Tag: Social influence

  • The Censors Down Under: The ACMA Gambit on Misinformation and Disinformation

    In January 2010, the then US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, doing what she does best, grasped a platitude and ran with it in launching, of all things, an institution called the Newseum.  “Information freedom,” she declared, “supports the peace and security that provide a foundation for global progress.” The same figure has encouraged the […]

  • Peter Pan Man: Elon Musk’s Rebranding of Twitter

    “X” marks the spot.  For the modern advertiser, this is problematic.  It breathes pornographic escape, self-denial, elusive treasure, irresistible capture, compelling lasciviousness.  And now Elon Musk has decided to impose himself upon a brand he loved as a plaything of juvenile ecstasy.  Farewell the bird of Twitter; welcome the X of Musk. The company rebrand […]

  • It’s Your Human Right to Access Russian News and Analysis Sites in English if You Want

    It’s Your Human Right to Access Russian News and Analysis Sites in English if You Want

    Collage © Jan Oberg 2023 The human right to freely seek information is laid down in the American Convention on Human Rights from 1968. Article 13 states that “Everyone has the right to freedom of thought and expression. This right includes freedom to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas of all kinds.” The Universal […]

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