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    Pro-totalitäre Propaganda im Internet, eine „echte Bedrohung“ für junge Menschen
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    Pro-totalitäre Propaganda im Internet, eine „echte Bedrohung“ für junge Menschen

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    1. Wagamaga on

      The Institute for the Investigation of Crimes of Communism and the Memory of Romanian Exile (IICCMER) warns that pro-totalitarian propaganda online has become a phenomenon with a major impact on society, especially on young people. According to an analysis carried out by Didona Goanța, a strategic communication consultant and collaborator of IICCMER, only 200 posts on TikTok generated approximately 130 million views, a sign of massive exposure to manipulative content. The conclusions were presented at the „Romanian Communism“ conference, 14th edition, and show the existence of an extensive, systematic network, supported by „troll and bot farms“ that promote pro-communist nostalgia and extremist messages.

      The analysis identifies two main categories of TikTok pages involved in the spread of propaganda messages.

      – Old pages, used for credibility transfer

      These appeared around 2017 and built solid communities based on emotional content, animal clips, sensitive images, inspirational messages. After a few years, the administrators suddenly changed the editorial direction, gradually introducing pro-communist content, exploiting the trust already formed between the page and the audience. Strategy: building audience loyalty through emotion, followed by the gradual introduction of propaganda.

      -Troll and bot pages, massively activated after 2021

      These accounts were created directly for propaganda purposes. Their activity accelerated in 2023, with an obvious peak during the presidential elections. The posts are daily, coherent and synchronized with major political events, indicating sophisticated coordination. Strategy: explicit propaganda, constant rhythm, exploitation of tense political moments.

    4. Hobbet404 on

      Have you talked to Gen Z? Covid and their Gen X parents fucked them. I work in higher education in the US and the critical thinking skills are almost non-existent. They aren’t a year or two behind, they are vastly behind by almost every measure. It’s like talking to a wall. A wall that speaks and thinks only in short-bursts of internet pop culture. They can’t turn it off.

      Enrollment being down is only part of the reason US universities are fighting so hard for international students. The other part is because there is no way half of these kids can make it past sophomore year. It’s a fucking miracle they graduated high school in the first place.

    5. ColdFusion363 on

      Well it’s simple. The young ones in the west want a totalitarian government because they thought that they are gonna become part of this elitist circle to harm others.

      Meanwhile. I’am sure a lot of young Chinese and definitely North Korean folks want freedom.

    8. Tomicoatl on

      The unwillingness to enforce law and order, provide housing and stable employment is going to push young people further and further to populist authoritarianism. No doubt in my mind that it is coming and will be brought in by Gen A and B. 

    9. Eric1491625 on

      Lol they defined any sort of *neutrality*, let alone nostalgia, for the old Romanian communism as Pro-Totalitarianian propaganda. 

      Even neutrality counts. Anything less than condemnation for communism counted as „Pro-Totalitarianism propaganda“. You’re just not supposed to say *any* facts about that time period that don’t make the regime look bad.

      By that logic, India would consider anything less than full condemnation of the British Empire as „Totalitarian propaganda“ too. An instagram post like „Britain built railways in India“ would count as Totalitarian Propaganda.

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