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Propaganda in social networks, the lubricious dream of the great Bernays manipulator

Propaganda on social networks such as Facebook and Twitter is a powerful tool for manipulating public opinion according to a set of studies carried out within the Computational Propaganda Research Project by the Oxford Internet Institute, of the Oxford University.To reach this conclusion, on the other hand nothing surprising, researchers have analyzed the use of social networks for the manipulation of public opinion, between 2015 and 2017, in Brazil, Canada, China, Germany , Poland, Taiwan, Russia, Ukraine and the United States. Bernays, women smokers and eggs with bEIcon Today few know Edward L.Bernays, father of the theory of propaganda and public relations , who in 1928 wrote that "the conscious and intelligent manipulation of organized habits and opinions of the masses is an element of importance in democratic society.Those who manipulate this hidden mechanism of society constitute the invisible government that holds the true power that governs the destiny of our coun...

Live the festivals on the internet and social networks without fear of cybercriminals

The summer season is accompanied by the start of the best festivals and the cities and towns of Spain are filled with stages, concerts and live music.The festive agenda has just kicked off Departure with some of the most emblematic as the BBK, in Bilbao, and the newly landed-but already consolidated-Mad Cool, in Madrid. the festivals on the net Although our country has been the epicenter of many festivals for decades, the way of living them has changed at the same pace as the digital society advances. Now, we enjoy our favorite songs through the screens of our smartphones, to immortalize the moment and share it on social networks.We download the apps of the chosen festival to plan the concert schedule, we buy tickets online, where we also look for information about transport and accommodation. enjoy without neglecting cybersecurity However, as Teinteresa.es has published, cybercriminals are very informed about these new festive routines and do not lose the opportunity to ste...

5G, a promise of the future with a present yet to be defined

The 5G is the new promise of the telecommunications sector that, predicts, thanks to this technology, a revolution that will consist in stopping connecting people to connect everything.From there, all kinds of speculation about the development of an ecosystem arise future technology, which includes autonomous cars, new mobile devices, sensors in our streets, open-hearted operations at a distance and, beyond that, applications that we cannot even imagine.However, it should be realistic about the current situation of this technology , as revealed in a meeting about this technology organized by El Espanol. Related Today, 5G only offers more network capacity to the operators who, curiously, have an underutilized 4G network."There is still spectrum to grow, so this 5G fever must be lowered to the ground.At the moment it only provides capacity and this new network will be deployed when there is m viable business models that are yet to be seen, ”said Manuel Sanchez Malagon, direct...

Artificial intelligence and social networks to fight noise

Image of ericbarns on Pixabay A team of researchers from the Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM) has developed a text analysis system that, applied to the comments published on social networks, is able to automatically detect complaints about acoustic pollution and classify them according to their origin.The system combines artificial intelligence-specifically machine learning-with various language analysis techniques.In addition, allows predicting the occurrence of noisy events, which can help urban managers to design early interventions to avoid inconvenience and health problems for citizens.The study has been developed in collaboration with Telecom Paristech. Related Acoustic pollution It affects 25% of that of the European population.Of the 500 million people in the European Union, it is estimated that 125 are exposed to noise levels higher than those recommended by the World Organization Health: This causes public health problems and losses in the quality of life of ...

Google launches the #YoMeSumo challenge to prevent hate speech on social networks

Within the framework of the School Day of Nonviolence and Peace, Google has just presented the new campaign of diffusion We are More in social networks to raise awareness about hate speech and violent radicalism that will have the support of renowned Spanish youtubers and invite young people to participate through the hashtag #YoMeSumo. This challenge #YoMeSumo has the objective that the new generations of Our country will demonstrate against hate speech through social networks by drawing a "+1" in the palm of your hand and sharing your photo, video or GIF under the hashtag.Young people interested can also make use of GIFs and resources already available on the project website to spread the message of the good use of these tools. #Yomesumo to the good use of social networks To reach the whole world, the campaign has brought together a group of Spanish youtubers engaged in the fight against hate speech (in the forms of racism, xenophobia, homophobia, Islamophobia an...

Do you want to squeeze the maximum GIMP? Well, don't stop applying these tips

In a context in which the culture of visuals is the order of the day and in which the photo retouching has become something that goes beyond professionals, know the best image editor is essential.One of the best known is Photoshop, a tool used by experts that, however, is not free. Fortunately, it is possible to achieve practically identical results with another that does not imply any cost: GIMP.The utility, which has more than 20 years behind it is very similar and integrates, practically, the same features .Today we collect some of the best tips and tricks to get the most out of it and squeeze it to the fullest. Use the guides To start, we can talk about one of those benefits usually forgotten by many of us: the guides.A complement that will help us maintain symmetry and that we can easily visualize by simply dragging them from the sides to the inside of the editing panel. In GIMP they appear in the upper and left frame ; and they give us the opportunity to establish s...

Orange Sorpasso in mobile telephony?

In Sabemos, the journalist Raul Masa has endorsed the very popular term sorpasso to describe what may be happening in the mobile phone sector in Spain.Analyzing the data provided by the 'Report Economic Sector of Telecommunications' that develops every year the National Commission of Markets and Competition (CNMC), the journalist points to a trend that leads Orange to be very close to Movistar in a market, that of mobile telephony, that the The historical operator was leading in the last decade with ease.Orange's surprise to Movistar begins to look like something more than a dream of the orange company. And, as explained in the information, the mobile phone segment has narrowed as never before.For the first time, the three major operators: Movistar, Orange and Vodafone, move in less than five points distance market share.Only five years ago there were 21 points of difference between the first and third.This graph is very illustrative. Orange, a machine to win customer...