#trolls
reshare from @nytimes@loma.ml
A team of meme-makers has been flooding social media with pro-Trump posts riddled with sexist and racist tropes. Donald Trump is cheering them on.
. Rage farming or rage-baiting is internet slang that refers to a manipulative tactic to elicit outrage with the goal of increasing internet traffic, online engagement, revenue and support. The 2010s' neologism, clickbait, refers to sensationalist content on the internet that focused on attracting click-throughs at the expense of accuracy and quality.[3] Unlike clickbait, rage bait and rage farm almost always have a negative connotation. Rage baiting and rage farming manipulate users to respond in kind to offensive, inflammatory "headlines", memes, tropes, or comments. Rage-farming, which has been cited since at least January 2022, is an offshoot of rage-baiting where the outrage of the person being provoked is farmed or manipulated into an online engagement by rage-seeding that helps amplify the message of the original content creator
They Will Do Anything to Make You React: Deplatforming Racists from the Brazilian Gaming Community
Mayara Araujo Caetano Media Studies Department at the University of Turku, Finland
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4811-0447
Beatriz Blanco Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos (Unisinos), Brazil
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9007-924X
why does so many of the fake "Iranian" accounts have Korean profiles?
There are literally 1000s of accounts with similar profiles on Twitter these days.
Before #Musk, reporting them as fake accounts would (sometimes) result in suspension of them, but now, #Twitter doesn't even have a section to report fake accounts any more.
#ExtrêmeDroite, #FakeNews, #Justice, #MédiasDominants
📺 Le profil des trolls d’extrême droite enfin dévoilé 📺
Vous vous êtes souvent demandé qui étaient les #trolls #racistes, #sexistes, #fascistes qui pullulent sur #internet ? Qui prend plaisir à appeler à tuer les manifestants, les musulmans, les profs ? Qui est assez mauvais, stupide et haineux pour publier ce genre de commentaires ? Un procès au tribunal de Paris a donné un bon début de réponse : des #retraités intoxiqués par #CNews.
«Je vais tenter de parler bien fort» annonce le président du tribunal de Paris au début du procès, face aux personnes, la plupart âgées de plus de 70 ans, qui comparaissent. Un article de Médiapart offre un compte rendu d’audience édifiant, avec des retraités isolés, qui utilisent leurs claviers pour publier des menaces de viol et de mort, des insultes et des propos racistes très violents.
L’affaire concernée est une polémique lancée par les médias des milliardaires en mars 2021. CNews et BFM font alors les gros titres sur une controverse à Science Po Grenoble. Une enseignante y avait organisé une journée de débats nommée «Racisme, antisémitisme et islamophobie» dans le cadre d’une «semaine pour l’égalité et la lutte contre les discriminations». Dans ce cadre, un autre enseignant avait refusé l’usage du terme «islamophobie». Ce dernier est connu pour «fustiger les musulmans et hiérarchiser les religions en disant préférer le christianisme». À l’époque, ce professeur était dénoncé par les étudiants, qui avaient collé des affiches l’accusant d’islamophobie.
Il n’en fallait pas plus pour que les habituels chiens de garde s’excitent et tournent en boucle sur la «cancel culture», «l’islamogauchisme dans les universités» et autres délires fabriqués par les médias dominants. Pascal Praud et Caroline Fourest avaient accusé à tort une enseignante d’avoir dénoncé le professeure visé par les affiches. À l’antenne, le nom de cette enseignante était livré en pâture par le chroniqueur de Cnews, qui l’accusait d’être «une militante» pratiquant le «terrorisme intellectuel». Quant à Fourrest, elle avançait que la professeure avait «excité les étudiants». Il a depuis été prouvé que tout est entièrement faux et que cette professeure n’avait rien fait de cela et avait été diffamée. Mais le mal était fait.
La directrice de recherches recevait immédiatement des centaines de messages d’insultes et de menaces de mort. Un flot de haine raciste et sexistes, postés par des seniors :
Jacques L., 79 ans : «Quand ils la violent elle aura compris à moi que ça lui plaise !! […] Déjà pour la violer, il faut vraiment le vouloir beurk!!»
Alain B., 73 ans : «Qu’elle crève le cul bourré de chiffon rouge et la gueul ouvert.»
Annick L., 73 ans : «Horrible nana!! Le caillou rasé ! Pauvre tâche. Un jour viendra où tu devras te repentir !»
Jean-Marie C., 60 ans : «Salope à butté»
Dominique B., 74 ans : «Il faut lui trancher la gorge»
Wilfrid B, 65 ans : «A l’échafaud (…) Regardez la gueule de la bavure. A expédier au pays du Maghreb»
Christian D., 58 ans : «Pauvre conne ton tour viendra»
Ronan M., 56 ans : «Grosse connasse on va te butter»
Dominique V., 56 ans : «Il faut tondre cette collabo de merde.»
Etc…
Au procès, ces personnes âgées disent qu’elles ne se souviennent plus. Pourtant, lors de leurs arrestations, plusieurs avaient déclaré leur haine contre les «islamo-gauchistes» et leur proximité avec Zemmour ou Le Pen. Annick, 73 ans, avait parlé des «gens poignardés
pour rien» et des «faits divers» qu’elle voyait : «franchement c’est horrible, toutes ces jeunes femmes qui se font tuer». Bref, les prévenus sont des seniors rivés devant leurs télés, intoxiqués par les horreurs et la désinformation quotidienne de chaînes en continu. D’ailleurs l’avocat d’un prévenu dénonce à l’audience la responsabilité des journalistes : «Mon client a pu se dire que Caroline Fourest, qui elle, est journaliste, a recoupé ses sources avant de tweeter.» Pourtant, ni Pascal Praud ni Fourest ni les patrons de ces médias semeurs de haine ne sont sur le banc des accusés. Impunité totale.
Voilà donc le profil mystérieux de ces milliers de trolls fascistes. Des personnes vulnérables, séniles, parfois sous curatelle, qui se font pourrir le cerveau par les chaînes d’extrême droite. Ce pays bascule à cause d’une poignée de milliardaires qui ont fait main basse sur l’information. Nous sommes beaucoup à connaître un oncle, un grand-père, un ami d’ami âgé ou des parents retraités à avoir vrillé progressivement ces dernières années, à force de regarder ces chaînes. Parlons-leur, proposons-leur de sortir, aidons-les à se désintoxiquer. Et organisons-nous pour mettre hors d’état de nuire Bolloré et ses amis.
I am not sure into which category I might fall.
Someone about people discussing #Russia and the war in #Ukraine.
Next, I want to offer a tentative nomenkulature of the folks I will be referring to. They are not a single, monolithic group, but rather a type of “PYSOP choir” with different voices. Here is how I see them:
* Paid for #trolls and other US PSYOP talking point pushers: they are the real deal, folks who do that for a living.
* People who, for whatever reason, hate Putin, Russia or both. For them, literally any event, decision, statement is immediately grabbed and used to “prove” that Putin is weak and indecisive, Russia is losing the war (and has been losing since day 1 and sooner rather than later the Almighty West will defeat Russia. Let’s call these the #haters.
* Then there are those who are in purely for the money. They need to announce all sorts of major defeats, catastrophes, hidden conspiracies, etc. because that generates traffic and money. Let’s call these folks the #clickbaiters.
* Next come the folks who do not have access to the information Putin, the Kremlin and the Russian general staff has, but who feel sufficiently informed (and educated) to explain to the world what the Russians should be doing instead of what they are actually doing. I call them the #geniuses.
* Then they are those who, trained by Hollywood and Tom Clancy, simply know that the West is the shining and most advanced civilization in history and everything it produces, be a people or technology, is just so superior to anybody else’s that an eventual victory of the West against any foe or even coalition of foes is inevitable. I think we can call them #racists (as in racial supremacy).
* Next we have those who really are trying to understand what is going on but simply lack the education/training/expertise to understand. These are the folks who recently smoothly transitioned from being armchair virologists/microbiologists/epidemiologists to armchair generals and marshals. These folks have an opinion on everything, and having that opinion on everything give them this warm feeling of being the real experts. So let’s * Last, but not least, we have to also mention people with no applicable education/training and who are too stupid to realize that they are stupid. We can call them the #imbeciles.
Meanwhile, on #Twitter - maybe its end days as an open platform - Tsar Elon has said rules are coming, but meanwhile, seems to have hired back at least one person to message a disclaimer that maybe some claims might not be 100% true, or complete.
This on the heels of his posting a Nazi meme and telling people to vote Rethuglican ... So much for neutrality. (or #truth)
COMMENT LES RÉSEAUX SOCIAUX ONT DETRUIT LA DÉMOCRATIE - #ÉLUCID
▶ Fabrice EPELBOIN est un #spécialiste des #médias #sociaux, #entrepreneur et #enseignant. Depuis des années, il alerte sur les effets de l' #astroturfing : la #manipulation de l' #opinion #publique via les #outils #numériques.
Dans ce #contexte de #crises sociale et #politique majeures, #FabriceEpelboin a livré sur ÉLUCID son #analyse des #enjeux en cours : du #Metaverse #Zuckerberg à la #surveillance de masse des #populations, comment l' #hégémonie du #numérique a complètement bouleversé notre rapport au monde, et asséné le coup fatal à nos #démocraties...
SOMMAIRE :
0:00 - 9:42 : La #démocratie face à la #polarisation de l’ #opinion
9:42 - 19:57 : L' #astroturfing dans la #campagne de #Trump
19:57 - 28:14 : Le #génie des #trolls #russes
28:14 - 34:37 : #Affaire #Pegasus
34:37 - 41:32 : Le #hacking #cognitif par #Trump et #Poutine
41:32 - 46:17 : La #lutte contre la #haine sur #Internet
46:17 - 1:00:06 : Les #chasseurs de #complotistes
1:00:06 - 1:07:13 : Le #flop de la #révélation des #interceptions obligatoires #légales
1:07:13 - 1:13:13 : Rien à cacher, et demain ?
1:13:13 : Le #progrès #technique et l’ #abandon du #progrès #social
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-MQPOoM6-E
#facebook #numérique #Élucid #gafam #politique #RéseauxSociaux
There is quite a bit of talk about "Russian #trolls", "Russian #propaganda" etc. Israel is doing the same btw, but a little more subtle. And also #China has their own state bloggers, the so-called "50 cent army", named after the fact that they allegedly get paid 0.5 RMB for each comment. Usually that "50 cent army" is thought to be working inside China, but from time to time on the internet you may encounter a number of people suddenly and vehemently supporting the CCP view - and you may wonder why they do that.
The German TV program "Story im Ersten" got their hands on documents showing the requirements the Security Bureau of a smaller city in China's northeast has issued to "service providers" in China. To counteract quickly and affect public opinion efficiently, they demand a posting frequency of 1000 posts and more per second, support of more than five million IP addresses, at least 1000 accounts on news sites, a million forum accounts, at least 1000 accounts on each Twitter, Facebook and Youtube.
Since the last three are blocked in China, it is pretty clear that these measures are also directed to the "outside". This is for the Security Bureau of a relatively small city in China. Imagine what the Security Bureau in cities like Shanghai may demand. This is the first time I've seen actual figures for China. The figures I saw for Russia once make Russian state bloggers seem like amateurs compared to this. The Chinese embassy was contacted and presented with these requirements. They didn't deny them, instead stating that "social media are of course a place for cultural exchange". If you like to watch it as video, the China part starts at about 36 minutes. Both the written article and the video are German only, sorry.
NaturalNews Pod Stats
First the good news: the pod is presently offline. Whether that's a temporary or permanent thing isn't clear, but it's a positive development.
Second: it appears that there are around 725 active users (monthly), 12,000 or so over six months.
Just for a "scope of problem" comparison.
https://web.archive.org/web/20210831070916/https://share.naturalnews.com/statistics
See also: https://share.naturalnews.com/
#NaturalNews #disinformation #misinformation #fraud #hoax #trolls
On trolls, disinformation, spam, cleanup, and blocking
I don't like telling others how to run their own feeds and posts, but I'll share how I run mine.
I block bullshit, for the principle reason that not doing so ultimately makes intelligent, pruductive, or hell, even simply fun and enjoyable discussion impossible.
That solves the problem on my own threads, but doesn't address those of others, which is why I'm asking if you'll please seriously consider doing the same.
Even if you generally don't engage or participate actively, this has impacts on those who are engaging on your posts.
If not I'll conclude, with regrets, that the problem extends further, and block not just the trolls but those who permit them. Because life is short and precious and it is simply not worth the time and frustration.
I, and most others there I believe, would appreciate tremendously if you would please do so.
#administrivia #trolls #trolling #disinformation #InformationHygiene
How Trolls on Reddit Try to Manipulate You (Disinformation & How We Beat It) - Smarter Every Day 232
Fouth and final installment in a series by Destin Sandlin, "Smarter Every Day", looking at disinformation on major Internet platforms. nPreviously covered were YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, and a fascinating take by the Nato team tasked with addressing the threat (yes, Nato, and yes, threat).
This episode touches as well on #COVID19 disinformation, which was an. emerging phenomenon as the episode was. in development.
Recommended.
https://invidio.us/watch?v=soYkEqDp760
#trolls #disinformation #propaganda #DestinSandlin #SmarterEveryDay
Attention all #newhere!
Thar be #trolls in #Diaspora!
Unlike other social networks like the soon-to-be-deceased #GooglePlus, Diaspora and other federated social networks don't have a central authority to perform #moderation. Mostly that means that there are a few lost souls whose behavior could be described as troll-like. You may find content you don't like, offensive and unwelcome comments on your posts, etc. This is an unpleasant side-effect of Diaspora's design: the platform doesn't need to bow to the rules and regulations of a single government, making it much harder to censor content. (Individual pods are subject to regulations of the government where they are hosted; but the network as a whole isn't.)
I've been trolled! What to do?
You have a few choices.
You can go to the user's profile page and Ignore them. Ignored users won't be able to follow you or see your posts, comment on your posts, or @mention you in their posts or comments, although they can still comment on posts of others you follow. Like an old flame, there's no way to avoid crossing paths again.
You can report a post or comment. This is actually a bit tricky to understand. Let's say your account is hosted on
diaspora.x.comand the troll has an account hosted ondiaspora.y.com. If you report the troll, the message goes to the administrator ofdiaspora.x.comwhere they are given the option of removing it from your pod. The content will still exist on other pods (remember the thing about no centralized moderation?).You can reach out to the administrator of (in the above example)
diaspora.y.comand make the case that the user should be banned. Realize that the troll still may open a new account somewhere else, and several trolls have been known to do this.
This is totally unacceptable!
OK. But that's also the way the system works. You can feel free to make suggestions for improving the system, or better yet, write a fix submit a pull request and make it available to everyone. I've advocated for some kind of machine-learning algorithm to help manage unpleasant content, but I haven't sat down to build one yet.
Thanks for signing up, and I hope you can see past the trolls and make some new friends here!
(Please comment on corrections, opinions, etc.)