Massive disinformation campaign codnamed “Operation Kylo” of russian foreign intelligence agency (SVR) uncovered by Der Spiegel and TheInsider, aimed at undermining western support for Ukraine
by Hannibal_Game
Massive disinformation campaign codnamed “Operation Kylo” of russian foreign intelligence agency (SVR) uncovered by Der Spiegel and TheInsider, aimed at undermining western support for Ukraine
by Hannibal_Game
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>*The “leitmotif of our cognitive campaign in the [Western] countries is proposed to be the instilling of the strongest emotion in the human psyche — fear,” the document states. “It is precisely the fear for the future, uncertainty about tomorrow, the inability to make long-term plans, the unclear fate of children and future generations. The cultivation of these triggers floods an individual’s subconscious with panic and terror.”*
>*The project’s aim would be cumulative, yielding initial results in as few as four to five weeks and “medium-term comprehensive goals” in about three to six months. The SVR measures the former as the rejection of the status quo in liberal democracies and the European Union, complete with popular protests — no more than 100 people, each compensated by 100 euros each — against state and supranational institutions, all of them filmed and recorded for “subsequent media dissemination.” The medium-term goals consist of the discrediting of Ukraine and “the Nazis oriented towards it in the eyes of the collective West.”*
>*The cost of such an influence operation is listed as pretty cheap: $3 per user per month.*
Just look into the funding of the AfD … 😡
Democracy’s biggest weakness is their voters, but it’s also their strength.
Weakness because most voters are not award winning journalists or information experts, they get their info from mainstream media or social media, mostly social media these days, so it’s easy for trolls to manipulate their world views. They simply don’t have the time or resources to properly verify the info they consume, daily, so they end up letting their strongest emotion guide their world view, namely fear, excitement, joy and other base instincts.
If you craft your propaganda to satisfy these basic emotions, turn it up to max, then most voters will believe it, even if they don’t fully believe it, they will become confused and disengaged, ripe for future manipulation.
However, all hope is not lost, because voters can be deprogrammed, by using the same basic emotions, turn it up to max, but flood their media feed with facts and truths.
The winner will be the ones who can flood the media the most, with emotionally addictive content, be it truth or propaganda. This is where AI comes in, because only AI and bots can do massive amount of info flooding, no humans could match it’s reach and speed.
We must create a factual and truthful SUPER INFO AI, that has been trained to dial the voter’s emotion up to maximum, then feed them facts and truths, making it stick in their brain.
Remember, facts and truths alone cannot change people’s minds, STICKING the facts and truths into their brain with strong emotion, CAN.
Strong emotion is the SUPERGLUE of information warfare, use it for good and we will win.
So I’m suggesting that russian trolls are legit military targets.
This needs to be reported more on. The asymmetrical warfare ru is employing while the media buries its head in the sand, for the most part.
Maybe it is time for Germany to expel a few hundred more ‘Russian diplomats’ again. 🤔