Hacker News with Generative AI: Propaganda

Russia fines Google $2.5 x 10^33 (independent.co.uk)
A Russian court has fined Google $2.5 decillion for allegedly blocking pro-Kremlin propaganda on YouTube.

Russia, Fines, Google, Censorship, Propaganda

4 points by microsoftedging 24 days ago | 3 comments

Full Text of "Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64 – Fascism " (archive.org)
March 24, 1945.Army Talk Orientation Fact Sheet #64Fascism!A sheet printed and distributed by the United States War Department as an educational tool for use with soldiers.Published by the War DepartmentArmy Orientation Branch: Information and Education Division.

History, Fascism, Military, Propaganda

9 points by throwaway5752 27 days ago | 1 comments

The models who found their likenesses had been used in AI propaganda (theguardian.com)
The well-groomed young man dressed in a crisp, blue shirt speaking with a soft American accent seems an unlikely supporter of the junta leader of the west African state of Burkina Faso.

AI, Propaganda, Social Media, Ethics, Africa

6 points by robaato 38 days ago | 0 comments

Turkish Journalists Are Now 'Telling the Xinjiang Story Well' for Beijing (jamestown.org)
Türkiye could be a key player in the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) strategy of coopting foreign journalists in order to create a more favorable image of its policies in Xinjiang.

China, Journalism, Xinjiang, Propaganda, Foreign Policy

20 points by nafnlj 38 days ago | 10 comments

Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (wikipedia.org)
Propaganda: The Formation of Men's Attitudes (1965/1973) (French: Propagandes; original French edition: 1962) is a book on the subject of propaganda by French philosopher, theologian, legal scholar, and sociologist Jacques Ellul.

Propaganda, Philosophy, Sociology, History

7 points by rramadass 55 days ago | 3 comments

House passes $1.6B to deliver anti-China propaganda overseas (responsiblestatecraft.org)

Politics, International Relations, Propaganda, United States, China

50 points by hunglee2 72 days ago | 86 comments

Russia focusing on US social media stars to covertly influence voters (reuters.com)

Russia, Social Media, Elections, Propaganda, Influence

10 points by testrun 75 days ago | 0 comments

FBI says Kremlin-linked org paying 2800 influencers to spread pro-Russia content (theatlantic.com)

Russia, Propaganda, Social Media, Influencer Marketing, Geopolitics

36 points by ironyman 77 days ago | 9 comments

Kawaii: Anime, Propaganda, and Soft Power Politics. [video] (youtube.com)

Anime, Politics, Propaganda, Soft Power

21 points by surprisetalk 81 days ago | 7 comments

Photos of European influencers used for pro-Trump propaganda on fake X accounts (cnn.com)

Social Media, Politics, Misinformation, Propaganda, Europe

10 points by peutetre 86 days ago | 2 comments

'My identity is stolen': Photos of influencers used to push pro-Trump propaganda (cnn.com)

Social Media, Identity Theft, Politics, Propaganda

20 points by bjourne 87 days ago | 2 comments

Film suggests Nazis' lead propagandist had role in 1939 massacre (theguardian.com)

Nazi Germany, History, Propaganda, Massacres

6 points by howard941 87 days ago | 0 comments

Who Goes Nazi? (1941) (harpers.org)

History, Politics, Propaganda

67 points by hprotagonist 101 days ago | 29 comments

Ukranian YouTuber discovers clones of her promoting Chinese propaganda (twitter.com)

Social Media, Ukraine, China, Propaganda

13 points by doener 106 days ago | 0 comments

State-Sponsored Russian Media Software for Malign Influence Activity [pdf] (ic3.gov)

Cybersecurity, Russia, Propaganda, Government, Information Warfare

5 points by fodmap 135 days ago | 1 comments

Pranksters reveal odes to Putin were Russian translations of Nazi verse (theguardian.com)

Politics, Russia, World News, History, Propaganda

13 points by racional 144 days ago | 0 comments

Google AI Gemini parrots China's propaganda (voanews.com)

Generative AI, Google, China, Propaganda

31 points by 2OEH8eoCRo0 162 days ago | 8 comments

2024 Russian propaganda includes deepfakes, sham websites, social media swarms (text.npr.org)

Disinformation, Propaganda, Deepfakes, Social Media, Russia

19 points by rntn 167 days ago | 0 comments

Russia paid far-right politicians in 5 countries to plant propaganda (washingtonpost.com)

Russia, Politics, Propaganda, International Relations, Far Right

22 points by MilnerRoute 172 days ago | 10 comments

WWII Propaganda Campaign – Carrots Help You See in the Dark (2013) (smithsonianmag.com)

WWII, History, Propaganda, Nutrition

22 points by thunderbong 173 days ago | 0 comments

Disrupting deceptive uses of AI by covert influence operations (openai.com)

AI, Cybersecurity, Disinformation, Propaganda

98 points by Jimmc414 177 days ago | 70 comments

Meta shuts down Israeli network pushing AI-generated propaganda in U.S. (calcalistech.com)

Meta, Social Media, Propaganda, Artificial Intelligence, Israel

86 points by ewgfdgdfgdf 178 days ago | 47 comments

The New Propaganda War (theatlantic.com)

Propaganda, Politics, Media

26 points by rafaelc 196 days ago | 21 comments

Why China is so bad at disinformation (wired.com)

China, Disinformation, Propaganda, International Relations, Politics

11 points by skilled 206 days ago | 6 comments

The limits of foreign propaganda and the foundations of an effective response (tnsr.org)

International Relations, Propaganda, Counter-Propaganda

18 points by no_exit 208 days ago | 1 comments

Before Photoshop, Soviets Mastered Erasing People from Photographs and History (openculture.com)

Photo Editing, History, Soviet Union, Propaganda

21 points by jethronethro 215 days ago | 0 comments