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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Taylor Lorenz on steroids.
“Aside from that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?”
Typical black American experience...
Obama knows all about “raw sewage” since he and Larry Sinclair tasted each others “waste” in Larry’s limo. Right Barry!
STFU Obama
He’s popping up everywhere. “Vote for Michelle and you get me, The coolest president ever! Choom, y’all!”
Barf.
Didn’t Spotify just dump the Oholes? Or did I just dream that?
“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.”
Yes, exactly right. Just like the “Russian Conspiracy”.
Don’t forget, the Messiah also hates the U.S. because it didn’t treat his father the way he thought was proper.
It is an American tradition, however. The Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers were written anonymously. Obama is again at variance with the tolerance of the country that elected him to office.
The Chief Commie speaks.
Is he not "biting the hand that feeds and protects him?"
And.. WE WILL PREVAIL!
I don’t think they rise to that level.
This guy is one of the most divisive creatures I’ve ever seen.
The black hole of empty suits. Why this idiot thinks he’s in charge of anything is beyond me. Soros and Company have their arms up his arse all the way to the elbow.
I know a finger we all want to point at 0moeba.
In a very rare moment, I caught Laura Ingraham from Thursday’s broadcast.
She had Dinesh D’Souza on and he nailed, perfectly, what Obama truly is.
Don’t know if the clip is out there but DD was right on the money.
Obama’s ability to deceive the simple is nothing short of remarkable.
The sheep 🐑🐑🐑 must want to hear lies. Constant lies.
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