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Report: Google To Step Up “Prebunking” Scheme To “Inoculate People” Against ‘Conspiracy Theories’

“Prebunking could help communities reach a kind of herd immunity when it comes to misinformation”

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According to a report from the Associated Press, Google is stepping up its so called “prebunking” scheme, a way of stopping ‘misinformation’ before it spreads by indoctrinating people to disbelieve what tech big wigs consider to be ‘propaganda’.

The report, which reads like a press release, states that Google is to push several short video ads on all major social media platforms that will focus on ‘misinformation’ surrounding vaccines, COVID-19, immigration, climate change and elections.

The scheme is being rolled out initially in Germany after it was previously tested in Eastern Europe.

Beth Goldberg, head of research and development at Jigsaw, an incubator division of Google stated that “Using ads as a vehicle to counter a disinformation technique is pretty novel. And we’re excited about the results.”

The report further states:

While belief in falsehoods and conspiracy theories isn’t new, the speed and reach of the internet has given them a heightened power. When catalyzed by algorithms, misleading claims can discourage people from getting vaccines, spread authoritarian propaganda, foment distrust in democratic institutions and spur violence.

It also notes that ‘fact checks’ by the likes of AP “aren’t read by everyone, and won’t convince those already distrustful of traditional journalism.”

“Content moderation by tech companies is another response, but it only drives misinformation elsewhere, while prompting cries of censorship and bias,” the report continues.

As reported by Infowars last year, in its testing of the “prebunking” scheme, Google used a video created by Infowars producer Greg Reese, and admitted that the goal is to make people immune to anti-establishment figures such as Alex Jones.

“The Holy Grail will be: can we actually measure, in the moment, if you’re able to apply that prebunking lesson and recall it a week later when you see Alex Jones using emotional language?” Goldberg told The Verge, adding “I’m not sure that we will get significantly closer in the near term.”

Critics argues that the scheme is more insidious than overt censorship because it seeks to reengineer how people think by feeding them establishment approved narratives on what is acceptable thought.

The AP report even compares the “prebunking” videos to vaccines, noting that “the effects of the videos eventually wears off, requiring the use of periodic “booster” videos.”

“Prebunking could help communities reach a kind of herd immunity when it comes to misinformation, limiting its spread and impact,” it adds.

Sander van der Linden, a University of Cambridge professor who worked with Google to develop the scheme declared “You can think of misinformation as a virus. It spreads. It lingers. It can make people act in certain ways.”

“Some people develop symptoms, some do not. So: if it spreads and acts like a virus, then maybe we can figure out how to inoculate people,” van der Linden added.

The move by Google comes after recent revelations about the Global Disinformation Index, an extensive effort to blacklist sources of information and news determined to be ‘disinformation’.

The Global Disinformation Index, a British organization with two affiliated U.S. nonprofit groups, is feeding blacklists to ad companies with the intent of defunding and shutting down websites peddling alleged “disinformation,” the Washington Examiner reported

This same “disinformation” group has received $330,000 from two State Department-backed entities linked to the highest levels of government, raising concerns from First Amendment lawyers and members of Congress.

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    Rand Paul: Elon Musk Will Go Down As A Historic Champion For Free Speech

    “Somewhere along the way something happened and people began to think that only certain forms of speech were acceptable.”

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    Senator Rand Paul praised Elon Musk Wednesday for standing up for free speech, predicting that the Twitter owner will be recorded as a key figure in history in the fight against censorship.

    Referring to Musk’s compelling take down of a CNBC hack earlier this week, Paul noted “Thank God for someone who can still speak their mind and won’t take some guff off a journalist who tells him he can’t speak his mind.”

    “Somewhere along the way something happened and people began to think that only certain forms of speech were acceptable,” The Senator urged.

    “Then along came Elon Musk,” Paul continued, adding “The country, the Bill of Rights frankly, all of us, are going to be very thankful that a guy with a lot of money bought a social media entity and allowed us to see the government colluding to limit speech.”

    “People need to get this right. Private companies can decide what they want to air, newspapers can, television shows can. But what we cannot allow to happen is the government to collude with private business and use them basically as their extension and their arm of censor,” Paul emphasised.

    He added that “Elon Musk exposed this only because he had 44 billion dollars to buy a company and expose their inner workings off collusion with government.”

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    Musk makes mainstream journo’s head explode.

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    Elon Musk almost caused a mainstream journalist’s head to explode when he explained how not everything should be about obtaining money and power.

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    Crowder Declares “WAR” On YouTube For Removing Alex Jones Segments

    “We will not pacify, we will not kowtow, and we will not stop. Not now. Not ever.”

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    Conservative host Stephen Crowder has vowed “This means WAR,” after YouTube removed several of his videos, including clips of Infowars founder Alex Jones guest hosting his show.

    Crowder tweeted out screenshots of his inbox and notifications from YouTube that his content has been purged for “violating community guidelines.”

    Crowder came out punching, declaring that “I don’t give a shit that we’re ONE STRIKE AWAY from being banned permanently,” and saying he will never stop whether YouTube likes it or not.

    Despite having close to SIX MILLION subscribers on YouTube, Crowder made the cardinal sin of providing a platform to Alex Jones, whom YouTube censored, banned and completely erased from the platform several years ago, paving the way for hundreds more after him to be silenced.

    Crowder has also recently partnered up with Rumble, a direct competitor to YouTube, and one which refuses to censor legitimate content.

    YouTube long ago cemented its place as the establishment owned and run platform where only content approved and authorised by the ‘powers that be’ is allowed to be seen by the masses, and that continues to intensify.

    Watch the clips that YouTube banned below, and share the entire show via Rumble, a video hosting platform that still believes in free speech.

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