• Social media

    From Nightfox@VERT/DIGDIST to Dumas Walker on Tue May 20 14:32:50 2025
    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Dumas Walker to FORIEST JAN SMITH on Tue May 20 2025 09:20 am

    Pretty sure it has done more harm than good. It is the "best" way to spread disinformation about any subject you want, and also the "best" way for a foreign power to interfere with the populace in another country.

    On that second point, why do you think that certain countries like China, Russia, and Pakistan (to name a few) restrict social media and/or maintain their own versions? To keep foreigners, and their governments, from influencing their populace.

    I don't think those countries do that out of a benelovent motivation to protect their citizens from bad outside influences. They more than likely do so in order to maintain their own government's influence on their populace and prevent any outside influence that might lead their population to want to protest, revolt, or do anything against the government.

    Nightfox

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  • From jimmylogan@VERT/DIGDIST to Nightfox on Tue May 20 20:38:47 2025
    Nightfox wrote to Dumas Walker <=-

    Re: Re: Most memorable modern
    By: Dumas Walker to FORIEST JAN SMITH on Tue May 20 2025 09:20 am

    Pretty sure it has done more harm than good. It is the "best" way to spread disinformation about any subject you want, and also the "best" way for a foreign power to interfere with the populace in another country.

    On that second point, why do you think that certain countries like China, Russia, and Pakistan (to name a few) restrict social media and/or maintain their own versions? To keep foreigners, and their governments, from influencing their populace.

    I don't think those countries do that out of a benelovent motivation to protect their citizens from bad outside influences. They more than
    likely do so in order to maintain their own government's influence on their populace and prevent any outside influence that might lead their population to want to protest, revolt, or do anything against the government.

    This... ^^^

    I think you're right on the money there Nightfox...


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  • From Dumas Walker@VERT/CAPCITY2 to NIGHTFOX on Wed May 21 09:19:00 2025
    Pretty sure it has done more harm than good. It is the "best" way to spread disinformation about any subject you want, and also the "best" way
    for a foreign power to interfere with the populace in another country.

    On that second point, why do you think that certain countries like China,
    Russia, and Pakistan (to name a few) restrict social media and/or maintai
    their own versions? To keep foreigners, and their governments, from influencing their populace.

    I don't think those countries do that out of a benelovent motivation to protec
    their citizens from bad outside influences. They more than likely do so in order to maintain their own government's influence on their populace and prevent any outside influence that might lead their population to want to protest, revolt, or do anything against the government.

    Correct. I believe they are trying to prevent outside influences from interfering with their populace, but not out of any benevolent motivation.


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  • From Arelor@VERT/PALANTIR to Nightfox on Wed May 21 13:56:43 2025
    Re: Social media
    By: Nightfox to Dumas Walker on Tue May 20 2025 02:32 pm

    I don't think those countries do that out of a benelovent motivation to protect their citizens from bad outside influences. They more than likely do so in order to maintain their own government's influence on their populace and prevent any outside influence that might lead their population to want to protest, revolt, or do anything against the government.

    Count European countries as "those". I remember listening to a podcast in which a Tor project member was invited. He said he is getting lots of complaints from users outside the Western block because countries in the Western block tend to block content, and therefore they found tor exit nodes within Western countries to be highly censored.


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