Romania is under attack these days in a cognitive war. “We defend the website of the Permanent Electoral Authority in vain if they directly penetrate people's minds”
On Tuesday morning, HotNews will publish an exposé about a long-running political campaign taking place in Romania around this time.
Many popular websites have been running seemingly benign ads for some time now. They are not simple advertising mockups, they are “something much smarter and better placed”, explained an expert, interviewed by HotNews.
On Tuesday morning, HotNews will provide details on this operation. “It's a cognitive war,” said the specialist, who agreed to speak, accepting his conclusions.
Specialist: Let the “security structures” contradict me if they can!
Campaigns are used to collect data so that people are known in detail about their preferences, choices and behaviour. Based on information about themselves, they are profiled. “This industry of profiling people who can believe anything silly is completely ignored in Romania and I can't wait to be contradicted by Romania's security structures,” he says.
“These data are very valuable for actors hostile to Romania's interests and unfortunately they are also valuable for some of the country's parties that want to target vulnerable people”, believes the man interviewed by the editorial office.
And the rejection of European laws also has the effect of facilitating this kind of mass manipulation. The victims are not a few people, but many hundreds of thousands. What the perpetrators of this attack are banking on, in Tuesday morning's HotNews article.
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