world politics

The modern great game being played our on a global tech stage

The Politics of TikTok, Reddit explained, and Google gamed Members Public

Could a US ban on TikTok trigger a social media power struggle? And how did the Verge use ChatGPT to game Google?

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
world politics

An early sign of Russia’s infowars Members Public

I think we can safely file this 2016 New York Times piece [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/31/world/europe/russia-finland-nato-trolls.html] under the “we should have taken this more seriously” category: > But pro-Russian voices have become such a noisy and disruptive presence that both NATO and the

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Adam Tinworth
cyberattacks

Underestimating the digital power of Russia's intelligence operations Members Public

Buzzfeed [https://www.buzzfeed.com/jasonleopold/some-in-congress-dont-get-the-gravity-of-russian-election] : > In an internal memo to CIA employees last December, CIA Director John Brennan complained that some members of Congress he had briefed about the agency’s assessment that Russia interfered in the US presidential election did not “understand and appreciate the importance

Adam Tinworth
Adam Tinworth
digital culture

LeWeb: The age of Twitter diplomacy is here Members Public

[https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2014/12/matthias-lufkens.jpg] Liveblogged notes from Matthias Lüfkens’ talk at LeWeb 2014 There are now hundreds of accounts of political leaders and foreign ministers on Twitter. Very few world leaders actually do the tweeting themselves. Those that do are normally

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Adam Tinworth
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