You’re Never Alone: Tech Tyranny And Digital Despots – May 27

Liberty Nation ^ | Laura Valkovic

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The perception deception continues.

As the technological realm becomes more pervasive, whom can we trust? Each week, Liberty Nation brings new insight into the fraudulent use of personal data, breaches of privacy, and attempts to filter our perception.

Three stories illustrate how the “perception deception” is in full swing, on the internet and on the streets.

Controlled Spontaneity: Grassroots Action Just Government Propaganda?

Over the past few weeks, we have looked at recent government responses to terrorism, from New Zealand’s Christchurch Call to Sri Lanka’s moratorium on all social media activity. While these countries – and those that chose to join them in their efforts – sought to censor and suppress online activity to minimize the spread of “hate speech” or inflammatory messages, there is another technique that could be used to control the public in the aftermath of a terrorist attack – and it appears the U.K. government has been using it for some time. London-based news outlet Middle East Eye has released a rather shocking report alleging that the British government has utilized “controlled spontaneity” techniques to conduct social media and media campaigns in the wake of terror attacks and other disasters, in order to stage-manage the public reactions. Such post-disaster “recovery” campaigns include pre-tested social media messages and hashtags, as well as conventional media propaganda and supposedly spontaneous public events – all engineered by the British Home Office.

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Tech never sleeps.

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