Google is planning to expand its “prebunking” campaign in Germany after operational success in Eastern Europe, with the campaign aimed at countering effects of “disinformation” even as some experts warn that prebunking would effectively act as censorship.
Prebunking is a “scientifically researched communication technique that helps users to recognize and reject future attempts to manipulate them with false information. This helps to increase society’s resilience to disinformation and related narratives and manipulation techniques,” according to an article posted by Google on Monday.
Prebunking campaigns often use short videos that explore commonly-used “disinformation” techniques like scaremongering, said the company. The videos explain certain concepts according to Google’s progressive ideological alignment, like a precautionary education….