Posted on 04/21/2022 2:59:16 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
Former President Barack Obama placed blame on tech companies for failing to address the disinformation problem he said the industry has amplified during a speech Thursday at Stanford University.
The new information ecosystem, fueled by the rise of dominant social media platforms, is “turbocharging some of humanity’s worst impulses,” he said in the roughly hour-long speech.
“But not all problems we’re seeing now are an inevitable byproduct of this new technology. They’re also the result of very specific choices, made by the companies that have come to dominate the internet generally, and social media platforms in particular. Decisions that intentionally or not have made democracies more vulnerable,” he said.
Certain features, such as the “veil of anonymity” online, have compounded the problem, he said.
Obama highlighted the real-world impacts of the spread of disinformation, discussing the spread of false information about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines, 2020 election conspiracies that fueled the violent riot at the Capitol last year, and Russian disinformation campaigns leading up to the invasion in Ukraine.
“People like [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, and Steve Bannon for that matter, understand it’s not necessary for people to believe this information in order to weaken democratic institutions. You just have to flood a country’s public square with enough raw sewage. You just have to raise enough questions, spread enough dirt, plant enough conspiracy theorizing, that citizens no longer know what to believe,” Obama said.
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What the heck is a “major speech”?
Is that like a Big bowel movement?
Barry showed us his stuff, how GOOD he can make a company work with his recent job at NETFLIX.
“People like myself, Nanzi Pelousy and the rest of the
demoncrat party, understand it’s not necessary for people to believe this information in order to weaken democratic institutions. You just have to flood a country’s public square with enough raw sewage. You just have to raise enough questions, spread enough dirt, plant enough conspiracy theorizing, that citizens no longer know what to believe,” Obama said.
It’s a big speech to begin softening up the First Amendment for a takedown.
Man, he's really describing the leftists. Total projection.
What Obama is arguing for is some sort of theocracy where The Enlightened (Sowell's term) decide what's best for us.
“...false information about the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccines,”
“...2020 election conspiracies”
“Russian disinformation”
Obama:
Believe what Fauci tells you.
Attacked Trump.
Russia! Russia! Russia!
In the Obama La La Land everything is major except Michelle’s ass.
Says the 2nd most divisive President in American history. If you're wondering who the most divisive President was, I'll give you a clue..... Civil War.
He demands they re-up their contributions to his foundation.
Is that like a Big bowel movement?
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Naw.... This be hot air, not solids.
Yeah, raw sewage comes to mind whenever I hear Øbozo running his mouth...
Wait a minute Obama, most middle class folks don't have rings of armed security, or cars and homes with armed guards, and computer specialist who make sure you are not hacked.
So anonymity is quite important to the little people.
Obama is probably twice as narcissistic as Hillary, and that's a very tall order. Underneath his thin veneer of ‘aw shucks, I just want us all to show some common sense’ folksiness is a seething hatred of the traditional American system, and an ongoing commitment to dismantle it. The only way he could have any impact in this regard is with deceit, and deceitful he is.
Our fight for this nation has just begun.
He oughta know.
They are losing control of Twitter. Time to point out how bad social media can be…
My, my, more from this person whose well to do mother and grandparents probably wrote notes to his schools excusing him from homework or even showing up at class because he was that far smarter and better than all of the other kids.
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