#Disinformation

Joan Donovan, PhD 🦫

BostonJoan

While the attention economy is one metaphor to describe social media as a content distribution system, it is woefully inadequate to model policy on. It turns debate about problems exacerbated

Brooke Binkowski

brooklynmarie

Thread. Expect more rallies organized across the country, which will effectively reverse the infection slowdowns in states that proactively locked downhttps://twitter.com/jjmacnab/status/1250478270266486784 If I wanted to use a virus as a

Eugene Gu, MD

eugenegu

One of the toughest things I’ve had to learn about social media and the mainstream news is that the narrative is manufactured and out of touch with reality, making a

Heather e^‑1/x^2

HeatherMoAndCo

1. #cdnmedia has a critically dangerous problem with RW propaganda & disinformation posing as “news”. Take “True North Centre” aka tnc. It’s a registered charity brought to you by #PostMedia

Alexander Samuel

AlexSamTG

Dans la guerre de l'information, il y a des choses gravissimes qui se passent, et c'est d'autant plus choquant que de nombreux "idiots utiles" en France s'appuient sur ça pour

shelby cole

shelbylcole

this all ties back to the problem that's plaguing our party, and specifically the digital space. donors from silicon valley (or wherever) look at the dem party and are like

Brooke Binkowski

brooklynmarie

Completely on brand. No editorial decision in this case is an editorial decision. @Facebook cannot have it both ways -- their brand of "free speech," quietly guided and shaped by

Dominic Dean

DrDominicDean

As a new academic year begins, we should note how extreme misinformation is spreading in the Covid era, and how universities are far from immune (so to speak) from anti-Vaxxers

Educating Educating Liberals

Education4E4L

The good news: Educating Liberals has been suspended The bad news: I only got to use this account for 3 days On a more serious note: DEPLATOFRMING WORKS. Good thing

FOOL NELSON

FOOL_NELSON

Footnote 350 could be referring to the January 2017 Mark Lyall Grant Communique questioning the credibility of Christopher Steele. #FISA https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/446050-did-brits-warn-about-steeles-credibility-before-muellers-probe-con

Marc-André Argentino

_MAArgentino

1/ QAnon & BLM/Protests thread: Pulled 6 days of QAnon data from Facebook and Twitter to get an idea of what QAnon has been doing in this space, their possible

Marianna Spring

mariannaspring

At least a thousand now gathered at anti-lockdown protests in Trafalgar Square following a Save Our Children QAnon-inspired rally earlier. Lots of placards promoting conspiracy theories - from Covid is

Jennifer Cohn ✍🏻 📢

jennycohn1

The Rand Corporation has written about a Russian propaganda technique called the "firehose of falsehoods," which requires multiple channels to fool people & make lies stick. Trump & his "Stop

Heshmat Alavi

HeshmatAlavi

THREAD1)@AJEnglish has provided a platform for @SinaToossi, a member of #Iran’s lobby group @NIACouncil, to push Tehran’s talking points in a column aiming to influence U.S. elections & rush to

Thomas Rid

RidT

: Ladies and gentlemen, may I present to you ... based on piles of newly released secret intelligence files, with stunning, never-seen-before 1960s spy photographs ... the

Alex Stamos

alexstamos

“We would have made significant changes to ensure the service met the highest standards for security, privacy, online safety, and combating disinformation" is an attempt to poison the well against