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Re:Iraq introduces nightly internet curfew by mikejb on Thursday October 10, 2019 @07:47AM (#21213329)
> Same way no one gives a shit about Yemen.

There is an undeniable discrepancy on how we receive and perceive information about individual subjects; Where our attention is directed, and from where it's deviated - what I'm surprised about is how this persists despite a medium like the Internet.

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Re:Iraq introduces nightly internet curfew by pjc50 on Thursday October 10, 2019 @08:35AM (#21213687)
It persists because of the Internet, and the tendency of humans to cluster at the popular spots. News gets increasingly centralised. There is now almost a single "us", with a single focus of news cycle attention at any one time.

Oh, and the propaganda industry.

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Re:Iraq introduces nightly internet curfew by chvid on Thursday October 10, 2019 @07:50AM (#21213348)
It persists because massive resources are spent on manipulating the public’s attention. Regardless of the medium.
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