Hi Peter, I’m not sure if this is what you’re referring to regarding the white helmets, but here is some fact checking on them as a hoax:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/is-this-proof-white-helmets-staged-chemical-attack/ Best, Tom On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 2:45 PM Peter Jones | Redesign < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi Richard - Its interesting you'd suggest Bellingcat on this list > (Liberation Tech) as an exemplar for investigative techniques that purport > to identity motive and source. In my observation of their work, they have > the resources to conduct very sophisticated study - because that are a > dedicated insider info ops (hybrid warfare) group of the NATO-sponsored > Atlantic Council - their DFRL organization > https://www.digitalsherlocks.org > > > > Bellingcat started up two days *before* the infamous MH17 airliner > shootdown in Ukraine 7.17.2014 (a problematic case that is still definitely > unresolved in the Dutch special court). They immediately entangled > themselves in evidence production from the "fog of war" among the various > actual investigators on the ground. Their notoriety and founding were > started up in sync with this event, which would give them interesting > context for their own motives. > > > > The founders Higgins and Toler are senior fellows at the NATO DFRLab > https://www.digitalsherlocks.org/360-os-2018 which verifies not > necessarily a guarantee of income, but at least the level of establishment > of their primary client. I’d suspect they aren’t hurting for a job. > > > > The goals of the DRFL program are ostensibly to "counter disinformation." > But the explicit means of doing so are to construct preferred information > that is certified by their vast network of the military complex that > requires such "bottom up" narratives to justify their own interventions > and weaponization of social media. After all Obama shelled out $250M in > his last gift to the Mil Complex December 2016. Also for “countering > (primarily Russian) disinformation” which is a neat way of saying > “creating disinformation for the public.” All US wars have been started and > justified by such information ops long before kinetic actions, and this > was done with newspapers before electronic media. > > > > Put your McLuhanist hats on. Who has the most to gain from these > operations? Who has skin in the game and who is paying for these > investigations? Who is working at their OWN risk and conscience to develop > and expose (or whistleblow) truthful reporting? > > > > The anti-Bellingcats are actual citizen sleuths such as Northern Ireland’ > Patrick Watson, who was disgusted by what he saw as obvious fake videos > with the White Helmets, used to promote the Syrian “chemical weapons” > videos. He did hos own research and blew open quiet a bit of trouble. > > > > His website https://hiddensyria.com/ covers a number of his > investigations – he’s clearly not a “Russian” anything, as I’ve followed > his work from the very first tweet I think (I happened to see his easily > outbursts) AND he doesn’t’ have a lot of followers. A troll tries to > sensationalize and get a lot of attention. Philip has also worked hard, and > at risk, to show the OPCW organization is at fault for covering up their > field evidence that exonerates the Syrian government, a very inconvenient > finding. There are whistle-blower memos and support from the founding OPCW > General Director for their exposure. It’s a significant scandal, and on > this issue Bellingcat is arguing (and was caught fabricating) for the > establishment, again, and every time, for the wars. > > > > I would also confirm regard for the small UK academic team, the Working > Group on Syria, Propaganda and Media that has done open sources and deep > investigative reporting on the Syrian hoaxes and White Helmets (along with > Vanessa Bealey's fieldwork). > > > > has also been heavily attacked by mainstream reporters, (Guardian types) > and 77th Brigade (the British military info ops soldiers) > https://syriapropagandamedia.org/ Because they have been on-0tagert, the > BBC and Guardian have smeared their work on front page stories to try to > recover their Syrian war “information superiority.” In the shadowy world of > information ops, this is a war on real people. And the establishment will > lose, over time, regardless of how many more millions they throw at 77th > Brigades and projects like the UK’s FCO-sponsored Integrity Initiative > https://syriapropagandamedia.org/the-integrity-initiative > > > > Humans with a conscience will always eventually win on social media, as > the war narrative is always a drumbeat of the same talking points and > arguments. Reality is complex, ambiguous, and subject to surprises – which > is what we see in the citizen reporter stories. > > > > As a professor I would at least present students with case studies from > “both sides.” > > > > To a more peaceful 2021, Peter Jones > > > > *PETER JONES, PH.D.* > ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR > FACULTY OF DESIGN > > *T *416 799.8799 <416%20799%208799> @redesign > *E* [email protected] > > *Design Dialogues * <http://designdialogues.com/> > *Strategic Innovation Lab* <http://slab.ocadu.ca/> > *Systemic Design Association (RSD) * <https://systemic-design.net/> > > > *OCAD UNIVERSITY**Strategic Foresight & Innovation* > 205 Richmond St. West, Suite 410 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/205+Richmond+St.+West,+Suite+410+Toronto,+Canada++M5V+1V3?entry=gmail&source=g> > Toronto, Canada > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/205+Richmond+St.+West,+Suite+410+Toronto,+Canada++M5V+1V3?entry=gmail&source=g> > M5V 1V3 > <https://www.google.com/maps/search/205+Richmond+St.+West,+Suite+410+Toronto,+Canada++M5V+1V3?entry=gmail&source=g> > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: LT <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Brooks > Sent: Wednesday, December 30, 2020 2:39 PM > To: Doug Schuler <[email protected]>; Richard Brooks < > [email protected]> > Cc: LT <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [liberationtech] Intentional Big Tech Leftist Bias in Social > and News Media Corrupts Elections and Defrauds Peoples > > > > The idea of thoughts and ideas being similar to a biological ecosystem has > been around for a while. I think that Richard Dawkins, William S. > Burroughs, and Robert Anton Wilson all have legitimate claims to having > originated the idea. (It is likely to have roots in antiquity somewhere.) > > > > The US does have a certain anti-intellectualism deep in its subconscious > and at least one (nameless) political party has worked hard to delegitimize > science (evolution, economics, climate change, ...). > > > > That this would lead eventually to people being susceptible to having > their innate biases exploited by other actors, is not surprising. > > > > Social media has exacerbated the process. > > > > One idea that I have been playing with is trying to introduce somewhere in > curricula having students use tools/techniques like those used by > Bellingcat to determine the source and motivation of online campaigns. > > > > I really am impressed by Bellingcat. > > > > On 12/30/20 2:12 PM, Doug Schuler wrote: > > > An article in the recent Science magazine talked about a “syndemic” > > > which > > > > > > "is the intersection of two epidemics—two diseases ravaging a > > > population at the same time, exacerbating each other. HIV weakens the > > > immune system, for instance, which makes people more likely to develop > > > tuberculosis. The world witnessed some- thing similar this year. We > > > live in an eco-system that allows viruses to cross from wildlife to > > > humans more often and spread farther and faster than ever before—that > > > gave us SARS-CoV-2. But the virus emerged in an information ecosystem > > > that helps misinformation and lies spread faster than scientific > > > evidence, weakening our ability to respond to new threats. That made > > > the pandemic far worse." > > > > > > https://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/370/6523/1395.full.pdf > > > > > > Without necessarily buying into the entire metaphor it seems pretty > > > useful, bringing up concepts susceptibility, vulnerable populations, > > > super spreaders, mode of transmission, and, of course, inoculation. > > > > > > It also fits well into my investigations into civic intelligence which > > > I believe is threatened like other natural resources. And if it gets > > > too low, our ability to address our problems cooperatively becomes > > > ever more helpless. > > > > > > I'd love to hear your thoughts on this! > > > > > > — Doug > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Dec 30, 2020 at 8:49 AM Richard Brooks <[email protected] > > > <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>>> wrote: > > > > > > Interesting. > > > > > > > > > https://www.theverge.com/2020/6/2/21278601/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-tr > > > ump-posts-employee-call-fact-checking-voter-misinformation > > > > > > https://faculty.lsu.edu/fakenews/elections/thethreatofqanon.php > > > > > > > > > https://www.france24.com/en/20201006-qanon-conspiracies-go-global-in-p > > > andemic-perfect-storm > > > > > > > > > https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1369118X.2017.1329334?jour > > > nalCode=rics20 > > > > > > > > > https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/08/technology/youtube-radi > > > cal.html > > > > > > On 12/23/20 4:31 AM, grarpamp wrote: > > > > The Invisible Influence of Big Tech on Politics & Elections - Allum > > > > Bokhari #Deleted > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFJfGphZBmQ > > > > #Deleted: Big Tech's battle to erase the trump movement and steal > > > the election > > > > https://deletedbook.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Liberationtech is public & archives are searchable from any major > commercial search engine. 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