敘事建構者的黎明：隨著社群媒體平台的瘋狂發展，各國政府似乎在同一條船上航行

由於社群媒體平台在沒有太多監管或監督的情況下橫行，巴基斯坦的混合政府和英國和德國等被認為是歐洲成熟民主國家的政府似乎在同一條船上航行。

As social media platforms continue to operate largely unchecked and unregulated, both the hybrid Pakistani government and established democracies in Europe, such as the United Kingdom and Germany, appear to be facing a common challenge.

由於社群媒體平台繼續在很大程度上不受檢查和監管，巴基斯坦的混合政府和英國和德國等歐洲成熟的民主國家似乎都面臨著共同的挑戰。

When Elon Musk acquired Twitter for approximately $44 billion, most market and media analysts believed he had overpaid significantly. Many viewed the narcissist billionaire's ego as leading him to a disastrous venture.

當 Elon Musk 以約 440 億美元收購 Twitter 時，大多數市場和媒體分析師認為他付出的代價明顯過高。許多人認為這位自戀的億萬富翁的自我意識導致他走向了災難性的冒險。

They anticipated that Twitter, which Musk renamed X, would ultimately be his downfall. Given that the platform's revenue streams could never justify the price he paid for it, it remains to be seen whether it does indeed turn out to be a financial fiasco in the long run, especially considering that it was largely financed through banks.

他們預計 Twitter（馬斯克將其重新命名為 X）最終將導致他的垮台。鑑於該平台的收入來源永遠無法證明他為此付出的代價是合理的，從長遠來看，它是否確實會成為一場財務慘敗還有待觀察，特別是考慮到它主要是透過銀行融資的。

For now, however, the platform has granted him an unparalleled reach and influence, despite his vast wealth. Following a $100 million donation to the Trump campaign, Musk's presence by the president-elect's side during the run-up to the elections and his subsequent appointment to a senior government role have seen both his wealth and political power grow substantially.

然而，就目前而言，儘管他擁有巨額財富，但該平台已賦予他無與倫比的影響力和影響力。在向川普競選團隊捐贈 1 億美元後，馬斯克在選舉前夕站在這位候任總統身邊，並隨後被任命為高級政府職務，這使得他的財富和政治權力都大幅增長。

While the Pakistani hybrid set-up maintains near-total control over traditional media platforms, ranging from TV/radio to newspapers, ensuring compliance and favorable coverage, it has been forced to completely shut off the tap when it comes to social media due to its inability to influence or control the dominant narrative there.

雖然巴基斯坦的混合機構幾乎完全控制了從電視/廣播到報紙等傳統媒體平台，確保了合規性和有利的報道，但由於其自身的原因，它被迫完全關閉了社交媒體的水龍頭。或控制那裡的主導敘事。

Musk raised a red herring often used by the far right in the UK to support Islamophobic, racist Tommy Robinson.

馬斯克提出了一個轉移注意力的話題，英國極右翼分子經常利用這一點來支持仇視伊斯蘭教的種族主義者湯米·羅賓遜。

The hybrid set-up not only has most traditional media groups on their knees but also enjoys a monopoly over coercive tools, with armed state institutions/organizations at its beck and call. In the opposite corner, the PTI (mainly its leader Imran Khan) continues to hold sway over public opinion and consolidates its considerable support base in the country via its unrivaled ascendancy over social media and the latter's narrative-building tools.

這種混合體制不僅讓大多數傳統媒體集團屈服，而且還壟斷了強制工具，武裝國家機構/組織聽其使喚。另一方面，PTI（主要是其領導人伊姆蘭汗）繼續控制著公眾輿論，並透過其對社交媒體和後者的敘事構建工具無與倫比的優勢鞏固了其在該國的相當大的支持基礎。

The Pakistani state, or more accurately, its hybrid government, has appeared helpless in countering the PTI narrative, which continues to find resonance among large chunks of the country (to those who will ask how I reached the ‘large chunks’ conclusion, I would point to the last election, where the party emerged with most seats, despite unfavorable headwinds of all sorts).

巴基斯坦國家，或者更準確地說，它的混合政府，在反駁PTI 的敘述方面似乎無能為力，這種敘述繼續在該國大部分地區引起共鳴（對於那些會問我如何得出「大部分」結論的人，我會指出上次選舉時，儘管面臨各種不利的阻力，該黨仍獲得了最多席位）。

It has lacked knowledge of social media, sophistication and expertise in evolving a policy where it is not always the case of using a sledgehammer — authoritarian means — to block out views not favorable to it or in line with its desires. It could do well to look elsewhere.

它缺乏對社交媒體的了解，缺乏制定政策的成熟度和專業知識，因此並不總是使用大錘（威權手段）來封鎖不利於它或不符合其願望的觀點。最好還是看看其他地方。

Two recent issues that Elon Musk raised on X with his over 200m followers are a prime example of how to stay ahead on social media despite your mistakes. Elon Musk took on the core of the hard right of the dominant pro-Trump Republican Party, which is vehemently anti-immigration, by supporting (fast-track) ‘H-1B’ visas for specialists/experts so ‘they could contribute to the US economy’.

馬斯克 (Elon Musk) 最近在 X 上向他的超過 2 億粉絲提出了兩個問題，這是儘管犯了錯誤如何在社交媒體上保持領先地位的典型例子。馬斯克（Elon Musk）透過支援專家/專家的（快速通道）「H-1B」簽證，從而「他們可以為美國經濟」。

While Musk made sense in this case, the backlash was severe. One can be sure Trump transition team members may have had a quiet word with him. Musk’s response, which could well have owed itself to his media team, raised a controversial issue away from the States and successfully drew attention away from what many hardcore Republicans saw as an outrageous stance.

雖然馬斯克在這件事上說得有道理，但卻遭到了嚴重的反對。可以肯定的是，川普過渡團隊成員可能已經與他悄悄說了幾句話。馬斯克的回應很可能歸功於他的媒體團隊，他在美國之外提出了一個有爭議的問題，並成功地將人們的注意力從許多鐵桿共和黨人視為令人憤慨的立場上轉移開。

Musk raised a red herring often used by the far right in the UK to support Islamophobic, racist Tommy Robinson, currently imprisoned on contempt of court charges. Musk implied that many British-Pakistani Asian gangs involved in grooming underage (child) girls for sex were not prosecuted because of considerations for their ethnicity and because Pakistani-origin Britons were a voting bloc for Labour.

馬斯克提出了一個轉移注意力的話題，英國極右翼分子經常利用這一點來支持仇視伊斯蘭教的種族主義者湯米·羅賓遜（Tommy Robinson），後者目前因藐視法庭指控而入獄。馬斯克暗示，許多參與誘騙未成年女孩進行性行為的英巴亞裔團夥沒有受到起訴，因為考慮到他們的種族，而且巴基斯坦裔英國人是工黨的投票集團。

He also implied that this happened under the current Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer’s, watch when the latter was director of public prosecutions for five years from 2008 to 2013. Historically, some prosecutions did not happen when Starmer was DPP because the police and local prosecutors believed there was insufficient evidence and ‘unreliable witnesses’.

他還暗示，這件事發生在現任總理基爾·斯塔默爵士(Sir Keir Starmer)的領導下，當時後者從2008年到2013年擔任檢察長長達五年。塔默擔任民進黨期間，一些起訴並沒有發生，因為警方和當地檢察官認為證據不足且「證人不可靠」。

However, these decisions not to prosecute were overturned by Nazir Afzal, himself of Pakistani origin, chief prosecutor for Northwest of England, appointed by Starmer in 2011. Afzal has a sterling record of prosecuting these gangs and of earning record convictions and sentencing.

然而，這些不起訴的決定被斯塔默於2011 年任命的英格蘭西北部首席檢察官、巴基斯坦裔納齊爾·阿夫扎爾(Nazir Afzal) 推翻。紀錄的定罪和量刑方面有著出色的記錄。

A national inquiry report (called the Jay Rep­ort) in 2014, after a 2012 The Times investigation into the child sex grooming scandal in Rotherham in northwest England, and later a (parliamentary) Commons Home Affairs Committee, did not point the finger at Starmer.

2012 年《泰晤士報》對英格蘭西北部羅瑟勒姆的兒童性誘騙醜聞進行調查後，2014 年的一份全國調查報告（稱為“傑伊報告”）以及後來的（議會）下議院內政委員會均沒有將矛頭指向史塔默。

In fact, the Home Affairs Committee lauded his efforts to address the issue in these words: Mr Starmer has striven to improve the treatment of victims of sexual assault within the criminal justice system throughout his term as Director of Pu­­blic Prosecution (DPP). In 2014, he was knighted for his “services to law and

事實上，民政事務委員會讚揚了他為解決這一問題所做的努力：斯塔默先生在擔任檢察長（DPP）的整個任期內，一直致力於改善刑事司法系統中性侵犯受害者的待遇。 2014年，他因「對法律和社會的貢獻」而被封為爵士。