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William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

"We know why journalists are being arrested now. The more lawless governments become, the more they need to control the narrative, which involves silencing some facts and inventing others to fabricate the reality that suits their purposes. The ultimate goal is to gain enough power to have a monopoly on who can tell the stories about the past and the present."

~ Ruth Ben-Ghiat

#Trump #DonLemon #GeorgiaFort #media #journalism #authoritarianism #FirstAmendment

https://lucid.substack.com/p/arrests-of-independent-journalists

Arrests of Independent Journalists Reveal New Media Challenges to Autocrats

Control of the narrative is everything for autocrats, and yet achieving that control is more difficult today
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William Lindsey :toad:
William Lindsey :toad:
@wdlindsy@toad.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

"Today’s autocrats also strike 'authoritarian bargains' with social media companies. X, which is owned by a White supremacist who gave a Nazi salute in public last year, is a good example. A 2023 European Commission study found that X promoted more disinformation than any other large social platform, and a separate investigation revealed that Musk had approved 83% of censorship requests from authoritarian states, including Turkey and India."

#Trump #ElonMusk #SocialMedia
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