I didn't see a link to the local version of the exploratory post:
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2019/04/towards_an_info.html
My comments from there still stand.
@George H.H. Mitchell
On a sort of related tangent, though, can we all agree to ban the phrase "fake news" from civilized discourse? It was useful, maybe four years ago, but it has lost its legitimacy through overuse (especially by one particular citizen). I don't have an ideal replacement (propaganda is too long); maybe pseudo news or anti-news. In the right context, just call it lies.
The problem is that the label "fake news" did not originate to describe lies, but rather to lie and discredit stories that reported inconvenient truths. I would agree that lies should just be called lies, but softer words often get used for whatever reason. The real offensive part of all of this is that liars no longer lose credibility these days. People have become so tribal that they support the lies of their allies rather than looking to associate with people who aren't dishonest.
And it's important to note that propaganda may not be lies. Indeed, the best kinds of propaganda are unslanted truths that the target just doesn't want people to hear. Or sometimes the lack of information will get the gears of conspiracy theorists running out of control (e.g., the recent death of Jeffery Epstein). I maintain that no "kill chain" will be successful if the public isn't educated enough to be able to understand how and why they're being influenced.
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