Hacker News with Generative AI: Propaganda

There Are Many Threats to Humanity. A Low Birth Rate Isn't One of Them (currentaffairs.org)
Commentators across the political spectrum claim that humanity faces imminent collapse due to a “fertility crisis.” Is this mass delusion or cynical propaganda?

Demographics, Population, Propaganda, Social Commentary, Politics

47 points by cwwc 6 days ago | 32 comments

Russian Propaganda Has Now Infected Western AI Chatbots – New Study (forbes.com)
A troubling trend in which most western AI chatbots are unknowingly spreading Russian propaganda has been uncovered by a NewsGuard audit published last week.

AI, Propaganda, Russia, News, Disinformation

48 points by nabla9 7 days ago | 55 comments

Firehose of Falsehood (wikipedia.org)
The firehose of falsehood, also known as firehosing, is a propaganda technique in which a large number of messages are broadcast rapidly, repetitively, and continuously over multiple channels (like news and social media) without regard for truth or consistency.

Propaganda, Disinformation, Social Media, Communication, Information Warfare

11 points by titaphraz 8 days ago | 0 comments

Russian Propaganda Campaign Targets France with AI-Fabricated Scandals (newsguardtech.com)
A Russian propaganda operation that previously took aim at elections in the U.S. and Germany has a new target: France.

Propaganda, AI, France, Elections, Russia

45 points by colinprince 9 days ago | 15 comments

Russian Propaganda Has Now Infected Western AI Chatbots – New Study (forbes.com)
A troubling trend in which most western AI chatbots are unknowingly spreading Russian propaganda has been uncovered by a NewsGuard audit published last week.

Artificial Intelligence, Propaganda, News, Russia, Western Media

14 points by croes 17 days ago | 1 comments

The 'ghost reporters' writing pro-Russian propaganda in West Africa (aljazeera.com)
Al Jazeera finds that an influence campaign using nonexistent writers is spreading anti-France sentiment across West and Central Africa.

Propaganda, Journalism, Africa, Russia, France

18 points by gnabgib 18 days ago | 0 comments

BBC boss warns of Russian and Chinese propaganda (bbc.com)
The UK is struggling to counter a rise in "pure propaganda" from countries like Russia and China because of cuts to the World Service, the BBC's director general has warned.

Propaganda, International Relations, Media, Russia, China

10 points by suraci 23 days ago | 1 comments

Moscow-based global news network has infected Western AI tools (newsguardrealitycheck.com)
A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda.

Russia, Artificial Intelligence, Propaganda, News, Cybersecurity

167 points by rbanffy 50 days ago | 107 comments

Russian propoganda is reportedly influencing AI chatbot results (techcrunch.com)
Russian propaganda may be influencing certain answers from AI chatbots, including OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Meta’s Meta AI, according to a new report.

Artificial Intelligence, Russia, News, Technology, Propaganda

11 points by Larrikin 50 days ago | 1 comments

Moscow-based global news network has infected AI tools with propaganda (newsguardrealitycheck.com)
A well-funded Moscow-based global ‘news’ network has infected Western artificial intelligence tools worldwide with Russian propaganda

Artificial Intelligence, Propaganda, Russia, News Media

20 points by marban 50 days ago | 7 comments

An Uneasy Propaganda Alliance (historytoday.com)
It was supposed to be a prestige project for Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, a way to convince their people – and the world at large – that the newly signed Anti-Comintern Pact was more than empty words.

Propaganda, History, International Relations, Geopolitics

35 points by pepys 55 days ago | 39 comments

Report on Russian efforts to flood LLM/AI models with pro-Russian content (americansunlight.org)
It may be tempting to consider Russian influence campaigns in the United States and other democratic countries as merely an afterthought, given the chaos and uncertainty that Donald Trump’s second presidency is causing. But his reelection–and the growing influence of Russia-friendly, far right parties worldwide–only makes these campaigns more relevant.

Russia, Artificial Intelligence, Politics, Propaganda, Information Warfare

10 points by avs733 58 days ago | 3 comments

LA Times Flips Anti-RFK Jr. Op-Ed into Pro-Kennedy Propaganda (techdirt.com)
Patrick Soon-Shiong, owner of the LA Times, has been promising to restore trust in media over the last few months. Instead, he has launched an escalating campaign of editorial interference that accomplishes exactly the opposite.

Media, Politics, Journalism, Public Relations, Propaganda

115 points by hn_acker 84 days ago | 12 comments

Ask HN: Experiences promoting corporate propaganda in your job? (ycombinator.com)
Hi HN, we always hear about discreet government propaganda divisions, but I want to know about the corporate ones, which are probably as if not more effective and widespread as they are a big part of our lives, especially given the world we are fast heading into. Thanks.

Marketing, Propaganda, Corporate Culture, Ethics

5 points by t0lo 89 days ago | 7 comments

Weaponizing Wikipedia Against Israel (aish.com)
How the global information pipeline is being hijacked by digital jihadists.

Israel, Politics, Information Warfare, Propaganda, Social Media

12 points by xpl 99 days ago | 6 comments

Exposing obscured state media influence by causal inference of quote propagation (nature.com)
Reporting by major media outlets influences news coverage by other outlets, resulting in an outsized impact on public opinion.

Media Bias, Journalism, Propaganda, Causal Inference, Public Opinion

6 points by rntn 100 days ago | 0 comments

Elon Musk calls homelessness a 'lie' and 'propaganda' (independent.co.uk)
To Elon Musk, the word “homeless” is a “lie” and “a propaganda word”.

Elon Musk, Homelessness, Propaganda

26 points by tastyface 134 days ago | 11 comments

Mind Bomb – How Russia wages an international war on truth (youtube.com)

Russia, Propaganda, International Relations, Information Warfare, Disinformation

5 points by jalict 141 days ago | 1 comments

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

History, Propaganda, Military, Politics

45 points by INGELRII 147 days ago | 11 comments

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 178 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 181 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 192 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 192 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 209 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 226 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 229 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 231 days ago | 9 comments

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