Tag: malinformation

A screenshot of a ridiculous framing of the issue by someone trying to bully me calling me “MAGA” because I don’t think championing the cause of a right-wing artist is a good use of shits to give. Chloe post on bsky.social July 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM I'm concerned that people are trying to make a white supremacist propagandist into some kind of resistance hero. No, I don't want my tax money going to pay for white supremacist propaganda. 13h the artist did that painting for the org Focus on the Family which does white supremacist propaganda so who cares Gary Fuller garycurmudgeon.bsky.social So you're saying legal copyright protections only apply when you agree with the party involved? How very MAGA of you.

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Right-wing propaganda artist is being promoted as resistance liberal hero on social media.

People are rallying for the artist saying that the Trump admin should pay the artist for his work; but that would just mean taxpayer money would be paying for racist paintings. How is that a win?

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“Due to the reward-based learning systems on social media, users form habits of sharing information that attracts others' attention. Once habits form, information sharing is automatically activated by cues on the platform without users considering response outcomes such as spreading misinformation.” Sharing of misinformation is habitual, not just lazy or biased, Gizem Ceylan, Ian A. Anderson, and Wendy Wood, Edited by Susan Fiske, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ; received September 28, 2022; accepted December 3, 2022, January 17, 2023 120 (4) e2216614120 https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2216614120

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Don’t lead with a lie.

Most people don’t actually ever see beyond the headline. It’s a problem if someone starts with the thing they’re planning on debunking, and editor’s notes (or community notes) are probably not effective enough because of this reality.

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Rand Waltzman Disinformation 1010 infographic on Linkedin: Make Them Work for It. Make your targets desire the disinformation you are spreading. Make posts that hint at the existence of valuable information that you are trying to keep from them. You can accomplish this in many ways E.g., hint at the existence of (bogus) proxy servers that contain this valuable information and are "tricky" to get to. Make your targets think they are getting away with something if they manage. You want them to work for it. But not too hard. Balance is important. Just how much work is too much depends on your target audience. Some will be more skilled than others. You must provide the appropriate challenge level. Another approach is to convince your targets you are an idiot for trying to hide information in a naïve way. This will give your targets a false feeling of superiority over you that you can exploit. They will want to brag to their friends and further spread your disinformation. Remember, you can equally well leverage your target's skill as well as the lack thereof exploiting the appropriate psychological characteristics.

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The problem with going to social media for “information”.

Yes, this is something I hear about regularly, people saying how they’re relying on social media sources for “good information” and seeking it nowhere else.

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An image of text from FROM HATE SPEECH TO INCITEMENT TO GENOCIDE, the part highlighted emphasis added states quote: “RTLM functioned differently than traditional radio.130 Listeners could call in to interact with messages from other people and gossip while RTML was broadcasting live. The announcers would then transmit the information without assessing its veracity.”

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Hinting atrocities.

I just keep racking up instances where I see things going on in the US that are eerily familiar to things I’ve read about Rwanda. Seems problematic.

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The disinfo campaigns around the pandemic are the same disinfo campaigns around climate change.

It’s part of a whole disinformation economy.

Read More 2024-11-08

Kite in sky over Scranton Pennsylvania USA

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The information gig economy.

2024-09-18

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The indirect funding of promoting products, politics, and propaganda against public health.

2024-09-06

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JAMA on instagram - Image text: Misinformation is a major problem. The spread of misinformation is a concern for US adults across age, gender, education, and partisanship. 86% of adults say the spread of false and inaccurate information generally is a major problem 74% of adults say the spread of false and inaccurate information about health issues is a major problem Percent who think the following are not doing enough or doing about the right amount to limit the spread of health misinformation: Almost 80% think Congress is not doing enough and over 10% think Congress is doing the right amount. Around 70% think the US news media is not doing enough and less than 20% think the US news media is doing the right amount. Over 60% think Social media is not doing enough and around 10% think Social media is doing the right amount. Over 60% think President Biden is not doing enough and 20% think President Biden is doing the right amount.

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Nobody is immune to misinformation.

2024-08-04

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Deplatforming is not silencing. Voila: the evidence.

2023-04-29

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