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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You need anti- in front of that. 😁
I don’t know if he’s the guy but he still has a large following of true believers.
This is Obamamamadingdong’s THIRD TERM!
Obama does not belong in America.
Dangerous people are Putin and STEVE BANNON???????
The damage this POS has done to our Beloved Country is in calculable.
Thank goodness is popularity is fading.
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.
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You are spot on with this. Obama is pot of boiling rage yet he is extremely skillful at selling the aw shucks veneer. It is remarkable how the Democrat party promotes the most dangerous personalities to its top tier.
Who's the Boss... America has been totally feminized.
The loss of our God, our goal's and our testicle's and we all stand around waiting for someone to tell us what's for supper... :(
Good point.
It is interesting how the left’s attitude towards speech “evolves” as it gains power.
This is Obama’s new job. What a rat!
“Misinformation” and “Disinformation” are the new hip words for “Censorship”. If the left has its way, all speech they don’t want disseminated will be censored by either of those two words. Who determines what information is true or false or somewhere in between?
Maybe he wants to replace Joe. 2024
I fail to see how anything this irrelevant narcissist bleats out of his soup cooler can be deemed as “a major speech”. Good grief. Slow news day or what?
"Keynote speaker at a one-day symposium, titled “Challenges to Democracy in the Digital Information Realm,” co-hosted by the Stanford Cyber Policy Center and the Obama Foundation on the Stanford campus on April 21"
Literally forced to pay for an f'ing podium and a mic and a camera. Pathetic.
Bobo's previous speech this month?
"The University of Chicago Institute of Politics and The Atlantic hosted Disinformation and the Erosion of Democracy"
His alma mater and his entire family's former employer. Can't get invited anywhere else, can you, nimrod?
He is running in 2024
I have not read the replies but note that they always attack Steve Bannon.
Why?
Bannon is usually right and he (like Trump) is often two or three moves ahead of the opposition. Yeah, he has a personality like a porcupine at times but the guy gets it and he knows how to fight.
I was a skeptic but after listening to War Room for a while I have become a fan. He gives you tomorrows news today and not only bitches about - he preaches action with an effective plan.
Major speech?
Did he appear in a hour long tv special?
How many times did he say “I” ?
Exactly!
Unfortunately, it’s been dragging on for quite a while. But your point is taken and it definitely needs to be accelerated and increased on the side of those who would defend freedom.
“What the heck is a “major speech”?
Is that like a Big bowel movement?”
In his case what difference does it make. It all looks alike.
Ooo! That sounds like hate speech. On Twitter that’d get me canceled.
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