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The datacenter industry is using propaganda to fight opposition | Samuel Woolley, Dean Jackson and Maia Woluchem

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In an opinion piece for The Guardian US, Samuel Woolley, Dean Jackson and Maia Woluchem argue that the datacenter industry uses propaganda, disinformation and information control to shape public opinion and undermine community opposition to the facilities. The authors say their new research supports this, and they point to figures from tech leaders to the president who have dismissed datacenter resistance with labels such as "Antifa," "Chinese bots," a "documented psyop" and a "Chinese PR thing." They contend that big tech uses misdirection and jargon to obscure the harm datacenters can cause to communities.

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  1. The Guardian US FIRST 45m ago The datacenter industry is using propaganda to fight opposition | Samuel Woolley, Dean Jackson and Maia Woluchem

    Big tech has used misdirection, disinformation and jargon to obscure the harm the facilities can cause to communities “Antifa”. “Commies”. “Chinese bots”. Everyone from tech leaders to the president has called datacenter resistance a “ documented psyop ” and a “ Chinese PR thing ”. But why do they make these claims? Our new research finds that the datacenter industry uses propaganda, disinformation, and information control to mold public opinion and undermine community opposition. Continue readi

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