OSINT Surveys in the face of “Negative Positivism”
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2022.
Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The current craze for OSINT practices owes much to their political function of verifying the discourses of authority. But this counter-discursive posture based on open sources is not enough to guarantee the legitimacy of an investigation, and even less the accuracy of its conclusions: a difficulty arises in that the means of open source investigation can also be used for propaganda purposes or produce—intentionally or not—disinformation. This article questions the methodological implications of OSINT counter-surveys in comparison with what Eyal Weizman calls “negative positivism”.
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The current craze for OSINT practices owes much to their political function of verifying the discourses of authority. But this counter-discursive posture based on open sources is not enough to guarantee the legitimacy of an investigation, and even less the accuracy of its conclusions: a difficulty arises in that the means of open source investigation can also be used for propaganda purposes or produce—intentionally or not—disinformation. This article questions the methodological implications of OSINT counter-surveys in comparison with what Eyal Weizman calls “negative positivism”.
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