Turkish Intelligence developed a smartphone apps that lets its citizens rat each other out

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Originally published at: https://boingboing.net/2019/06/11/turkish-intelligence-developed.html

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This rings a familiar bell.

Now my question is, is it possible to spoof it and deploy disinformation? Set up some snitches with some future stitches?

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Part and parcel of the troubles documented in a recent Washington Post essay by Ece Temelkuran.

Excerpt:

What came next was a massive operation to disrupt rationality and distort language. It took the people of Turkey some time to realize that it is impossible to speak with populist spin doctors — not because they have brilliant debating skills but because they use a certain schizophrenic logic that paralyzes human reason. While this was going on, we perfected our political humor skills to calm our anxieties by making fun of the leader, just as the Americans have been doing for the past two and a half years.

Meanwhile the anger and fear generated by the leader’s absurd statements invaded not only the political sphere but also our most intimate relations. That’s when the most maddening part began: The minions of the leader started to multiply and haunt us in our daily lives. Imagine little Trumps proliferating in your workplace, saying things such as, “I don’t believe in climate change,” or “The world is flat” — and then finding yourself trying to explain why science matters without being condescending toward real people.

In the course of those 17 years, all the old political and judicial mechanisms were steadily taken apart by a ruthless government and party machine, leaving the people of Turkey to struggle to keep what is left of their democracy.

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What could possibly go wrong.

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Fuck. Now the USA is gonna want to do it, too.

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“Don’t suspect a friend; report him!”

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Sounds like the Republicans.

“…a massive operation to disrupt rationality and distort language. It took the people of [America] some time to realize that it is impossible to speak with populist spin doctors — not because they have brilliant debating skills but because they use a certain schizophrenic logic that paralyzes human reason.”

Don’t think all of us have learned that lesson.

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It’s been a while since we’ve seen SeamusBellamy.

Assume you’ve been deep undercover researching this story. :+1: :

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Seamus is back! Whoohoo! :+1:

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