By: Darragh McCurragh

Darragh McCurragh — Sun, 15 Mar 2015 19:58:37 +0000

“… contemporary societies grow increasingly dependant on ICTs …” I think, for all the technical prowess of intelligence services and their counter-insurgency measures, in and outside of the Internet, one thing is still largely overlooked: just imagine any group/state disseminating disruptive information, without even “touching” the underlying Internet infrastructure? Remember this “War of the Worlds” radio piece and the havoc it caused ALTHOUGH before and during its broadcast explanations were given as to the fictional nature of the “communication”? When i look at how real and imagined conspiracy theories spread over the Internet I would imagine a cleverly engineered plot, “split tested” with some audiences in advance, as is done in traditional advertising also, and the most 2impacting” piece selected and spread in parallel via hundreds or thousands of sources believed to be “credible” might lead to similar reactions as the “shark” film did where people literally packed their cars and fled from the coast! Currently gullibility levels rise at an alarming rate!

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By: Darragh McCurragh