I sat and reviewed an article from the AP....concerning Germany.
The emphasis? Google has some type of partnership brewing in Germany, with the coalition gov't....where a new anti-misinformation campaign will start up. The push? Basically to make the general public of Germany 'more resilient' to digital misinformation.
How this will occur? A number of short video clips to layout the way that fake stories are created and built to make you think something false.
Where the ads will appear? They say on regular platforms (YouTube/TikTok/etc).This is a concept that's been out for a couple of years and called 'pre-bunking'.
I sat and pondered over this, and how the German gov't might perceive this as a big positive.
But then I came to a rational end-point which isn't that pleasant. Once you start training people to see BS or be skeptical.....they don't just do it for fake stories or propaganda......they start getting skeptical when any government statement comes out, or some virus-guidance is mandated, or when some environmentalist suggests X or Y will destroy our society.
The tech company and their 'army' thinking they are doing the society a great favor? Obviously.
I would suggest that somewhere between 30 and 40 percent of German society now have some 'hard-wired' skepticism built in presently. Literally any topic can be immediately dragged out and questioned to the legit or fake nature. But thanks to Goggle....we can double that number in just two or three years.
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