This piece popped up
that references to another
The basic premise is that an individual has been hired by the 2020 campaign to run a $1 billion microtargeting disinformation campaign on social media. That is, reportedly thousands of data points have been gathered on all voters and they will be bombarded with very specific, tailored ads to either vote for the preferred candidate, or at least not vote for the opposition. Outright lies and falsehoods will be so numerous that factual news will be drowned out.
All this is making sense as a major and pre-eminent social media tech company has said it will not ban false political advertising. Perhaps it has something to do with opposition candidates indicating they will curtail the power and size of big social media. In my post about the German politics in the early 20th century, this is akin to industrialist combatting socialists by abetting Hitler.
Returning to the title. the individual may not be the new Goebbels (historical note: Adolf Hitler's Minister of Propaganda) but he will certainly be helped along the way. I always thought the new Goebbels was someone else (or many other persons) but tey have fallen by the wayside. Perhaps the new Goebbels will comprise of many.
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