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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 1d

@quinta c'è un po’ di Star Trek in quello che scrivi, quell’altruismo razionale, quasi vulcaniano, dove la tecnologia è pensata per il bene comune. Però la “scommessa di Pascal” applicata all’AI mi lascia perplesso, perché non stiamo scegliendo se credere in un dio buono o no, ma come costruire […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 1d

One reason Moldova matters: it is treated as a laboratory for hybrid tactics. #disinformation, illicit financing, staged unrest — each experiment pushes at the edges of democratic resilience.

What fails in Chișinău can be refined elsewhere, because there is no periphery.

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 2d

🇲🇩 Moldova’s election was not just about who governs in Chișinău. It was about how Europe absorbs pressure when adversaries don’t play by the rules.

🇷🇺 Russia’s campaign there shows why “periphery” is a dangerous illusion. Every weak spot can be weaponized to […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 6d

Recognition, not ideology, is what drives many of today’s extremist acts. If that’s true, prevention can’t just be counter-ideology. It has to address the online economies that make notoriety valuable.

I sketch some ideas here → […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 8d

We often expect extremists to have clear doctrines. Increasingly, what we see is incoherence by design: contradictions, mashups, memes. Maybe incoherence is the point.

I tried to unpack that here 🔗 […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 9d

Violence once carried manifestos. Now we see bullets engraved with memes and irony.

Are we dealing with ideology at all, or with something closer to performance?

📬 My take here […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 14d

#zelensky has pulled off a quiet turnaround. From being humiliated in February, he now has Trump praising 🇺🇦 Ukraine’s army and mocking 🇷🇺 Russia’s failures. That’s narrative warfare at work, patience, symbols, timing.

But tone isn’t policy. The test is whether #trump keeps this stance or flips […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 20d

As Italian, I've heard such threats before and similar actions when Berlusconi was Prime Minister. If you are curious to know, it does not get better. #kimmel https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/18/us/trump-news/3e6f9920-edbe-5269-b64d-fb4a0b9b1e28?smid=url-share

Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 20d

Von der Leyen’s call to protect children from harmful platforms speaks to a real concern, but the proposed instruments open a dangerous path. Age verification, ID-linked access, or surveillance backdoors would create new vulnerabilities for all users.

The paradox is clear: a shield built this […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 22d

Independent journalism is often treated as something optional, but its decline leaves deep scars. News deserts are not voids: they quickly become fertile ground for #disinformation and hostile narratives.

A Media Resilience Programme is more than financial support, it is recognition that media […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 23d

🇪🇺 In her latest State of the Union, Ursula von der Leyen chose strong words: Europe is “in a fight” and democracy itself is the target. The idea of a European Democracy Shield marks a shift, but not without dilemmas. Which measures truly build resilience, and […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 27d

Healthy skepticism asks for verification. Toxic cynicism dismisses everything. #ai makes it tempting to slide from one into the other. If every record can be brushed off with “it’s AI,” then denial wins by default. The challenge is keeping doubt disciplined.

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · 29d

For decades, images like the moon landing or the fall of the Berlin Wall bound memory together. They were more than documents, they were collective proof. Today, doubt is the default. Tomorrow, what will we trust enough to call history?

🔗 Full reflection here […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Sep 8

🍊 Trump joked: “If something bad happens, just blame AI.” It was a grin, but also a glimpse of what’s coming. Evidence no longer anchors truth, it invites denial.

👾 Generative tech hasn’t just made forgeries easier. It’s made accountability weaker.

📬 That’s […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 31

The Gates Foundation frames its shift as streamlining. Yet the backdrop is a climate where Trump and his allies use power to intimidate civil society. That pressure spills over: donors change course, not only to cut costs but to avoid risk.

The result isn’t neutrality but distortion: less space […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 24

The QAnon universe, now fully absorbed into the MAGA movement, continues to interpret Trump’s most banal gestures as coded signals. A recent photo of Trump and JD Vance without ties was reframed by QAnon circles as “evidence” that something momentous is […]

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 15

AI development cannot be left to the goodwill of private companies or governments. We would need a shared global digital ethics. Unfortunately, It won't happen.

@verge https://mastodon.social/@verge/115033925316797393

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Anthropic has new rules for a more dangerous AI landscape https://www.theverge.com/news/760080/anthropic-updated-usage-policy-dangerous-ai-landscape

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 8

Zuckerberg didn’t invent belief as performance. But The Social Network shows us what happens when belief, feedback, and identity merge.

The result isn’t distortion. It’s recalibration.

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

Installing backdoors into software/hardware is an old wet dream of those who understand nothing about security and have strong authoritarian pulses.

Implementing such measures would be a disaster.

@verge https://mastodon.social/@verge/114981627600012677

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Nvidia rejects US demand for backdoors in AI chips https://www.theverge.com/news/719697/nvidia-ai-gpu-chips-denies-backdoors-kill-switches-spyware

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 6

Digital platforms don’t manipulate your thoughts. They change how belief feels. Responsive. Quantified. Shared.

🧠 What happens when identity becomes a system output?

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 4

If belief is what you signal, not what you hold, what happens to the self?

📬 This week on Future Frontiers: The Social Network as a lens on feedback, identity, and how platforms reprogram what we think we believe.

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Aug 1

In The Wave, what spreads isn’t argument—it’s rhythm. Group synchrony, emotional heat, identity coherence.

You don’t think your way into belief. You perform it. Then you defend it.

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Jul 29

Belief systems don’t persuade us. They involve us. We act the role before we internalize the idea.

The Wave shows how ideological behavior spreads through mimicry and emotion.

💥 Before you agree, you stand. Then you salute. Then you believe.

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Massimo Flore :verified: @masflov.mastodon.uno.ap.brid.gy · Jul 24

What happens when a fact is too dry to compete with outrage?

We keep scrolling.

Emotional engagement is now the filter. Truth must perform or disappear.

📬 This week’s Future Frontiers piece uses Don’t Look Up to explore what happens when even reality can’t […]

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