It's amazingly well attendedpic.twitter.com/jqqhTIg6zC
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"The right tend to believe this more. If you see Democrats doing this stuff [pushing out propaganda] you should put their head on a spike"
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They straight up do not see the cognitive dissonance happening right now
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A bot net: twitter accounts that aren't real that's puppeted by one computer
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Talking about how some small elections have gotten hacked, BUT SOMEHOW, the government can't pinpoint who/what hacked it...blame the Russians.
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But hey it's not a thing for just Democrats, the Republicans get attacked too. Still can't pinpoint who did it, but continue to blame thr Russians DESPITE ADMITTING THERE'S NO PROOF
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These bots were engaged with Rob Ford's campaign out of Canada and reeaally shaped public opinion
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Some senators identities got stolen, but still can't figure out who actually did it. Blames the russians.
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Domestic campaigns are adopting Russian bot techniques so they feed off each other --- real stuff this seminar is talking about
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The domestic campaign bots are reaching out to voter base already there... Talking as if the Dems haven't done this to their own people
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Now they've gone off to Pizzagate and that time people thought Obama was going to attack Texas. The latter is a real fear people in Texas had.
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Now I forgot to tell you, but earlier this week some delegates got an email from their committee chairs saying some Russians tried to register for the convention
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They're talking about cognitive bias not realizing their own cognitive bias
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People in the audience gasp when they hear KGB being thrown around and agree every time they hear how horrible the propaganda is influencing our democracy. For shame.
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Talking tools and ways to learn how to identify the fake accounts
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"As soon as they take some bots down more bots pop up -- like Hydra"....real comment from an audience member
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They're about to go into risk mitigation for campaigns. To prep for when propaganda attacks their campaign. This lends issue to invalidating any criticisms from the community and activists.
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They're talking about having a media plan for if a campaign if they get hacked. This could create a Joy Reid situation where she claimed Russians hacked her blog from so many years ago and wrote her anti lgbt blogs.
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Reality apathy: having been exposed to so much propaganda one no longer sees reality
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Ah so it's not just Russia, it's also Turkish actors
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"You should be scared and take this seriously, but don't feel helpless." Seminar leader giving mixed messages to audience
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In a way I guess this is good? Someone doesn't know what two factor authentication is
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A lot of people here are straight up taking notes. Good for noting security software and encrypted messaging, kinda scary that they are taking this Russian scare so seriously
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