#misinformation warfare

[mozellemartin]

The Biggest Frauds Exposed: Online Hypocrites and Their Army of Haters

Have you noticed the pattern? The loudest voices calling for accountability are often the ones with the most to hide. They point fingers, demand justice, and claim to stand for truth—yet they dodge every attempt to hold them accountable for their own hypocrisy. This isn’t just politicians—it’s the YouTube, Reddit, et al haters who spend their lives attacking others while refusing to take a hard…

[shadow0-1]

Operation: Heartthrob

[reality-detective]

This 👆 is what she really said.

This 👇 what Nikki Haley really meant.

"Nevada is such a shithole" - Nikki Haley

You have to be careful what you watch because AI can alter things and if you're not going to research it, you'll never know 🤔

[dontforgetukraine]

"In information warfare, Russia has been doing this for a long time, they have the resources, and they don’t have to tell the truth. Lying is easier than telling the truth and it does not cost them anything. As long as they can throw out their lies on a massive scale, it's difficult to counter it because debunking and fact-checking are too slow. " —Pekka Kallioniemi, Finnish counter-disinformation scientist and activist

Source: VERDICT OF A 'VATNIK' HUNTER ⟩ "Western Policymakers Don’t Understand the Scale of the Disinformation Problem"

[i-merani]

Operation Overload, a Russia-aligned influence operation, is aggressively targeting the 2024 US presidential election. Using fake news, fact-checking sites, and AI-generated audio, it seeks to manipulate public opinion by impersonating trusted media organizations. This campaign primarily targets media outlets, fact-checkers, and researchers, aiming to overwhelm investigative resources and insert false narratives into mainstream discourse, but also directly targets the general public. Operation Overload previously attempted to undermine the 2024 French elections and the Paris Olympics, although with minimal success. Its goal now is to undermine trust in the US election process, exploit divisive social issues, stoke fears of political violence, and target candidates, particularly Vice President Kamala Harris.

[originalleftist]

That's not why.

It's not because "they" (and let's be more specific about who) don't want to spend the money on treatment or housing. Don't contribute to this myth that its a choice between spending more to help people or spending less to not, because when its framed that way, most people will choose 'I've got mine, fuck everyone else."

It's less expensive to just house someone than it is to put them in prison.

The reason the Right, and some "moderates," push this punish the poor shit is partly pandering to ignoramuses who do think that the poor are "taking our tax dollars," but also... its just spite.

It's just the shear, cruel pleasure and power of kicking someone weaker when they're down, and then, like a stereotypical schoolyard bully, asking them "Why are you hitting yourself?"

And ultimately, it serves the function of having the poor as a scapegoat to blame for "taking your tax dollars," so people will blame them and support more funding for police instead of blaming the billionaires who are automating their jobs, hiking prices, and lobbying to cut services to pay for their next tax cut.

[themetaphorical]

Nothing New in the News

Breaking the Chains of Mass Psychosis: A Message to Those We Love My brother has become susceptible to mass psychosis. My child. My family. My friends. People I love, people I trust—people I thought could never be deceived. And I do not want to call you stupid. It is too soon to tell a joke. This is not funny. It is a tragedy. The world we live in is not the one we grew up believing in.…

[livingtheword7777]

"Purify Your Heart to Overcome Life's Challenges"

If we do not genuinely repent for our sins and purify our hearts, we will struggle to understand the Word, fail to recognize what is true, and experience exhaustion both physically and spiritually. Ultimately, our lives will begin to decline.

In the coming years, we will be surrounded by an overwhelming amount of information, and many will be searching for what’s truly right.

However, only those with pure hearts will be able to recognize the truth in all this information—the true words of wisdom.

Even if they temporarily accept this truth, those whose hearts are not pure will struggle to fully understand it, no matter how much they hear.

In the end, they may fail to navigate the flood of information, fall prey to falsehoods, and experience confusion and disillusionment.

The Lord has warned that we are entering an age of intense "information warfare."

In such a time, in order to discern what is true and avoid falling into confusion or despair, we must first purify our hearts, making ourselves receptive to truth.

My prayer is that, by living righteously before God, each of you will be able to avoid the disasters that may come in the future.

May you live a life full of peace, joy, and blessings, both physically and spiritually.

READ THE ORIGINAL ARTICLE: RAPT blog 900 (25/01/2025)

Photo by christopher lemercier on Unsplash

[shadow0-1]

Story missions dropping (real 100% not clickbait [source: me])

[readandwriteclub]

How InfoWars paved the way for Trump’s comeback | America’s Last Election...

[newspatron]

5th Generation Warfare Tactics: 7 Mind-Blowing Ways It's Changing the World

hat are your thoughts on 5th generation warfare? Share your insights and questions in the comments below! Let's spark a conversation!

Hey there, fellow netizens and curious cats! 👋 Kumar here, your trusty guide through the digital wilderness. Today, we’re diving headfirst into the mind-bending world of 5th generation warfare tactics. Forget the old-school images of tanks and trenches; this battlefield is all about memes, manipulation, and mind games. 🤯[Facebook – Twitter – Insta] We’re about to embark on a journey through the…

[jurph]

If you're sitting here smugly on Tumblr thinking "those fucking rubes on X-formerly-known-as-Twitter, getting firehosed with disinformation," let me clue you in: Israel, Russia, Turkey, and several other countries (each for their own reasons) have adopted "Fuck Joe Biden" as their national policy. America thrown into disarray by the rise of fascism means no idealistic and interventionist world power to check their local ambition.

And so, for no reason other than it advances their own domestic agendas, they are gunning for Biden, supporting fascism in America. And if you think they are going to congregate only on Elon Musk's hellsite, where the fascists already run rampant and are all voting Trump anyway... and if you think they're going to somehow shrug and decide that the culture is too weird, the CSS is too tricky to roll their own bots, if you think that the intelligence services of foreign governments and well-funded allies of fascism in America will somehow steer clear of Tumblr where far-left and youth voters congregate...?

What the fuck man. Your enemies aren't idiots. Assume they have half a brain in your head. Assume your enemies -- who are coming to kill you -- have a few competent programmers among their numbers. They are here. They are spreading bullshit. They want you to sit on your hands smugly while your country burns.

[us-cj]

https://rumble.com/v5cmh1h-central-casting-inside-americas-paid-protesting-scam-nick-shirley.html

Central Casting: Inside America's [ASTROTURFING] PAID PROTESTING SCAM | Nick Shirley

[eltristanexplicitcontent]

Information war against Russia

[alienandalienated]

Hey there, just needed to say something quick. ALL of this misrepresentation about schizophrenia everywhere is ableism. People that say “schizophrenia is spiritual”, “schizophrenia is satanic”, “schizophrenia is demonic”, “schizophrenia means that you have demonic entities attached to you”, “schizophrenia means that you are in spiritual warfare with demons”, “schizophrenia just means that you are going through a spiritual awakening” is just so frustrating for people who ACTUALLY have this mental Illness or suffer from psychosis. It all comes from people who don’t even HAVE this illness or experience these things. It is dangerous to tell people who have or don’t have schizophrenia/ schizoaffective disorder, people who are on the schizo spectrum or people who experience psychosis that what they are experiencing is real and is caused from external forces or that they are just in a “spiritual awakening”. Stop spreading your misinformation on this mental illness and do some research, your ableism is showing. This goes to all of you new age spiritualists that say “people with schizophrenia just experience the world differently than us” No, we are suffering from psychosis/hallucinations or delusions. It is a mental illness, not what your idea of what schizophrenia may seem like to you. I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder, I’m not haunted or “woke” I’m mentally disabled, It is a mental illness PERIOD.

[kirinblueko]

I've debated for a couple of days about whether to say something because I don't want to be overly political on here, a place where I can just enjoy the things I love. However, I feel like this is a topic on which I have a pretty personal view on, so here I am.

A disclaimer, I want to make clear that I am not pointing fingers or anything. I just want to put my thoughts out there so people can perhaps see a different perspective. English is not my native language (obviously). I tried to make myself clear and be courteous, but sometimes my language skill fails me, so please be gentle and know I do not wish to offend anyone.

It's about people flocking to red note as a reaction toward the tiktok ban. I am happy for people who had their first genuine interaction with people behind the Chinese fire wall, it's always beautiful when people from different culture communicate and learn from each other. Hell that's the reason why I am on this website. But I also can't help feeling sick with concern at how people disregard information warfare and missed the point that the problem has never been the Chinese people but the CCP government.

I am a Taiwanese. If you know anything about Taiwan and China's complicated history, you can probably imagine I have FEELINGS toward China. It's strong, and it's NEGATIVE. (I am not trying to represent all Taiwanese. This is just my own feelings.) I am relatively young, but even in my limited time alive, I've personally witnessed how the Chinese government bullied and oppressed my country. There are active attacks toward us, and it has been for years, just not YET in the traditional military sense. The information warfare is as real as ever and we, in Taiwan, don't have the defense of the language barrier. China spent an unimaginable amount of money every year on information warfare against Taiwan. Spreading misinformation and propaganda, buying out internet accounts and influencers. Planting agents. Anything you can and can't imagine. They are smart and cunning.

There is no such thing as a private company in China. Look up what happened to Ma Yun. If the country wants to, they can take anything from you, even the company you founded. The CCP government can and WILL monitor and control the discussion happening on any social software/application that's run by a Chinese company. They WILL manipulate the algorithm for propaganda. That is not an empty threat. They literally built a firewall around China so Chinese people can't access the internet freely. You treat them with humanity and courtesy doesn't mean that you will get the same treatment from them. CCP does not abide by your law. We all want to live in an idealistic world where people are kind and honesty is the default. I want to live in that world, too. But reality is cruel and playing dirty will get you far ahead of people playing by the rules.

I wish people in the US (and any other country that do not have to worry about being invaded, really) can realize how privilege it is to be a citizen of a wealthy and stable country that never have to worry about losing your identity just because your huge and rich neighbor says you belong to them. How privilege it is to be able to think China is not a threat, the government overreacted. I envy them. I envy their confidence in their country's future, that it won't disappear when they wake up the next day. I envy that they can still count on international society recognizing them as citizens of a independent country without hesitation and reserve.

I will never use TikTok (not even the US version) and RedNote. I will not install anything that I know has any relation to Chinese companies. Because I am worried for myself, for my family, and for my country. It's the least I can do as a defense as a single, insignificant Taiwanese. Seeing people jumping in voluntarily, giving CCP access to your personal information, makes me extremely anxious. I sincerely hope that there won't come a day when this decision backfires.