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Obama Warns Against Irresponsible Social Media Use (bbc.com)
In his first interview since leaving the White House in January, former President Barack Obama spoke about the dangers of irresponsible use of social media. From a report on BBC: He warned that such actions were distorting people's understanding of complex issues, and spreading misinformation. "All of us in leadership have to find ways in which we can recreate a common space on the internet," he said. The former president expressed concern about a future where facts are discarded and people only read and listen to things that reinforce their own views. "One of the dangers of the internet is that people can have entirely different realities. They can be cocooned in information that reinforces their current biases. The question has to do with how do we harness this technology in a way that allows a multiplicity of voices, allows a diversity of views, but doesn't lead to a Balkanisation of society and allows ways of finding common ground," he said.
A bluff? That's what we're calling lies these days? You do realize that Russia regarded Obama's "red line" in Syria as America's Suez Moment? The moment when the great power reveals itself as weak and cowardly. Russia would have NEVER tried to pull the shit that they pulled, invading Crimea and such, without being absolutely certain that Obama would do nothing. Thanks, Obama.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!
In 2016 senior leadership within the Obama FBI and Department of Justice, with direct and provable ties straight to the White House, planned and conducted a targeted political operation against a presidential candidate by weaponizing the intelligence community against Donald Trump.
Using sketchy, intentionally misleading and false information provided to a U.S. District Court Judge, the Obama FBI and DOJ colluded to present an application for wiretaps and surveillance authority to the FISA court; subsequently, they used a FISA warrant as part of an exhaustive counterintelligence operation against their political opposition.
This is no longer some pie-in-the-sky conspiracy. There is massive evidence, including statements from the co-conspirators, that highlights this exact operation in detail. Thank God for our alternative media which is shining the blinding light of the sun on this blight on our Republic. If things were like Obama wanted in TFA, we would not have alternative media to report these inconvenient truths. Distorting people's understanding of complex issues my ass. Misinformation my ass.
Shutting down free speech with violence isn't fighting fascism. It IS fascism!