Always my favourite thing when academics do the hard work to prove the thing your gut already knew to be clear and true.
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Petter Törnberg
Misinformation isn't random - it's strategic. 🧵
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
In the first cross-national comparative study, we examine 32M tweets from politicians.
We find that misinformation is not a general condition: it is driven by populist radical right parties.
with @julianachueri.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1177/1940...
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https://www.ctrl-verlust.net/digital-tribalism-the-real-story-about-fake-news/
The problem of our time is how we defend ourselves from the radical right & their lies. No one has the whole answer.
But people convinced by lies just want change, when REAL change is offered from the left it can compete.
These videos by @profsanderlinden.bsky.social, Bristol Uni, Cambridge Uni, and Google Jigsaw, explain more
https://inoculation.science/inoculation-videos/
Their 'Bad News' game is also worth a look.
Then “freedom of speech” can just be better described as “freedom to tell lies”.