Category: IO Impotency

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Mongoose: Facebook as MindControl – Targetting Vulnerable Youth

07 Other Atrocities, Commerce, Corruption, IO Impotency
Mongoose

New Leaks Reveals How Facebook Targets Emotionally Vulnerable Youth

The secret document was put together by two Australian Facebook execs and includes information about when young people are likely to feel excited, reflective, as well as other emotions related to overcoming fears.

By Nick Whigham | May 1, 2017 MintPressNews

Facebook has come under fire over revelations it is targeting potentially vulnerable youths who “need a confidence boost” to facilitate predatory advertising practices.

The allegation was revealed this morning by The Australian which obtained internal documents from the social media giant which reportedly show how Facebook can exploit the moods and insecurities of teenagers using the platform for the potential benefit of advertisers.

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Stephen E. Arnold: #GoogleGestapo – Dealing with “Deplorable” Content — Google Decides, Badly, without Legal Due Process Never Mind the First Amendment…

IO Impotency
Stephen E. Arnold

Revealing the Google Relevance Sins

I was surprised to read “Google’s Project Owl”. Talk about unintended consequences. An SEO centric publication reported that Google was going to get on the stick and smite fake news and “problematic content.” (I am not sure what “problematic content” is because I think a person’s point of view influences this determination.”

The write up states in real journalistic rhetoric:

Project Owl is Google’s internal name for its endeavor to fight back on problematic searches. The owl name was picked for no specific reason, Google said. However, the idea of an owl as a symbol for wisdom is appropriate. Google’s effort seeks to bring some wisdom back into areas where it is sorely needed.

Right, wisdom. From a vendor of content wrapped in pay to play advertising and “black box” algorithms which mysteriously have magical powers on sites like Foundem and the poor folks who were trying to make French tax forms findable.

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Robert Parry: Existential Question – Who Can We Trust?

Commerce, Corruption, Government, IO Deeds of War, IO Impotency
Robert Parry

The Existential Question of Who to Trust

Special Report: An existential question facing humankind is who can be trusted to describe the world and its conflicts, especially since mainstream experts have surrendered to careerism, writes Robert Parry.

The existential issue before us is whether – blinded by propaganda and disinformation – we will stumble into a nuclear conflict between superpowers that could exterminate all life on earth or perhaps leave behind a radiated hulk of a planet suitable only for cockroaches and other hardy life forms.

Phi Beta Iota: A full read is recommended — documents the deceit of all so-called experts, the prevelance of lies as the standard. This web site has been focused on information pathologies for some time.

See Especially:

Graphic: Information Pathologies

See Also:

Worth a Look: Book Reviews on Disinformation, Other Information Pathologies, & Repression

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Bruce Schneier: NSA & CIA Cyber Leaks – Blaming Russia [Robert Steele Disagrees, Suggests Inter-Agency Warfare]

IO Impotency, IO Secrets, Officers Call
Bruce Schneier

Who Is Publishing NSA and CIA Secrets, and Why?

Lawfare as produced by Brookings Institution

For both of these leaks, one big question is attribution: who did this?

My guess was, and is still, Russia in both cases.

Phi Beta Iota: Worth a full read.  Many flawed assumptions. Robert Steele's long comment is below.

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Stephen E. Arnold: Voice Search and Big Data

IO Impotency
Stephen E. Arnold

Voice Search and Big Data: Defining Technologies for 2017

I read “Voice Search and Data: The Two Trends That Will Shape Online Marketing in 2017.” If the story is accurate, figuring out what people say and making sense of data (lots of data) will create new opportunities for innovators.

The article states:

Advancements in voice search and artificial intelligence (AI) will drive rich answers that will help marketers understand the customer intent behind I-want-to-go, I-want-to-know, I-want-to-buy and I-want-to-do micro-moments. Google has developed algorithms to cater directly to the search intent of the customers behind these queries, enabling customers to find the right answers quickly.

My view is that the article is correct in its assessment.

Where the article and I differ boils down to search engine optimization. The idea that voice search and Big Data will make fooling the relevance algorithms of Bing, Google, and Yandex a windfall for search engine optimization experts is partially true.

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Stephen E. Arnold: Google Mis-Management….

IO Impotency
Stephen E. Arnold

Google Management: The Book Search Thing

I read “How Google Book Search Got Lost.” The write up in Backchannel was interesting to me for two reasons. First, the essay continues the revelations about Google as a balloon with a pinprick. After inflation, the pressure seeps out and one has a deflated balloon. What’s a deflated balloon good for? I suppose I could Ask Heloise, but I don’t care. Second, the analysis ignores the obvious; that is, Alphabet Google is not managed in the sense that GM is managing to develop an electric car or Boeing to use 3D titanium printing to get rid of pesky humans. Google, from its inception, wobbles. Few business schools teach students how to wobble. Bright folks discover this skill on their own, particularly when careening around with money readily available and Silicon Valley vapors in their nostrils. I highlighted this passage from the analysis/essay:

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