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Cara posted an update 8 years, 6 months ago
This is the third time I am attempting to share this. Both previous times, the post has simply disappeared. This time I have used a URL shortener.
This article is by the Saker on recent / current Russian counter propaganda. Interesting reading if only to study the propaganda techniques.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/ycoy7bj5
The Giza Forum (Legacy)
Closed Archive of The Old Forum
Posting the opening here in an effort to get the post to stay.
“*Re-visiting Russian counter-propaganda methods*
Everything we were told about the Soviet Union turned out to be a lie,
but everything we were told about the West turned out to be true
Russian joke
In May of 2016 I wrote an article for the Unz Review ent i tled “Counter-Propaganda, Russian Style” in which I tried to show the immense difference between the old, Soviet, approach to propaganda and counter-propaganda and the approach taken by the Russian authorities today. The main difference was this: if the Soviet went out of their way to prevent western propaganda from reaching the Soviet people, the Russians are nowadays doing the exact opposite: they are going out of their way to make sure that western propaganda is immediately translated and beamed into every single Russian household. What I propose to do today is to share with you a few recent examples of what Russian households are regularly exposed to…..”
yes why do the posts disappear all the time? it’s very discouraging to type in replies on my beat up phone only to see the post vanish minutes later…
Perhaps some sites are “blacklisted” as “inappropriate content”. Fairly easy to do…. there are already security watch lists of known hacking emails addresses / sites etc. frequently consulted by those working in IT security.
I think Daniel (webmaster) said that the website uses an algorithm which sometimes picks up certain combinations of words that can lead to a post not being accepted. Not necessarily any rhyme or reason,