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We are in the middle of the most dangerous information war in the history of mankind, and the survival of democracy depends on what we do next.

My DeepSec 2024 presentation on mass information warfare is now online. Here I reveal how Russia wages an international war on truth, and I show how we can all be part of the resistance.

I hope you will help me spread this message:
youtube.com/watch?v=wnLviKf13lc

Thank you to the DeepSec team for making this freely available. ♥️

@randahl Awesome ! Thanks a lot ! These are the basics everyone should know. I particularly loved the last words : the parallel is striking.

One question and one remark, though, in the following thread.

@randahl

The remark first. I tend to think that Mastodon better ability to handle content moderation is due to its decentralised nature : moderators are as numerous as instances. They number grows as the network grows. They cannot be fired in a row. The mere number makes the moderation process robust. However, I feel that, even on Mastodon, there are people boosting things they do not check… enforcing the need for moderation.

@randahl
The question now. Don't you think that the 4th generation information warfare is already here, and not somewhere in the future ? I agree things will probably get worse, but I think AI is already in the place. In other words : the mind bomb is already ticking.

@fresseng I have not yet seen any evidence, that 4th generation mass information warfare is afoot.

On the contrary, I have seen many reports that show how 3rd generation MIW is the state of the art. And I do not think I would encounter that, if Russia had already moved on to 4th gen.

But obviously, we need to stay on the lookout. The real danger is, if the attack is in progress, and we simply cannot see it.

@randahl
Thank you for the answer !

One more question if I may : what was the conference at which you gave that talk ?