RHETOR 115 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Darpa, Propaganda In Post-Soviet Russia, Disinformation
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5: microsoft, apple, facebook, amazon, google - largest silicon valley tech companies. Seems to have won public trust in their technologies, flourished in the age of the open internet. Considered by us government as essential national security asset - investment and policy shows confidence and cooperation with intelligence agencies and military. At their disposal an immense amount of personal data, sophisticated tools of human persuasion, few mechanisms for establishing credibility of the information distributed (ads to wield political influence) Private organizations exploit these online resources to influence campaigns. Koch brothers" data firm, go to have developed a comprehensive strategy for influencing voters by 2018 elections. Recently, more americans wonder if platforms are complicit in manipulating them. Distributed denial of service attacks - flood system with superfluous traffic to disrupt intended function (and ex. Hacks to steal and lack sensitive info (ex. Attacks on essential devices linked to the internet (transportation computing systems, power plants etc)
