• Dessa [she/her]
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    8 months ago

    Because the US was preparing for a proxy war with russia, and had a planned propaganda camplaign in place to keep domestic discord suppressed.

    In contrast, Hamas had been planning Al-Aqsa flood and had prepared to spread their propaganda well ahead of time, while the occupiers and the US were caught flat-footed.

    Hamas knew the importance of contrilling messaging, and used social media to get out shocking images the people have a hard time ignoring, as well as heroic combat footage.that people are eager to share.

    By the time social media companies had prepared to suppress the info, it was too late.

    This is what they mean when they say that information campaigns are a huge part of modern warfare