International Monetary Fund (IMF) researchers see the possibility of using the data from your browsing, search, and purchase history to create a more accurate mechanism for determining the credit rating of an individual or business.
I genuinely think that, besides the obvious angles of demonising an 'other' and distracting from one's own doings, there is also a strategy of desensitisation directed at their own populaces at play when it comes to this sort of thing.
X country is bad
X country is doing Y
Y is a bad thing (by virtue of being associated with X)
We, unlike X, are good and have accountability systems in place
The case for doing Y over here, but in a good way
Actually, we have been doing Y for some quite time now
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Or something along such lines. It is a rather rough idea but I think you know what I am getting at.
All propaganda against China is fucking projection
make bots that search rich mayo shit from 6pm - 8pm.
Use a VPN for all browsing outside of those hours so it looks like you have a job
May we finally pop the internet ad bubble?
I genuinely think that, besides the obvious angles of demonising an 'other' and distracting from one's own doings, there is also a strategy of desensitisation directed at their own populaces at play when it comes to this sort of thing.
Or something along such lines. It is a rather rough idea but I think you know what I am getting at.
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