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Initiative seeks to challenge Trump's online megaphone
The Washington Post ^ | Isaac Stanley-Becker

Posted on 05/02/2020 12:20:28 PM PDT by bitt

A new Democratic-aligned political action committee advised by retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the former head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan, is planning to deploy technology originally developed to counter Islamic State propaganda in service of a domestic political goal - to combat online efforts to promote President Donald Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The group, Defeat Disinfo, will use artificial intelligence and network analysis to map discussion of the president's claims on social media. It will seek to intervene by identifying the most popular counter-narratives and boosting them through a network of more than 3.4 million influencers across the country - in some cases paying users with large followings to take sides against the president.

The initiative reflects fears within the Democratic Party that Trump's unwavering digital army may help sustain him through the pandemic, as it has through past controversies, even as the economy craters, tens of thousands have died, and Trump suffers in the polls.

"It's often said campaigns are a battle of ideas, but they're really a battle of narratives," said David Eichenbaum, a Democratic media consultant who is a senior adviser to the PAC. "Today those narratives spread quickly online."

The initiative is run by Curtis Hougland, whose received initial funding for the technology from DARPA, the Pentagon's research arm, as part of an effort to combat extremism overseas. He insists Democrats are ill-prepared for the looming battle over information and attention, which is bound to play an outsize role in November.

Hougland cites as an example Trump's suggestion last week that injecting bleach or other household disinfectants could be a treatment for the novel coronavirus - a moment that appeared unequivocally damaging to the president but was less clear-cut as it unfolded on social media. Although the episode was associated with a spike

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 1stamendment; 2020election; agitprop; ai; coronavirus; curtishougland; darpa; davideichenbaum; defeatdisinfo; eichenbaum; freespeech; guncontrol; gungrabbers; highland; hoagland; influencers; internet; isaacstanleybecker; mcchrystal; mutiny; orwell; propagandists; prostitutes; sedition; stanleybecker; stanleymcchrystal; technotyranny; treason; washpo
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To: bitt
Use Artificial Intelligence? I guess they need to USE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, since they don't have any intelligence!! 😋
61 posted on 05/05/2020 9:34:21 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Proud to be a DeplorableAmerican with a Deplorable Family...even the dog is, too. :-))
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To: V K Lee; Liz; rlmorel; HarleyLady27
There are many interpretations of the Dems:

Demolish...   the rule of law and the Constitution.
Demonetize... the taxpayer to mandate "equality of outcomes".
Demystify...  logic and reasoning to substitute "feeeelwings"
Demonic...    leaders like Adam Schiff and Nanci Antoinette.
Demanding...  more Government dependency.
Demagoguery...is their only path to victory.
Dementia...   in their POTUS candidate is no problem.
Demeanor...   often gruff and angry.
Demonstrate...poor policy judgment.
Demoralized...
that President Trump will win again in 2020!

62 posted on 05/05/2020 9:48:44 AM PDT by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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To: caww
There’s a ‘social distancing’ going on with Demorat voters really not wanting to associate too much with Biden because obviously they see and understand he’s got mental issues and clearly unfit to be President.

I suspect that, despite her endorsement, Moochelle will also "socially distance" herself by not being the VP nominee.

63 posted on 05/05/2020 9:52:07 AM PDT by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas (Mozart tells you what it's like to be human. Bach tells you what it's like to be the universe.)
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To: poconopundit

PP, you might add Deceptors to such a list.
Possibly, double it- DD
Devilish Deceptors


64 posted on 05/05/2020 10:00:40 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: V K Lee

Ah, I was using this list as my source... :-)

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/words-that-start-with-dem


65 posted on 05/05/2020 10:28:15 AM PDT by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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To: poconopundit

Crib notes! Placing this link straight into my personal
LOCK BOX!


66 posted on 05/05/2020 11:26:54 AM PDT by V K Lee ("VICTORY FOR THE RIGHTEOUS IS JUDGMENT FOR THE WICKED")
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To: V K Lee

Seeing, I wasn’t so clever after all. I simply read the words that applied.

There are good sites for words that rhyme too. Anything you can imagine.


67 posted on 05/05/2020 4:27:20 PM PDT by poconopundit (Joe Biden has long been the Senate's court jester. He's 24/7 malarkey and more corrupt than Hunter.)
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bump


68 posted on 01/17/2021 6:08:46 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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69 posted on 01/17/2021 6:12:34 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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