Oooof. I would have thought others would be in a better position 😕 Ah yes Pyrou! Will definitely reach out to her thanks Ana!

@anabrandusescu.bsky.social in case you hear of any orgs/funders who plan to provide tech assistance to policy CSOs or push for field-building of AI gov/data gov/tech policy in Southeast Asia, do let me know! It's a bit worrying over here 🥴

The ICT4D / digital devt academic I talked to said govt agencjes are left to their own devices, doing their own thing. To add further complication, you hardly have any tech policy CSOs around to hold gov to account. I needed a drink after hearing all that.

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Photo of the Diamond Model didn't upload earlier. Here it is!

a clear case of how 'narrative warfare' is waged in the information environment to further geopolitical interests

www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11...

media used by influencers such as print media, television, and digital platforms."
News published two days ago not only shows coordinated inauthentic behaviour across platforms but also presents

of the influencer, meaning the individual or organization conducting malign influence activities, and the audience, meaning the intended target of the IO. The technical axis comprises capabilities, or the influencer’s tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and infrastructure, including the

"the narrative, which is overlooked in some Influence Operations (IO) frameworks, is essential for understanding the intentions and objectives of the influencer. In the Diamond Model, narrative is positioned at the center of the diamond, intersected by two key axes. The sociopolitical axis consists

the narratives, infrastructure, and tactics deployed for influence operations.
This particular research supported by Internews is a great read: "Nexus of Manipulation: Anatomy of Influence Operations in the Philippines" internews.org/resource/nex...

We end up in a situation where our ENTIRE information environment is essentially structured and shaped by a tiny number of companies who have far more information than any of us about the nature and structure of that environment. That can only be bad for democracy."

"If it gets to a point where you can't put out stuff in public without it essentially being scraped and owned by major technology companies that have already accumulated far more power than is healthy for any one company to have...

great food for thought as I think about how to document and unpack the way intermediaries strategise and operate in a certain locale. More about The Good Shift here - www.thegoodshift.co

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There's a fair amount of literature out there on intermediation and I've narrowed my sights on open data intermediaries in developing countries. Seeing Ingrid Burkett's visual on the roles they've seen intermediaries play "to support innovation in the regenerative & distributive futures space" is

Now we'll see the narrative war between the Marcos & Duterte camps unfold in the coming days. I'm suddenly reminded of Borgen (yep the danish TV series) on the power of "spin doctors".

More about the power-sharing of these two political dynasties -
www.cambridge.org/core/books/a...