How can we help stop the spread of disinfo?

Information Warfare expert, @MollyMcKew’s advice:

“Don’t rage tweet.”
“Never retweet [Trump].”
“If you know something is fake, don’t repost it.”

“Basically if there’s something you don’t think should spread ...
don’t touch it...”

𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐊
We’re more likely to believe the first thing we see is true, 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒏 𝒊𝒇 we then see something else showing it’s not true.

Molly explains why Russia’s 2016 disinformation campaigns worked so well.

Media ecosystem out of control

“for disinformation to be successful, it must ‘at least partially respond to reality, or at least accepted views.’”

—Ladislav Bittman, Soviet bloc defector, fmr deputy head of Disinformation Dept for Czech Intelligence
(Active Measures Thomas Rid)

https://twitter.com/lululemew/status/1278166739730251778?s=21 https://twitter.com/lululemew/status/1278166739730251778

https://twitter.com/lululemew/status/1278179059701288961?s=21 https://twitter.com/lululemew/status/1278179059701288961

RW media has “been using the same psychology & tactics” as our foreign adversaries

“it’s not just ‘the Russians made us bonkers’...they...slid into an information environment that already existed”

“It’s really hard to call anything except subversion”

“FoxNews has done a real disservice to true red-blooded conservative Americans—slowly shifting narratives over time to these things that are just not in our own interest, and it’s really hard to call it anything but subversion”
— Molly McKew
Expert on Information Warfare

Sound familiar?

Remember...

“We are more likely to reject information that challenges ..how we see ourselves than..to consider mind-changing ..info...”

Kremlin “targeted things that were already a core part of ..[conservative] identity, twisting..making it more pro Putin”

Harder to do w/ left bc diversity

“Mass media is employed as part of the information struggle to gain information superiority over the adversary by causing confusion and disruption of the government and military, and demoralizing the population...”

Andreas Umland: “The primary reason for Putin’s popularity in Russia is his far-reaching control over the media & the incredible propaganda campaign that is going on .. every day ...a huge brainwashing operation ...an alternative reality.”

— ..Tango Noir by @A_SHEKH0VTS0V