![]() To get a better understanding of Russian disinformation or Cambridge Analytica “micro-targeting,” Sean and I turned to the concept of social engineering. (We also write about more recent events, but these are two very well-documented instances of attempts at mass manipulation). The big events here, of course, were the Russian interference campaign and Cambridge Analytica, both reaching prominence during the 2016 US presidential election. The book was prompted by the explosion of disinformation and manipulation we’ve observed over the past 10 years. So, this post is a way for me to make those connections. Such public writing is new to me – it’s even a bit intimidating – but seems appropriate for this topic.īut the more I’m digging into what it means to envision, make, and realize ethical, FOSS, alternative social media, the more I realize my latest book, Social Engineering, is directly relevant to the project. My idea is to use this blog to publicly write that book. So, I’ve focused instead on my next project, the Goal 2 project of writing a book about FOSS alternative social media. In the parlance of this blog, that’s a decidedly Goal 1 topic – about using FOSS tools to do academic work. When I did write about it, I focused on the fact that my co-author, Sean Lawson, and I were able to use FOSS (particularly Nextcloud) to write it. It didn’t seem like a good topic for this FOSS-centric blog. I’ve not written much about my most recent book, Social Engineering (MIT Press, 2022) on this blog. ![]()
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