Hacker News with Generative AI: Propaganda

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 21 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 26 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 36 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 36 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 71 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 77 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 83 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 114 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 117 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 128 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 128 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 146 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 162 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 165 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 168 days ago | 9 comments

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