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Maria Ressa: ‘Last two minutes of Democracy'
Nobel laureate and renowned journalist Maria Ressa warns that we’re in the "last two minutes of democracy." She delivered the 2022 Beatty Lecture at McGill University and then joined IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed to discuss what can be done to change the course against disinformation.
https://cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_IDEAS_P/media/ideas-37JNh1k2-20221109.mp3

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Maria Ressa: ‘Last two minutes of Democracy'
Nobel laureate and renowned journalist Maria Ressa warns that we’re in the "last two minutes of democracy." She delivered the 2022 Beatty Lecture at McGill University and then joined IDEAS host Nahlah Ayed to discuss what can be done to change the course against disinformation.

https://cbc.mc.tritondigital.com/CBC_IDEAS_P/media/ideas-37JNh1k2-20221109.mp3

@spaf PBKAC error.

Did not know I DM'd.

How do you DM here?

@spaf I think it was the toy badge and a history of playing Russian roulette that made him relatable.

@aristeon @lawfare @potemkinvillage

"asking the government to swoop in and follow the model of authoritarian regimes will destroy the internet really fast. "

I am not certain that the government is going to do worse than Silicon Valley and the profit motive has done.

I am also not certain what there is left to destroy of the Internet.

Which is why much of my time is spent finding new ways to use the network surreptitiously.

@aristeon @lawfare @potemkinvillage

"I struggle to understand why the worst proposals gain traction and credibility."

Money.
Stupidity.
Laziness.

Let's face it, we are domesticated primates. We have not advanced beyond slinging feces in each other's faces.

About 90% of our efforts are dedicated to establishing our position in our primate dominance hierarchy.

Money works well because it serves as a numerical score card in the process.

@aristeon @lawfare @potemkinvillage
Image from Balai Citoyen demonstrations that convinced the dictator to resign (twice):

https://www.burkina24.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/152.jpg

Public opinion can change. Convincing people is hard. I have worked with groups that have created peaceful democratic regime change in 3 countries. Some of them have had recent coups supported by the Wagner group.

Getting things done is hard.

@aristeon @stephlamy @lawfare @potemkinvillage I think not enough people "wanting it" is actually a consequence of commercial entities deciding not to make it an alternative. They did not know how to monetize it.

Or, it has been actively prosecuted (Napster, bitcoin) by financial interests seeing it as a threat.

The masses (narod) have not really been allowed to have this as an alternative. When they have been allowed it (for a few fleeting moments) it was quite popular.

I prefer distributed tools/systems for many reasons.

@nova I hope it is the first of many,

@joncamfield We meet again.

@aristeon @stephlamy @lawfare @potemkinvillage "People must make the conscious choice to decentralize so as to disempower social media corporations, and the govt should regulate internet advertising."

1. That has not been working that well so far.

2. "govt should regulate internet advertising." Is problematic. If you have governments like North America, they are owned by the advertisers. If you have governments like the EU, you have the examples of Poland and Hungary to show where that can go off the rails.

It sounds kind of like wishing we had a different species of social primates than Homo Sapiens. Which might, in fact, be the solution. At least, that is what Nietsche posited.

@annika It bathes more often

#Introduction: ECE professor researching computer/network #security. Working on #InternetFreedom in #SubSaharanAfrica. Affiliated with #Africtivistes and #Danaides NGOs.

@aljazeera #Musk is doing his best to get as much misinformation out there as possible, so yes!

@stephlamy @spaf Hmm. Maybe the Chinese government will find a use for the new game technology in the Vice article?

@stephlamy @spaf
#HershelWalker sucking up to #musk https://twitter.com/joncoopertweets/status/1589470436047622144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1589470436047622144%7Ctwgr%5E308f52b397204146b8f72900bed56827b1f37527%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fboingboing.net%2F2022%2F11%2F07%2Fif-youre-a-martian-dont-worry-walkers-got-your-back.html