Prebunked Malinformation

CISA's definition of Misinformation, Disinformation, and Malinformation

FBI responds to Twitter File Dumps

The concept of "Prebunking Malinformation" suggests a strategy where authorities preemptively target individuals and organizations, including citizens and non-profits, who share information or express skepticism that contradicts official narratives. This approach involves labeling dissenting voices and alternative viewpoints as "malinformation," even if the information being shared is truthful but inconvenient for those in power.

• Preemptive Reputational Destruction: The term "Prebunking" is used to disguise what is essentially a form of preemptive reputational destruction. By preemptively labeling dissenting voices as purveyors of "malinformation," authorities seek to undermine their credibility and reputation before they can gain traction or challenge official narratives effectively. This tactic can have serious consequences for individuals and organizations targeted, including damage to their reputations, social ostracization, or even legal repercussions.
• Targeting Non-state Actors: The use of the term "non-state" by the U.S. Department of State Global Engagement Center implies that the targets of prebunking efforts are in some cases not affiliated with official institutions or foreign state governments. This raises concerns about the misuse of power by authorities to suppress dissent and stifle independent voices within civil society. By targeting individuals and organizations outside of government control, authorities may seek to consolidate their own authority and limit democratic participation and accountability.
• Manipulation of Truth: "Malinformation" can refer to true information that contradicts or casts doubt on official narratives. This highlights the potential for authorities to manipulate the concept of truth to serve their own interests and maintain their grip on power. By labeling inconvenient truths as "malinformation," authorities seek to control the narrative and suppress dissenting viewpoints, regardless of their accuracy or validity.
• Threat to Democracy and Freedom of Expression: The concept of prebunking non-state malinformation poses a significant threat to democracy and freedom of expression. By targeting dissenting voices and alternative viewpoints, authorities undermine the principles of open debate, critical inquiry, and pluralism essential to democratic governance. This can lead to a chilling effect on free speech, self-censorship, and a narrowing of public discourse, ultimately weakening democratic institutions and eroding trust in government.

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2022

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

Um. The phrase that pays is likely to be

“Prebunk Malinformation”

Put those 2 ideas together and it means:

“Preemptively Destroy TruthTellers Contradicting Approved Institutional Disinformation-Based Narratives.”

E.g. “We have a virologist who doesn’t buy the pangolin story”

4:36 PM · Oct 31, 2022

DOPE DIGITAL

@TheDopeDigital

I just saw the word “prebunk” used in regard to “disinformation” & “misinformation”.

The government wants to shut down potential opposing narratives & perspectives before they even exist.

Lol.

Wild dystopian.

11:36 AM · Oct 31, 2022

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

“We kinda sorta partially believe in not denying or subverting most elections within reason much of the time even given the circumstances of Russian control, because we believe deeply in fortified democracy through Prebunking malinformation.” Does not seem like a winning slogan.

10:50 PM · Nov 7, 2022

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

And I think January 6th was a BIG deal. As was Roe. Etc. But at some point you gotta snap out of the idea that you can run on making good people live in fear that you’re going to ruin their ability to feed their families if they disagree with you. Maybe I’m wrong! We’ll see soon.

10:54 PM · Nov 7, 2022

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

“Pre-bunking Malinformation” by the IC.

You’re not allowed to discredit @bariweiss @lhfang @mtaibbi etc. as if they were anti-American operatives just because they told us now exactly how you operate.

How is that part of FBI’s mission??Discrediting factual *SOURCED* reporting??

12:47 AM · Dec 25, 2022

2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

Everybody needs to understand the game. We can’t directly target our own citizens tearing down threadbare official statecraft narratives. So destroying our own citizens sharing skepticism, doubt and information becomes “Prebunking non-state malinformation.”

Also known as evil.

3:31 PM · Feb 10, 2023

Elon Musk

@elonmusk

The worst offender in US government censorship & media manipulation is an obscure agency called GEC https://state.gov/bureaus-offices/under-secretary-for-public-diplomacy-and-public-affairs/global-engagement-center/

10:32 PM · Feb 6, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

Pre-bunking=Preemptive reputational destruction.

Non-state=Individuals and Organizations including citizens and non-profits.

Malinformation=True things that contradict and cast doubt on gated official narratives.

3:39 PM · Feb 10, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

Fringe/Grifter/Crackpot/Guru/Cringe/Charlatan/Nutter/Con-spiracyTheorist/Bloviating/Ghoul/Jew/Malinformation/Clown-Perspective gains ground.

I really love these swift & devastating cryptic campaigns to discredit everyone who tries thinking in public without government permission.

5:53 PM · Feb 26, 2023

David Sacks

@DavidSacks

WSJ: Covid came from a lab https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-origin-china-lab-leak-807b7b0a

10:32 PM · Feb 6, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

“As you know, we have been focused on reducing the virality of content…[that] is often true content.”

Hence the Prebunking (discrediting/image cheapening) of Malinformation Agents (Those spreading real/true information that contradicts the Gated Institutional Narrative or GIN)!

2:35 PM · Mar 17, 2023

Matt Taibbi

@mtaibbi

36."OFTEN TRUE CONTENT" The Virality Project communications mirror those produced in the recent court case Louisiana vs Biden, which showed Facebook admitting to the WHO that it, too, was censoring true content.

2:00 PM · Mar 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

I) Disinformation + “Informed Consent” = DISINFORMED Consent.

II) “Malinformation” leading to non-consent lead to “Malinformed Refusal to Consent”.

III) Malinformation & Disinformation were defined by deviation from a *State narrative* based on questionable objectives/science.

7:33 PM · Mar 18, 2023

Matt Taibbi

@mtaibbi

1.TWITTER FILES #19
The Great Covid-19 Lie Machine
Stanford, the Virality Project, and the Censorship of “True Stories”

2:00 PM · Mar 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

The most powerful disinformation agent was the STATE. That is, the STATE alone decided what was necessary and blocked, intimidated, & tarnished all those scientists, academicians and physicians who attempted to question any part of the official public health narrative. Read this.

7:37 PM · Mar 18, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

The public needed information that was labeled “Malinformation” (that is, actual truth the state finds contradicts its narrative). It got mis/disinformation from Fauci/Collins at NIAID/NIH relabeled as information based on “Noble Lying” widely taught & tolerated in Public Health.

7:42 PM · Mar 18, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

It @mtaibbi is not wrong, we are being disinformed. That is, your consent is disinformed consent which is no consent at all.

Whether you may happen to support this program is irrelevant. The fact that you have neighbors who were disinformed against their will is what matters.

7:46 PM · Mar 18, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

I’m sorry. But this is just terrible. I don’t think we know how bad yet. 🙏

Cc: @noUpside

7:49 PM · Mar 18, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

Because our institutions decided that they outgrew the free society they serve.

6:47 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

What is “Prebunking Malinformation”?

https://www.cisa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/mdm-incident-response-guide_508.pdf https://archive.is/CuoJ7

6:56 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

What is a “Free Speech Zone” to a free people? [Since 1988]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_speech_zone

6:59 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

What is a “reputation score” and why am I still throttled?

7:10 PM · Jun 17, 2023

X Daily News

@xDaily

NEWS: The Twitter team continue to find shadowbans buried deep in the Twitter code.

Just last week they found a measure that stopped accounts assigned a low 'Reputation score' from trending.

This shadowban even applied to Elon's account and prevented his tweets from trending.

5:10 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

What is ESG and how does it work exactly?

7:12 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Aaron Sibarium

@aaronsibarium

NEW: From S&P Global to the London Stock Exchange, tobacco companies are crushing Tesla in the ESG ratings. How could cigarettes, which kill over 8 million a year, be deemed a more ethical investment than electric cars?

One answer: Tobacco’s gone woke.🧵 https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/how-tobacco-companies-are-crushing-esg-ratings/

5:10 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

What is “Controlled Sponteneity”?

Is there a more Orwellian oxymoron among oxymorons?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax2FWS4qYVw

7:13 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

What was Project DEFUSE? Seriously.

https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21066966-defuse-proposal/

7:44 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

Why is this so anti-interesting?

Just search on “Furin”, “SARS-CoV” “Spike Protein”, “Wuhan” and “DTRA” for @doddtra. Wouldn’t you **want** deep public hearings if this was all a super unfortunate coincidence? Right??

Coincidence theory puts conspiracy theory to shame.

7:53 PM · Jun 17, 2023

Eric Weinstein

@EricRWeinstein

If you want to understand Trump & RFK, make it very simple. Ignore the errors and issues for a moment. ALL of them. They’re the only 2 major candidates working at the scope of “Maybe almost EVERYTHING important/weird that we’re told by institutions is potentially totally wrong.”

7:59 PM · Jun 17, 2023

See Also

• Anechoic Era or Anechoic media
• Anti-Interesting
• Abomination Ratio
• Break-Glass-in-case-of-Emergency People
• Church Committee
• Cobalt and Baby Blue-on-Blue
• Communication Security Complex
• Deaths of Accountability
• Digital Wet-work
• Fact Burning
• Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD)
• Follow the Silence
• Free Speech
• Image Cheapening
• Information Asymmetry
• The Invisible World is First Detected by the Visible World’s Failure to Close
• Jessupization
• Kayfabrication
• Law of Gaslighting
• Map the Silences
• Neo-Debunker
• No-Living-Heroes Theory
• Nothing Burger
• Regulated Expression
• Responsible Conspiracy Theorizing
• Seberging
• Steady Hands
• The United States of Absolutely Nothing (U.S.A.N.)
• Tuskegee Principle
• Universal Institutional Betrayal

References

• CISA.gov
• State.gov
• GEC