Been very busy with work so I'll keep it short, I've wanted to share this interview by FreshAir's Dave Davies since hearing it on the way home, it's a bit of a shocker. It does help explain some of the mechanism and drive behind today's growing social and political madness. I've also added a video of a panel discussion on the book.
The 'Weaponization' Of Social Media — And Its Real-World Consequences
October 9, 2018 - Fresh Air - Dave Davies interviews P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking.
P.W. Singer and Emerson Brooking say social media has been manipulated to fuel popular uprisings and affect the course of military and political campaigns. Their new book is LikeWar.
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LikeWar: The Weaponization of Social Media
Center for Strategic & International Studies discussion panel.
Oct 5, 2018 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFwCpBiePuk
About the video - "The world has entered a new information age that has transformed the planet into a common space where billions of people can connect and share information on a global scale. Social media platforms constitute a key instrument of this technological revolution.
However, they are not merely a way to connect with other people, market business, or promote political campaigns. They can now be used to shape the outcome of elections, battles, and even geopolitics itself. The online world has become a global space of confrontation that we need to better understand, as fights for popularity and perception merge with real world conflicts. P.W. Singer and Emerson T. Brooking’s book, LikeWar, tackles this phenomenon. The International Security Program invites you to a discussion of this critical issue with Dr. Singer and Dr. Kathleen Hicks.
This event was made possible through support from CSIS."
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1:30: “Conceptual terms - If cyber war is about the hacking of networks, Like War is about hacking the people on the networks by driving ideas viral through a mix of likes but also lies and the system's own algorithms. ,he term itself the title is unlike so much in this space a bit of a play it's like and war coming together, but that also reflects Clausewitz's sense of war and politics crossing in the same place. Politics through other means or memes.
But it's also the a third layer is you have competing and even call themselves this online armies who are using the very same tactics to accomplish their real-world goals and they will describe themselves as being in wars or like wars …”
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