Mike Senters joins me to discuss the evolution of online information war tactics from Gamergate to the current battle in Springfield, Ohio, and how to counter them.
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Here are some of the sources and references from this episode:
Did Nothing Wrong Hot Take - Springfield Bombs
Did Nothing Wrong Hot Take - Springfield Bombs
Springfield, Ohio has become the newest battlefield in the information war, and now it's locked down over a series of bomb threats. In this Hot Take, I explain the issues with the word “Hoax” as it relates to this situation, and call out Donald Trump, JD Vance, Libs of TikTok, and the rest of the lying liars who used literal Neo-Nazi propaganda to put S…
JD Vance defends baseless rumor about Haitian immigrants eating pets
https://www.cnn.com/2024/09/15/politics/vance-immigrants-pets-springfield-ohio-cnntv/index.html
What we still haven’t learned from Gamergate
https://www.vox.com/culture/2020/1/20/20808875/gamergate-lessons-cultural-impact-changes-harassment-laws
Two distinct forms of isolation predict belief in conspiracy theories
https://www.psypost.org/two-distinct-forms-of-isolation-predict-belief-in-conspiracy-theories/
Robert Putnam Knows Why You’re Lonely
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/13/magazine/robert-putnam-interview.html
Elon Musk blinks first, bowing to pressure in Brazil to reopen X
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/09/22/musk-brazil-x/
https://www.businessinsider.com/jd-vance-nato-support-eu-regulation-x-musk-free-speech-2024-9
(Editor’s Note: This seems BAD.)
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