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UK Gov’t Plans Publicity Blitz to Undermine Chat Privacy (rollingstone.com)
2 points by walterbell 8 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



(2022)


> 2022

That obviously didn't work out well. Again.

Having worked on UK state level positive influence and despite meeting many talented, smart and super-creative people, I feel the messaging is often criiiiiinge. Esecially with regards to subjects like security and online, it's Just bloody awful, immature schoolboy level that shows no understanding of human psychology, or modern society.

Secondly, the UK government didn't need this propaganda drive. The Online Safety Bill was beaten through parliament by four successive governments, and is a poster-child for shapeshifting machinations, deceit and disinformation.

The very existence of this influence project says everything about how low our government fell in its relationship to the people, and that was evident throughout the pandemic. I don't think internal information and influence operatons have ever recovered from that lowpoint.




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