manipulation

Investigation: Moscow has learned to manipulate Western AI chatbots. A sophisticated Russian disinformation network in more than 40 languages has successfully infected leading chatbots, causing them to spread Kremlin propaganda. An American fugitive helped.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13590
#news #research #kremlin #putin #trump #propaganda #fakenews #manipulation #google #openai #zelensky #truthsocial #russia #moscow #ukraine #war #ai #artificialintelligence #microsoft #anthropic #meta

They call it “personalized ads.” Let’s be honest - it’s surveillance-driven #manipulation Your clicks, your location, your whispers near a phone - collected, analyzed, and sold to the highest bidder.

#Privacy isn’t about hiding; it’s about refusing to be commodified.

#Block trackers, use #privacy-first tools, and make them work for your attention. 🔒

#KeepDataPrivate #DataPrivacy #PrivacyMatters #surveillance #surveillancecapitalism

How to erect effective defenses against manipulation? Researchers are working on psychological “vaccine” against propaganda and misinformation.
https://www.news-cafe.eu/?go=news&n=13555
#news #manipulation #propaganda #fakenews #misinformation #trump #musk #elonmusk

At a time when #democracy and individual #rights are under attack from all sides through mass #surveillance and algorithmic #manipulation ,it's vital to give our full #support to free and #opensource #software that protects our #privacy .Thus, please consider to #DONATE to your #Mastodon server and to #free software & platforms such as #FDroid , #Fossify , #LibreOffice , #Cryptpad , #Framasoft , #Mozilla , #Tor , #OrganicMaps , etc. In reality, these are #investments in your #future #freedom .

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#Merz #FrauenGegenMerz #RedFlag #MerzVerhindern #MerzDarfNieKanzlerWerden #FriedrichMerz #CSU #CDU #Patriarchat #Frauenhass #Misogynie #Femizid #Benachteiligung #Selbstbestimmungsgesetz #Selbstbestimmung #Frauenrechte #Feminismus #Manipulation #PickMe #BTW25 #BTW2025 #btw #bundestagswahl #Wahlen #Wählen #Bundestag #demokratie #demokratiebrauchtdich #demokratieverteidigen #Rechtsruck #rechtsextremismus #StopptDenRechtsruck

Why do we need #decentralized #technology like #Mastodon?

Because they're fucking with you

And they will do it more and more, and you need to be aware of the #manipulation:

"#Impeach #Trump" hidden in #Google suggestions

Not my video. But I just tried it in #Chrome, and indeed "impeach t..." it goes dark:

"impeach trump" is filtered out

This filtering is probably only for #Americans

#DuckDuckGo, meanwhile, I can't finish typing the word "impeach" without "Impeach Trump 2025" popping up

Kremlin's risky gambit exploits Ukrainian teens via "innocent" quest games

#cyberwar #russia #ukraine #war #kids #manipulation

https://cybernews.com/cyber-war/kremlin-exploits-ukrainian-teens-quest-games/

@CityHoosier

Because it's #addiction

All the rage we see now about the #tiktokban is just addicts coming off a high into #withdrawal

All of their "high minded" reasons are flimsy #whataboutism. #Tiktok needs to die. #Meta should be next- that meta isn't dead too is no reason to delay tiktok's execution, except for that empty whataboutism

The #manipulation now (apart from the regular manipulation via the #app) is to posit #Trump as some sort of hero saving their favorite #opiate of the masses

Nach den eindringlichen Berichten zur Gefahrenlage durch #Sabotage und #Manipulation ist es gut, dass wir diese Woche über die Nationale Sicherheitsstrategie debattieren.
Wir müssen den Schutz unserer kritischen #Infrastruktur erhöhen.

#Desinformation
#Politik
#Gruene

ALT

#interview #Kultur #medien #politik #Wirtschaft #Gates #demokratie #manipulation #Spenden #stiftungen

"Das Problem ist, dass er der Welt auf die einzige Art und Weise hilft, die er kennt, nämlich indem er die Kontrolle übernimmt. Er erzwingt also seine Ideen und Lösungen auf eine grundlegend antidemokratische Art und Weise, die kontraproduktiv ist und alle möglichen Kollateralschäden und Opportunitätskosten verursacht."

https://www.pressenza.com/de/2024/07/bill-gates-erzwingt-seine-loesungen-auf-antidemokratische-art/

The majority of subscription apps and websites employ dark patterns

https://stackdiary.com/the-majority-of-subscription-apps-and-websites-employ-dark-patterns/

#DarkPatterns #Subscription #Deceptive #Manipulation #FTC #ConsumerRights #Privacy #Marketing #Apps #Websites #OnlineServices #AutoRenewal #Sneaking #Obstruction #Nagging #ForcedAction #SocialProof #UI #UX #UserExperience #DigitalTricks #ConsumerProtection #Transparency #DigitalMarketing #UserManipulation #TechEthics #DesignEthics #DarkDesign #SubscriptionServices #ConsumerAwareness #DigitalPrivacy