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The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here?

ICE Might Be Reading Your Encrypted Text Messages

Paragon is an Israeli firm whose spyware product “Graphite” focuses on breaching encrypted messaging applications such as Telegram and Signal. ICE, the immigration agency, has already acquired the technology.

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Are we all just waiting for the music festival to start?

Prompt:
How might entities exploit loopholes to evade FARA, GDPR, and U.S. election laws, launder psychographic data, and influence targeted campaigns? What tactics and motivations could manipulate Americans, and which regions or demographics are most at risk? What organizations pose this treat?

Whistleblower explains shell media companies used to manipulate voters

YouTube video by Benjamin Prescott January 18, 2025

"Urban Legend's model focuses on mobilizing trusted content creators to promote issues that matter, driving audiences to action."

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Algorithm-driven outrage fueled division. Now conservative extremists set the agenda.

Performative activism dominated social media, so meaningful change never had a chance

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Prompt:
How might entities exploit loopholes to evade FARA, GDPR, and U.S. election laws, launder psychographic data, and influence targeted campaigns? What tactics and motivations could manipulate Americans, and which regions or demographics are most at risk? What organizations pose this treat?

TikTok Promotion: Boost your visibility in 2025 Want to grow your TikTok audience this year? Discover how TikTok Promote can help. Learn the pros and cons, and get expert tips right here.

On TikTok and X, it’s clear: pay-to-play is the name of the game. Organic reach is nice, but if you’re serious about visibility, the ability to promote is a must. Affordable, sure—but is this the new standard for creators?

#bluesky

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YouTube video by Benjamin Prescott January 18, 2025

"Urban Legend's model focuses on mobilizing trusted content creators to promote issues that matter, driving audiences to action."

youtu.be/cfl2xuyU_H0?...

YouTube video by Benjamin Prescott January 18, 2025

Urban Legend was one of those invite-only platform that collaborates with a select group of content creators to promote idea-driven campaigns.

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📱everything you do is tracked across websites, apps, and GPS. it's not just cookies and metadata. pixel tracking, Wi-Fi beacons, third-party brokers, etc. all aggregated, profiled, and sold.

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Prompt :
How might foreign entities exploit loopholes to evade FARA, GDPR, and U.S. election laws, launder psychographic data, and influence targeted campaigns? What tactics and motivations could manipulate Americans, and which regions or demographics are most at risk? What nations pose this treat?

prompt(3/3):
Explain the role of machine learning metrics such as F1 score, precision, and ROC in creating predictive models for voter behavior, and discuss the societal and ethical implications of this level of data-driven manipulation.

prompt(2/3):
Include examples of proven psychographic profiling used by organizations like Cambridge Analytica to influence politics through targeted campaigns.

prompt(1/3):
Describe how modern tracking technologies like pixel tracking, device fingerprinting, and data brokers aggregate and profile user behavior across websites, apps, and IoT devices.

“Cheer up, someday you’ll attend my funeral.”

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Mario Party 5 ad (2003)

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On a scale of 1-10, how mad are you that a foreign billionaire bought your country

2/ First, you may wonder: "How can someone like Trump win an election at all?" He seems to represent everything we teach our kids not to be. The answer lies beneath a web of powerful interests that has been hidden in plain sight for years.

28/ This was the connection. The Koch brothers funded COFI, who contracted Cambridge Analytica and worked with Gloo to roll out the Insights platform.

The data Kriel found? It was a bridge between church apps, Cambridge Analytica, and the GOP.