The CA, the ODPC, and the CAK should establish toll free numbers, voice and sms, for reporting persons and entities that send unsolicited messages whether commercial, financial, or political, in breach of provisions of communication, data protection and consumer protection laws.
The dispensation of fakes and deep fakes is here with us. It's here to stay. The rate of susceptibility leaves little to hope for. Noting the effectiveness of well-run human-propaganda machinery, imagine how effective algorithm and bot-run propaganda campaign would be? Exquisite
The stark reality however is that the situation is grave – the outcome of blunders so deeply rooted and systemic casting doubt over justification, if at all, for the 20-year long campaign.
US-Afghan Withdrawal
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The backlash on, and the general execution of, the US withdrawal from Afghan reinforces the notion that, 'withdrawal under heavy enemy pressure is probably the most difficult and perilous of all operations of war.'
One would be forgiven to presume that the withdrawal is a tactical one with deception at the centre stage and thus hope for more action in the theatre of war.
The driver, the conductor, and the passenger, though traveling in the same vehicle, have legitimate but inherently different perspectives, experiences and encounters. Neither one superior or inferior to the other. ~ Brian Daniel