Disinformation is becoming an increasing concern, particularly for Māori communities already carrying generations of distrust and mamae. Now, a new book examining the tactics and rise of far-right movements, The Far Right Playbook, is bringing those conversations into sharper focus, with Tina Ngata among the contributors.
Tina Ngata is an expert in the field and says that those spreading it target people's vulnerabilities,
"One of the tools of disinformation is that ka pā mai te mamae o te tangata, and so they target sites of mamae, and they target sites that are very emotional, to try and get an instant response out of you, and the most valuable instant response is to share their disinformation. That's what they want.
She says Māori are particularly vulnerable to it,
"Māori are particularly vulnerable to being targeted in that way because we have these sites of distrust already because we have these sites of mamae already and makes us very easy targets for people to have a go at us as well."
Ngata says: The common definition for disinformation is incorrect information that has been deliberately constructed to deceive and in order to achieve somebody's agenda.
In Te Taitokerau, local Far North District Councillor, Davina Smolders has been accused of sharing disinformation in a podcast with Duncan Garner. In the episode, she claimed a Māori takeover was underway in the region and speculated on unlawful processes that included giving iwi more power to make decisions than was appropriate.
Fellow Māori Ward Counillor, Tāmati Rākena said at the time, “a mātou i tēnei wā ngā kai kaunihera, te nuinga o mātou e titiro tawhiti ana nē. Wētahi e titiro ana me pēhea te tīkoki i te waka, he pirau kei roto i tēnei whare, nō reira ko taku hiahia i tēnei wā kia rapu ai kei waenganui i ngā tāngata pai kei roto i ngā kai kaunihera pai, he aha rā te rongoā me pēhea ai e tipaki ai i tērā mamae, i tērā momo pirau kei waenganui i a mātou?”
Ngata says it has been a long-standing issue, "Yeah, co-governance discussions have been drawn into disinformation tactics for years now. Sometimes by bad faith actors online, sometimes by politicians"
Ngata says the election will bring for Māori its own challenges in working out what is the truth and was is shared in bad faith, "You know, Māori have very specific political power in a Tiriti-based nation and what we know about elections and disinformation is that the core goal for them is actually voter suppression is to try and tire you out, and to try make you give up, and to try and make you actually not vote?
She adds, "They're not interested in leading you astray. So much as they're interested in te whakapōhēhē o te tangata. They want to confuse you. And to the point where you don't vote at all. And so those are some of the reasons why they target us; it's our political power. But also, we're very easy targets because we have these sites of mamae because of our experience."
Netsafe encourages whānau to look for evidence and understand the facts before believing what they may see shared.
For more information, the book Tina has contributed to can be found at: farrightplaybook.nz/
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Netsafe are trying to remove this video due to mass reporting from Indians whose 'izzat' has been diminished.
The absolute audacity of these people, they all need to go back.
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🚩Immigrant dumper update:
The Indian dude who got caught littering has gone to the Police and Netsafe to complain about the online circulation of the footage and fears for his ‘safety’.
He’s also claiming the person who recorded the footage broke his mirror - yeah right.
Who’s going to believe this pond scum? The picture shows his mirror with a missing cover - like he has gone home and unscrewed it - wouldn’t you take a picture of the mirror immediately after they broke it? Where are the pieces? The picture is taken at his home in the drive by the looks of it It’s just fabrication from a little grub.
His excuse for dumping his rubbish was “The recycling centre was closed and I thought this would just decompose on the side of the road”
The individual who is only identified by a NZ Indian media outlet as ‘Mr A’ - presumably A is for asshole, says Netsafe ‘can’t take down all the videos online’ - why are they able to take down ANY of the footage? Police have confirmed they are investigating.
He’s complained that the video has gone viral an ‘has even reached his home country of India’….and the problem is?….poor little victim is having a wah wah.
Biff him out of the country, we do NOT want these people here.
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What ever you do Kiwi's, don't repost the video of these dirty lying scum, don't make the video go mega viral..
Don't post it from the TOR browser or Brave using free ProtonVPN so NetSafe can't track source
Don't download it off X, save and repost using ssstwitter•com
No don't
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Sean Lyons, Chief Online Safety Officer at Netsafe on the Taranaki cafe owner facing backlash by online vigilantes.
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American technology was center stage today at the Moldova Digital Summit. Chargé d'Affaires Nick Pietrowicz moderated a discussion with leaders from AWS, Oracle, IBM, Palo Alto Networks, and Netsafe. These American companies discussed everything from secure cloud infrastructure and digital sovereignty to AI-powered economic growth and quantum-ready cybersecurity. From the telegraph to artificial intelligence, American innovation has shaped the world for 250 years—and continues to build Moldova's digital future today. Thank you to our panelists and everyone who joined us! #AmericaFirst
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Just a victim of right wing twitter which ratio’d him when he claimed that mass migration was caused by “young white zoomers being lazy”. He’s never recovered and keeps self-owning. His entire account is now dedicated to calling the cops and netsafe on right wing anons. He was banned at one point for making death threats towards them but managed to get unbanned somehow. Completely unstable.
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Let’s not forget that Isaac had to contact the police as well after he made a bomb threat, some SWAT calls, and phoned the kids school asking to have sex with them.
Also Morticia was reporting him to Netsafe at the time he was extorting money from Barbie.
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