On October 12, 2024, on the SBTV YouTube channel, the Deputy Head of the Faculty for Academic and Research Work – Head of the Academic and Methodological Department of the General Staff Faculty of the Military Academy of the Republic of Belarus, Colonel Andrei Bogodel, stated while discussing how Belarus proposed the “Digital Pact” at the UN General Assembly session, which allegedly “thwarted attempts by some countries to seize global dominance”:
Lobbying. Yes, here it is, the building of a world government, and further on they include this very digital pact: where we will create all the artificial intelligence, and all the other states, kind of, but this implies that we are all collectively creating this entire artificial intelligence, and we all must comply with this artificial sense, this is like a digital dome, some sort of artificial intelligence, for which some countries have also prescribed certain algorithms.
Our verdict based on the understanding of the complexity of the issue and conducted analyses:
Verdict: Lack of Context
Sufficient reason: Important information and details necessary to understand the facts were omitted.
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We will conduct an analysis of disinformation narratives and semantic analysis.
A narrative claiming that the West is trying to establish control over the world through digital technologies, with Russia and Belarus opposing it.
conspiracy theories
anti-Western rhetoric
The idea that digital technologies threaten the internal affairs and sovereignty of states.
use of emotionally charged language
creation of an enemy image
The video contains a high degree of manipulation and disinformation, using fear of loss of sovereignty and control by the West. The rhetoric is aimed at creating an enemy image and emphasizing the need for opposition.
opposition by Russia and Belarus
digital control
negative
anxiety
discontent
