The greatest innovation in crime ever was the seizure of media by criminals. They can slander their detractors, cover up their crimes entirely or blame others for them, spread disinfo and then prey on the confused and bewildered, and praise the weakest of police spokepeople and political figures which will help the idiots get elected to these positions and hence the crimes can continue.
As traditional media become fake news, crime figures swarmed the socials, for the same reason. Would a bioterrorist install covert assets into the socials for the same reason, to provide a smoke screen, a cover, censorship, attack vectors against critics? Undoubtedly.
And here we are. The same game has played out for at least a century.
The greatest innovation in crime ever was the seizure of media by criminals. They can slander their detractors, cover up their crimes entirely or blame others for them, spread disinfo and then prey on the confused and bewildered, and praise the weakest of police spokepeople and political figures which will help the idiots get elected to these positions and hence the crimes can continue.
As traditional media become fake news, crime figures swarmed the socials, for the same reason. Would a bioterrorist install covert assets into the socials for the same reason, to provide a smoke screen, a cover, censorship, attack vectors against critics? Undoubtedly.
And here we are. The same game has played out for at least a century.
Which is why I think the first arrests should be the mainstream media.