funded! #Corruption galore.

Ah, hello #Zuckerberg !

Sunday, October 18, 2026

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2026/10/sunday-october-18-2026/

@ebbot 2/2 fertile ground for the leader and the idea to fall on. But the leader also has to have some vital seed to sow. To use another figure, a mutual need has to exist before either can become positively effective. Propaganda is of no use to the politician unless he has something to say which the public, consciously or unconsciously, wants to hear. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

It will be objected, of course, that propaganda will tend to defeat itself as its mechanism becomes obvious to the public. My opinion is that it will not. The only propaganda which will ever tend to weaken itself as the world becomes more sophisticated and intelligent, is propaganda that is untrue or unsocial. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Letitia James: Attorney General James Warns New Yorkers About AI-Generated Election Misinformation Ahead of November Elections. “New York Attorney General Letitia James today released an updated guide to help New Yorkers spot, avoid, and report election misinformation created by artificial intelligence (AI) ahead of the November 3 general elections.”

The political leader must be a creator of circumstances, not only a creature of mechanical process of stereotyping and rubber stamping. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

The newspaperman looks to him for news. And by his power of giving or withholding information the politician can often effectively censor political news. But being dependent, every day of the year and for year after year, upon certain politicians for news, the newspaper reporters are obliged to work in harmony with their news sources. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

The important thing for the statesman of our age is not so much to know how to please the public, but to know how to sway the public. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Mother Jones: Drone Strikes Didn’t Take Out a Russian Bot Farm, But We Were Primed to Believe It . “The underlying claim, in other words, was that a great deal of political activity online across a number of countries is inauthentic and led by Russian bots. Their sudden alleged silencing was a simple, feel-good story amidst the endless fight against online disinformation. The only problem was […]

Good government can be sold to a community just as any other commodity can be sold. I often wonder whether the politicians of the future, who are responsible for maintaining the prestige and effectiveness of their party, will not endeavor to train politicians who are at the same time propagandists. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

@ebbot 2/2 --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

@ebbot 2/2 the candidate. Not personality, but the ability of the candidate to carry out the party%27s program adequately, and the program itself should be emphasized in a sound campaign plan. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Paris denounces an information war against Europe and targets Elon Musk
https://next.ink/261726/paris-denonce-une-guerre-informationnelle-contre-leurope-et-vise-elon-musk/

The "massive online harassment campaigns by Elon Musk" were denounced by French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot in an offensive speech against attempts at foreign interference in the democratic debate in Europe.

#France #Europe #Democracy #Musk #Disinformation #LeaveX

@ebbot 2/2 public has lost faith in campaign promotion work. It does not say that politicians are dishonorable, but it does say that campaign pledges are written on the sand. Here then is one fact of public opinion of which the party that wishes to be successful might well take cognizance. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Politics was the first big business in America. Therefore there is a good deal of irony in the fact that business has learned everything that politics has to teach, but that politics has failed to learn very much from business methods of mass distribution of ideas and products. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Political campaigns today are all sideshows, all honors, all bombast, glitter, and speeches. These are for the most part unrelated to the main business of studying the public scientifically, of supplying the public with party, candidate, platform, and performance, and selling the public these ideas and products. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

"BOMBSHELL 🇧🇷 The Bolsonaro campaign paid a US company big $$$ to manipulate the Brazilian elections, spreading rumors and disinformation, creating fake accounts on social media, and using "psychological warfare techniques" and infiltration methods to discredit opponents."
- David Adler, political economist

(in Portuguese): https://www.intercept.com.br/2026/10/16/flavio-pagou-empresa-eua-sistema-manipular-eleicoes/
#Brazil #elections #bolsonaro #politics #disinformation

Things in the #TrumpVirus circus bubble can change in just one #Scaramucci ... or less! Congrats, #KatieZacharia ! Buh-byyy

BTW, anyone watching Sir's #war - on #EU/ #Ukraine / #NATO ? #Gas / #diesel prices, or #Hormuz? #Healthcare?

Anyone remember #TrumpEpsteinFiles?

Well, there haven't been 'press conferences' since July, and then they were no guarantee of #truth.

#media #press #PressSecretary #censorship #propaganda #disinformation #sanewashing #denial #war #tariffs #Kleptocracy #GQP

Whether in the problem of getting elected to office or in the problem of interpreting and popularizing new issues, or in the problem of making the day-to-day administration of public affairs a vital part of the community life, the use of propaganda, carefully adjusted to the mentality of the masses, is an essential adjunct of political life. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Heh... Another #TrumpVirus genius #PressSecretary who lasted less than a week, or just under one #Scaramucci...

> Trump fires Katie Zacharia as White House press secretary after five days, advisers say

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/trump-fires-katie-zacharia-as-white-house-press-secretary-advisers-say/ar-AA2eoxJB

No doubt #NatalieHarp is pleased. No word on reportedly equal-outgoing Susie Wiles' role, if any....

#Zacharia #propaganda #disinformation #MinistryOfDoublespeak #truth #censorship #FreePress

@ebbot 2/2 But, given our present political conditions under which every office seeker must cater to the vote of the masses, the only means by which the born leader can lead is the expert use of propaganda. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Ctrl-Alt-Speech: No Good Feed Goes Unpunished

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/10/16/ctrl-alt-speech-no-good-feed-goes-unpunished/

@ebbot 2/2 (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

RE: https://journa.host/@ScottLucas/117445522389572086

Cormac Smith with London's LBC:

Knocking back #disinformation, pushed by #DonaldTrump, about "corruption" in #Ukraine

Laying out information about the government in Kyiv and Ukraine's anti-corruption institutions

#UkraineWar #TrumpRussia

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#Democracy #Sovereignty #Ceuta #Disinformation #Journalism

#russian #disinformation operators are deploying an #army of #bots to inflate view counts of fictitious posts about celebrities and #Democratic #candidates ahead of the #US midterm #elections.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-16/russian-bots-manipulate-view-counts-on-fake-videos-ahead-of-us-midterms

Russia Is Using an Army of Bots to Push Fake US Election Videos

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-10-16/russian-bots-manipulate-view-counts-on-fake-videos-ahead-of-us-midterms?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc5MjE1NDAyMSwiZXhwIjoxNzkyNzU4ODIxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJUTVpUMDdLSUpIOVkwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJBQkE4QTQ2RTQ5MzE0RUVBQjcwM0NDQzU0MkQ4ODE1MSJ9.q0LpEvL9CHP7HULUt2XlNPoHZz9uHSQWOIyZeX_ikA8&leadSource=article-gifting

#news #politics #uspolitics #russia #disinformation #bots

@ebbot 2/2 the public may lose confidence in the whole industry. The only way to combat such unethical methods, is for ethical members of the industry to use the weapon propaganda in order to bring out the basic truths of the situation. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Damn, this is nuts

https://bsky.app/profile/bloomberg.com/post/3mxysuxbkd522

#Disinformation #Midterms #Elections

The tendency of big business is to get bigger. Through mergers and monopolies it is constantly increasing the number of persons with whom it is in direct contact. All this has intensified and multiplied the public relationships of business. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

Turns out it was wishful thinking that Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia’s data centres this week disabled Russian bot farms spewing pro-Kremlin, MAGA and German ultra-right disinformation.

As Mother Jones points out, several research groups that monitor Russian disinformation accounts found no evidence to support the rumour that bombing the Yandex data centres led to a sudden drop in Kremlin-spawned online trolls.

#RussianBotFarms #Disinformation

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/10/ukraine-drone-strike-yandex-russian-bot-farm-right-wing-maga-afd-reform-uk-conspiracy-theory-viral-rumor/?ref=404media.co

It is this condition and necessity which has created the need for a specialized field of public relations. Business now calls in the public relations counsel to advise it, to interpret its purpose to the public, and to suggest those modifications which may make it conform to the public demand. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

@ebbot 2/2 healthy only if it is the relationship of give and take. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

@ebbot 2/2 --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine

#russia, #Iran and #China are using #AI tools to turbocharge #disinformation efforts ahead of the midterm #elections in the #US

https://news.bgov.com/bloomberg-government-news/russia-china-and-iran-harness-ai-for-us-midterm-disinformation

@ebbot 2/2 the public will understand and accept it. It must dramatize its personality and interpret its objectives in every particular in which it comes into contact with the community (or the nation) of which it is a part. --Edward Bernays, Propaganda (1928) #propaganda #disinformation #misinformation #fakenews #uniparty #EconomicHappinessMachine