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Re:Obama argues unregulated social media is a threat to demo... by dmix on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:13PM (#31170177)
"misinformation" is this eras terrorism scare.

You're starting to see lots of people on Twitter who claim to specialzie in disinformation and monitoring hate speech, it like how all of the Mckinsey types who turned into counter-terrorism consultants around 2004.

Trends in gov contractors, think tanks, and the ex-UN volunteering well connected rich kids are always a good signal of where the slush fund $$$ is going to start flowing. They have a big pull on policy since they have the most to gain.

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Re:Obama argues unregulated social media is a threat to demo... by pomdapi on Tuesday April 26, 2022 @01:48PM (#31170695)
> it like how all of the Mckinsey types who turned into counter-terrorism consultants around 2004.

If you look at a number of developping political scandals, it seems they turned to pandemic consultants two years ago in at least France, Australia, and a couple others.

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