[iii] For example, Mussolini used newsreels, while Trump has used Twitter and now uses his “Truth Social” account to propagandize. As a result of the authoritarian’s propaganda his followers cannot distinguish between fact and fiction, cannot distinguish between true and false. Their hearts and minds will follow—him; him; always and only him. [i] See, generally, Strongmen, Mussolini to the Present, Ruth Ben-Chiat, W.W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York, 2021 (referred to as Strongmen). [ii] https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/17/us/politics/trump-plans-2025.html; https://prospect.org/politics/2023-07-18-donald-trump-plotting-make-himself-dictator/; https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/01/donald-trump-mike-pence-2020-overturned;[iii] Strongmen, pp.92-93[iv] https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-threatening-video-b2379372.html[v]See:https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2023-07-07/artificial-intelligence-brings-nightmare-scenario-to-2024-presidential-campaign-analysts; https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/misleading-ai-generated-content-a-top-concern-among-state-election-officials-for-2024; https://www.reuters.com/world/us/deepfaking-it-americas-2024-election-collides-with-ai-boom-2023-05-30/; https://www.politico.com/news/2023/06/18/campaigns-ai-2024-00102463[vi]See:https://www.datanami.com/2023/04/17/self-regulation-is-the-standard-in-ai-for-now/; https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/jul/21/ai-ethics-guidelines-google-meta-amazon[vii] https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/20653/urlt/6-4.pdf[viii] Strongmen, Chapter Five, Propaganda.

Source: The Guardian July 26, 2023 19:50 UTC